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MINING 4ND MINE METHODS.
<br />Tl'e mat?1 si_aft i5 .}r ~L rr r
<br />r>ur,'aco to the e~ir;,,_t_f, Parbments frog- the
<br />COP.lpa rti}C73 i,3, 11'U::,~. t'J 1P vEla a11d i5 ¢r l~rr }T l:~r (j rr, Llit h t=trBP
<br />Eth• level to t;:a bottom. Tine shai't is 92p
<br />feet deep and is til,~bered with square sets, Thore ago nine levels,
<br />the sY-aft .^-as 20 feet of
<br />a sit^P belor7 tr±e ninth level. The first
<br />level is run in a southerly direction to t_,e durface, just belov7
<br />the C, S. and C,
<br />C. ?'tel. P,~
<br />J• tracks, i*: poverty Oulcit
<br />~ ^~1r ..,rste"' of ~vor~vi,t„• in slopes I consider a very rvood c:le
<br />and s::euld i;e enccura^•Pd ever~wlhere• It is not only an economic
<br />s'rstem l;ut it is '
<br />a Treat safel;uard to entplovees. '^'^-e stopes are
<br />most alv7ays ke f. _-
<br />P'- tiled with loose ore
<br />;viti? waste dirt, so that e 'ten at^e ' of the same are filled
<br />In ,,
<br />ar %+~, 1•lork, alr7ays close to the roof and
<br />ne t-_~ir
<br />oyr F/ork is being: carried on at ti-,e PT'sent time
<br />-. levels r.nd iT: the Stn, and
<br />i,-`ap° and drl„ J P same ve ns and u:iderr-eats: the old lvot•kinr,•s
<br />corporatio?ta 'a~i::rs al.e lip to date, but his ~eiru,• a clcse
<br />.-. ,, ;:oue to ire hari.
<br />^e i<oisli,, . ..
<br />raised .d louer:d Ls dc:le ,;i:. a si-; le deck cage, and .^.ert are
<br />r7i:-1 ~-Gist'-.~ racsi:'e
<br />.oisted ~„ cut ~~'. The 1:'eirsa of ti 6 load
<br />n a" 2,500 ll;s, a::d ,--„ distance hoisted 900 felt.
<br />T`:e cztble •,
<br />condition. ir, ~ e'Te i?lc `:, rou_Id cr:.tcible steel an ,r
<br />I ..as 1:~c-, ,.. - d i-- ood
<br />T='_e~T'e 1S n0 h00'v, 0?1 t_'e e?tCi Of the Cabl@. •~'~•; Dare egUlppe
<br />1•lith bonnet and A~ is d
<br />clutci:es have r of ,,fir clutches, but froTM all appearatcas e safettn
<br />nc. bee?: tested for Years. ^,ere are ?to safet>•
<br />vices e^:ple;red to ., reven't overr~in de
<br />dine.
<br />n' *Raterisl is bei,u ^oir~ed frets t;vo levels
<br />1= e bell A cagier is ernplo~red,
<br />li_e is 3~e inch, attached to an ei,^;;lt inri: r;one
<br />use electric bells a.;d flash li:-;-_ts. Ti- Tne^ also
<br />ieY employ a mixed cede a copy ~f
<br />of 1•rict; is pcsted ora~r o?? a fevr of the stations, There is no copy
<br />at the collar of the slaaf+
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<br />., Ferso?1s are pro]:ititecl from ridinC;
<br />on a loaded cage but no notice to tis et'i'ect is posted near to I;',
<br />r.
<br />collar cf the silai't. ,left,''>r i^, trere a notice statinG the maxi:^a:n `~
<br />number of rte?: permitted to ride upon tiro ca,. il.i
<br />at tY.e r;e at one ti , Poste
<br />collar oi' the shaft a:td me d ~~~
<br />c;,t each level station,
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