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-4- <br />and mules. Steal care are used Por tramming. Shutes are <br />loaded bynhand and gravitq, System of ventilation is <br />natural. All old timbers have been removed from under- <br />ground and the sanitary conditions are good. Candles <br />are used for lighting underground. The mine has three <br />exits the main t~mnel and two tunnels above go out to <br />the surface these tunnels are connected by good manways <br />and are read!• at ail times Por employee. The laddrea <br />and man ways are iTl good shape. <br />S T A T I S T I C S. <br />~J~ <br />Total number of feet in shafts 490 Peet coat $30 per foot <br />Total number oP feet in crosscuts 700 i"t cost $15 per foot <br />Total number of feet in drifts 25000 cost per foot $10 <br />Cost oP powder $.16 per pound. <br />Cost of mining ore 310 per ton, <br />Cost of transporting ore to RR $1.50 <br />Cost of treatment $6,00 per ton. <br />Average value of smelting ore $75.00 per ton. <br />MTN Bi~PL OYE P. <br />20 miners $?.00 for 8 hours <br />1 timbarman 4.00 • <br />4 trammers 3.00 • <br />1 Foreman $150.00 per month. <br />GF.1~ BREL REMARK S. <br />No per eon under the age of twelve years are employed <br />in hhe mine. No strangers or visitors are alloeed un- <br />derground unless acca~mpenied by a competent guide <br />familiar •~~ith the mine. The mine has a shaft 490 feet <br />deep but at present le full of water. Pert of the <br />mine workinga are sub-leased. All eoeidente have been <br />reported to the Bureau of K1nes. The aanagement le <br />supplied With blank accident reports. <br /> <br />