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~ MINING pND MINE METHODS, <br /> I <br />T;1A main `shaft is~a two-compartment, ?90 feet desp, vrith eir;nt levels. <br />The fourths fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth levels south are <br />connected with'ts:e Chance levels, but all Amethyst levels are about <br /> <br /> <br />' 35 feet lower ti'1an the'Chance levels, The fifth and•niuth levels are <br />cormected vritiz the Hap?~y 4honght. Ti:ere is a tyro-compart~iant eriuzo on <br />the ninth level, 460 feet deep, This"connects drith the Tlelson tunnel. <br />' Tlris vrfnze is 900 feet nortiz, of the main Amethyst ahai"t ,' and is sunk <br /> on the vein: The 'shaft is al.^,o sunk on t;ze vein and has a dip of about <br /> 55° to the west. There are tizree men employed on the mine. They are <br /> vrorkiug on the 9th. level, and are taking; out ore enough to pay the ox- <br /> pensea of runninr•`t'rre mine. <br /> The i'iftn level has a direct connection with the 'leaver tunnel on <br /> !'test Piillow Creek. Plizrk is being; carried on at tine present time on the <br /> ninth level. These workirre;s•are in the same vein, and zncdernoath tha <br /> olrl vrorkirrQa. Maps' and nravrir:g;s may be had by applyir>g; to !'.'. F. Jones, <br /> ~,ec'y.,~Ma,jestic Building, Denver, rolorado. <br /> The hoisting is done with a skip. ?~~en are raised and lowered by. <br />• hoisting; machinar-y. INefr;ht hoisted tizrea tone, distance hoisted at pre- <br />n In- sent, 900-feet,-Thee=cable ds 7~~H inch, ronnd cr:zcible steel, has beon <br />ooden ones Lr use four years, and is in rrood condition. The cable is hooked and <br />ne days :sacie fu:;t by means of..clrzmps to tine •ekip. 'The sane waz: charlr;•ed i'our <br />owder yaars ago. They nave no sizfety devices to pre'ventovorvriuding.Material <br />The is hoisted Yrom t~iio roc more le vale, Plo eager is employed. Tlie ball line <br />r of is ;S~B.irlcii stoat wire, and is in f^aod condition. 1t is attached to an <br />rder. eight inch g•ong..Pairban}cs Morse coda has I~aen in use but is noiv ra- <br />•neath. placed, with tine naiv.State' Code. The code of sig~naln is poateil only in <br />~tored the engine room. Persons are prohiUiterl from ripYing on a loaded skip <br /> or bucket, This order is not posted airout the mi•:re. No notice xtatin~, <br /> tha maximum number of men porrnitted to ride upon cargo, ekip'or bucket <br /> is pouted at the collar of the siwzft and at each levol station,' Ths <br /> skip is loaded 'from cars. The skip tract: is 12 1h, T~ ra11s, spiked to <br /> the s}uzft timber, Tha statdons are all on tho west side of the sho-zft. <br /> The shaft at all stations is not providad wltiz guard ra11s. He1ow the <br /> third lavel tha shaft is ~aecured by a p111ar oi' g;round, eui'Ylcient to <br /> seceura safety, There arc doors over some wlnzes but al:l. are not covored <br /> or surrounded with (?;uard rails, The ehai't is not heirs; sunk. <br />