Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — Long Years of Faithful Work. [ARTICLE]

Long Years of Faithful Work.

Eighty years in a colliery is the teoord of a Yorkshire (England) miner, John Inman, who Is still at work at the low shaft of the Denby Orange collieries. Although 85 years old, he is In charge of an engine, and is able to give foe machinery all the attention It requires, working full time each day, and sometimes seven days a week. Inman wag only fire years old when he began wnrk as a “trapper,” opening and closing foe underground doors through which the trucks pass on thir way from the working face to foe shaft Far foes* duties he received fourpence a day. He has held the position pf engineman for many years, andal though offered an opportunity of retiring on a pension hs prefers remaining with his engine.