Local Section News

PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE SECTION Executive Committee R. V. NORRIS, Chairman. CHARLES F. HUBER, Vice-Chairman, W. J. RICHARDS, Vice-Chairman, EDWIN LUDLOW, Vice-Chairman, ARTHUR H. STORRS, Vice-Chairman. CHARLES ENZIAN, Secretary-Treasurer, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. DOUGLAS BUNTING, FRANK A. HILL, ALBERT B. JESSUP, RUFUS J. FOSTER, JOHN M. HUMPHREY, ROBERT A. QUIN. The Pennsylvania Anthracite Section held its second regular meeting at the Pottsville Club House, Pottsville, Pa., July 25,1914. The meeting was attended by more than 90 members and guests. Vice-Chairman W. J. Richards presided. Following an informal dinner, W. G. Whildin, Mining Superintendent, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., Lansford, Pa., presented a. paper on Steep Pitch Mining of Thick Coal Seams, illustrated by numerous drawings. This paper will be printed in the November number of the Bulletin. A lively discussion followed the reading of the paper.