Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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lf. mlm, strength 1n breaklng the compact forms of sol1d rock and mud But to do th1s successfully ln a way to get the most benefits sometlmes several explos1ons are necessary and even hundreds of dollars worth of powder are used before the sultable quantlty of d1rt IQ loosened to pay for the powder used In th1s process several dlfferent k1nds of shots are used fab The shot known as the squlb shot IS used after drllhng a hole 1n the face About one stlck of powder IS exploded and a large cup or openmg 1s blown out at the far end of the hole Thls belng done a large quantlty of powder can now be easlly placed IH the openlng and packed hard wlth the tamplng bar When th1s shot IS thus prepared It 19 known as a face shot Then after the great mass of d1rt and rock IS forced down ln the drlft there are usually some large boulders m the mass whlch have not been completely broken and are too large to put 1nto the can A shot known as a boulder pop IS prepared by laymg a stlck of dynamlte on the under slde of the boulder and cover1ng w1th dirt When th1s shot ls ex ploded lt usually breaks the boulder so It can be easlly put mto the cans The men are glxen very pecuhar names too but they fit well for the dlfferent klnds of work each does The screen ape IS the man who works on top and culls the d1rt when It IS dumped on a large screen All the boulders that are too large to go through the screen he throws to one Slde and then the ones that contaln mmeral are pounded untll broken and put through the screen Nearly every up to date mme employs a man who has nothmg to do except to look after the roof and see that no loose slabs are left hangmg above the drlfts where the men are workmg Thls man uses the prod pole and IS the roof trlmmer The man who loads the holes tamps the powder and prepares the shots 19 the powder monkey Some of the mlnes employ as many as one hundred shovelers 1n the ground at one tlme There IS a man ln such a case who IS the boss of these men and he IS known as the C0k19 herder The shovelers at some places are called COk19S The man who mends and keeps up the tracks on whlch the ground cars run from the shaft to the face 1s the tracker The most monotonous of all the underground 1obs falls upon the man who steadles the tubs whlch ascend from the doghouse to the top of the shaft HIS duty IS to unhook the empty tubs and hook the loaded tubs to be holsted Th1s man IS called the tub hooker The ground cars are hooked together 1n groups of about twenty each loaded wlth a can of d1rt and drawn from the drlft by a small mule The drlver of these mules IS known as the muler Every machlne man employs a helper whlch 1S called bv all the dummy Such locahsms as I have mentloned can be found 1n use at anv of the Jophn mlnes The mmers are content wlth thelr own use of terms apphed to workmen and they find much 1ov 1n educatlng the lnexperlenced vtork man to thelr own use of words The green mmers who come to nul mmers must soon become acqualnted Wlth the mmers llngo as thev would be roughly treated lf they used new expresslons whlch Joplln mmers could not understand IIC . ' Q. uv ' f l e W h NJ-' .I r , ,': l , 1 WW1. H , sumti A , lr In .1 t T It mn. 5 J , . K . ' 9 1 . . . . . t . . , . . L . . , , as n ' ' ' ' J A 44 ' K . . Y . I -1 v .. as vs - ' . . . . . K ' u ' rv , . ' cc ay L . ' u ' n cc ' H .s ' as rv K L . A K 9 . . ' ' ' cc 19 ' x . v . ,. - ' as n . ' . 9 u H . . . . . . Y . . . - . . . .V 7 - - ' u u - , .. . . - ' ' ' 1 u ' u I l L ' ., Y L, ' K L SAX Q -I1

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Imp The tools used by the Joplln mlners xary a great deal ln name from those used ln dlfferent localltles For lnstance the spud IS used ln a great many localltles but for dlfferent purpose than used IH the Joplln dlstrlct The word spud to the Joplln mlner means a partlcular shaped sectlon of steel of hardened temper used for drllllng a hole IH soft ground The spud IS nex er used IH machlnes for drllllng but IS held by hand and drlven from force of blows upon the head of lt Thls tool IS never suc cessfully used for cuttlng holes ln rock as lt would merely become blunt before cuttlng a fractlon of an lnch ln S0l1d materlal Another useful tool IS called a gad Thls tool IS used to drlve ln a crack to pry down boulders when It IS dlfflcult to shoot them down The last two tools I lust mentloned may be classed as hand tools as they are held bv the hand Whlle belng drlven but the term hand steel usually refers to short steel dr1lls used for cuttlng holes 1Ht0 the face when It ls hard and unhandy to use the steam drlll For tflmmlng the roof of dangerous boulders and loose slabs there IS also another tool used ThlS tool IS a long plece of plpe flattened at one end ln such a way as to form a blade Thls makes It llghter and more easlly handled than lf It were made of solld materlal Such a tool as thls IS known as a prod pole After the hole IH whlch the dr1lls are cuttlng becomes full of muck and the drlll IS hard to turn the drlll IS removed and an lnstrument called a spoon 19 thrust 1nto the hole to remove the muck Th1S tool IS a long DISCS of steel five to seven feet ln length and about one half of an lnch square Wlth a narrow cup shaped formatlon at one end The other end IS polnted so It can be used ln plcklng the muck loose ln the hole A blower IS used for removlng the muck from the drlll holes ln mlnes where steam or compressed alr IS used for drllllng power When loadlng the holes for shootlng the d1rt from a compact folm a long pole about one lnch ln dlameter IS used for pushlng the dynamlte lnto the proper place ln the drlll hole Th1S pole IS made of wood because lf an 1ron or steel tamplng bar were used and came 1nto contact wlth the Sld9S of the hole Wh1Ch sometlmes contalns fllnt formatlon lt would cause a spark to fly whlch mlght cause an exploslon So thls tool IS never con sldered a tamplng bar lf It IS made of any materlal other than wood For holstlng the dlrt to the surface a large bucket llke form IS used Th1S lnstrument wlll hold from seven hundred to fifteen hundred pounds of m1ll d1rt accordlng to SIZE Some of the mlners call thls a tub and others call It a can but ln each mlne one of the two names IS permanently estab llshed Durlng the process of drllllng long lengths of steel are contlnually golng up and down the shaft These long dr1lls are dlfflcult to handle when lowerlng or holstlng more than one at the tlme Wh1Ch IS necessary where steam drllls are used So a long narrow can IS used for thls purpose Th1s was g1N en the name of steel can by the mlners Gettlng the dlrt 1nto the tub IS a necessary functlon when the men are worklng by the tub They therefore use a good shovel knowm as a scoop It may also be called a shovel but the word shovel takes a good many forms of tools for dlfferent klnds of work lnto llne So the mlners for thelr partlcular use of work gaxe thls speclal shovel the name of scoop In modern t1m9S the mlners have found lt to be more economlcal to use QXDIOSIVCS ln loosenlng the dlrt than by uslng the power of mans lil ll r, ,Q . fl p . A gl . 1' In 'Q 1 fr ,I 1 ' 1 1' 1 ,'l'1ll 1' II' ' 7 T . . 4 u v x 9 7 ' 7 Y - ' Y Y . . . . ., . Y . A L, . . . U u 7 ,, . . . . , . . . . Y 7 3 7 1K YY ' ' ' ' . r . , ' . . . . . . 7 5 ' 9 7 Y 1 ' ' , . , - Y 7 . , . . . ' ' 7 ll YY ' ' Y ! u sy Y ' I . 1 . . ll ,Y . . v . . . . ., . . , fi ' W.

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