An Elementary Course of Instruction for Mine Foremen and Pit Bosses (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Elementary Course of Instruction for Mine Foremen and Pit Bosses

The law of several states requiring mine foremen and pit bosses to be examined in order to continue in their work has created a demand for instruction in the practical lines upon which the various examining boards make their tests. It has also stimulated a desire in many men to make the best of the opportunities that are afforded for personal advancement. The mechanical drudgery that surrounds every miner who works only with his hands cannot be eliminated until he educates his brain to direct the labor and thus draw success from its intellectual fountains. Every miner should be ambitious to advance to the position of foreman; every foreman should strive to become a superintendent; every superintendent should aim for a managership; and every manager should hope to become a mine owner. Such advancement has been realized thou sands of times by those who have worked and studied for the promo tion, and it is hoped that these lessons may be of some service in preparing men to accomplish these results.

This book is written to meet the demands for such instruction, and especially for the laboring man who is ambitious to advance to something better than his hands alone can afi'ord. It is not filled with theories of untried processes, but the material it contains is the result of the best practice, and just what every man engaged in coal mining should be familiar with. It is thoroughly up-to-date and adapted to practical mining as conducted in the central west. It is made brief in order that it may be read by those whose time is limited, and its language is intended to be clear, forcible and easily understood. The course is made sufficiently technical to furnish an introduction to the professional knowledge required for actual work, and it is believed that mining men can derive much benefit by a careful study of its pages. It is not, however, intended to take the place of a course in a technical or correspondence school, because thorough instruction in such an institution cannot be equaled in any other way, on account of the advantages there offered in oriti cising the student's work.

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