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,a <br />n` <br />a ' <br />~ ~l <br />v PRr <br />F Lang Sir! <br />TUNNL'~- <br /><nyv„reR <br />Shen <br />The buildings are near,the entrance to the_tunnel~. The-boiler <br />room is on the left, and .carpenter shop to the right of the tunnel. <br />The ore is extracted by overhead sloping. There are no rsachiue <br />drills employed. The driiling is done by hand, both single and <br />double.. <br />Tiie timbering is stulls andlagr;ing ir: the,stopea~andsquure <br />sets in the winze;. It is sufficient except in the stations of the <br />vrinze, rtocr.being sunk in the Cor.Sair tunnel. <br />T_e timuer is emits spruce, prepared by hand and iu l;ood <br />condition. - <br />The,chutes are loaded by gravitation. Tits underground trarruning <br />is done vrith cars, loaded from chutes,.and run by hand. .:They use <br />Truax cars, of L00 lbs, cap city. Thg trackage is a lb,. rails in <br />the tu;inel, and 15 lb. rails in the skip road in the ,winze. <br />'i'he maximum :!umber of f;allons of water dealt vrith per minuE9, ., <br />150. .Average 100. They use a ido. 9 D sinker, 5" crater column. <br />Ve;;tilation is iad throur_;h comtecti.ons with Plelsoni:and Alps <br />tur!nels by upraises, It ie suificient. There are no noxious gases <br />mot with. <br />All old timirers have not been removed from the under~'round <br />workings, <br />Tile shaft is divided into tyro compartments, and is provided <br />with ladder-way, The ladders ors oafs, secure and accessible, .The <br />ladder-vray contains steam and grater pipes, There are no landings <br />provided in theladder-way not to exceed twenty feet aapart. The vrin- <br />zes and man-vruys cc:utect levels. qt least one oi' those is kept in <br />rel?air and equipped with ladders. The following; exile are readily <br />accessible to employees, From the Cor.eair tunnel, throuGh the Alpha <br />wtd Nelson tunnels, throuf5h the upraises, <br />The lighting underground is by ,candles in the etopes and the <br />bottom of the vrinze, and by Gasoline lamps at the collar of the <br />winze, <br />