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MINING AND MINE METHODS. <br />~l „~The:Eal;;le ahaYt is h' x 8' £rom the ~tt'r•i'ace to the 200 foot <br />lovsl, and 5' x 10' from the 200 ft. level to tJze,250 ft. level, <br />and ?~' x a' from the ?.50 foot level to the bottom or 500 foot <br />leyeT: T.he shaft is not,plumL• by about 3 feet from tY{e surface. to <br />a point about 90 feet beloyr. It ie 500 feet deop and there are <br />seven levels, Tirero is uo ahai't oit the Havrk Olaim. .T.4r• T). K• <br />Hawkins., vr'ro has a lease on the same, does all of hie work through <br />the Fagle,srai't, T. he shaft is mostl~• timbered with square sots, <br />but in many places is not la.°ged. The ladders do not exteird beyond <br />*. he 350 foot level. <br />VJO,rIr. is being; carried on at the present time ou the 350 ft., <br />~i00- ft. and 500 ft. levels. These vror]cirzgs are in the sumo veins <br />and underneath t;ze old rro!•kiug~s, Iuirrps ancl.dravringl,•s are up to dato <br />l;ut none are to bs obttiined. <br />Tho hoisting is done by }nrcketl and the men ;ire raised and <br />lovrerod with the hoistin[•; mac vinery, The vreight oi' the load }roisted <br />is 950 lbs., arui the disttutce hoisted, 500 feet, '1'he c>aL•ls is 3~h <br />inch, round stye} and is ir: i'air• condition.. Safety '~yca-~!. and <br />clam;~s, are used ou tire oral of tiro cablo. '%iiey ware changed tyro <br />months a~;o. ';'lrsro is, no sttfaty davits employed to prevent ovor- <br />vrinding.,.l.4aterlul is hoisted i'rom sevoral levele. <br />The bsl:l 11rre is a 3~f3 inch str;ol wire, attached to an <br />F3 incla ~;on5;. T??oy employ no codo. 7'he sumo has bserr furnished and <br />it was ordered posted in the ertgrins room, at the collar of the <br />s~~aft arui at each lovol station. A11 persons are nrohibitorl from <br />ridi.ri(.^, on a loudsd bucket, but t'nis order is not posted about t;lze <br />m1ne, PTeither is thor;e a Irot!.de stntinr~; the maximum num:~sr of mrnn <br />pormlttod to rids upon c: bucket at ono time, postsd nt the collar <br />of tho shaft and nt each lovol station. <br />Tho Uuckets nrs 1ond.r;d from cirtrtos. The shni't at a1:1 stcations <br />1s provided with doors. The abaft is secured by n pillar oi' p;rourut <br />upon each lids sufi'1r,ieut to secure sni'ery, The wlnzea or m11:1 <br />holds imve not boom covorsd or surronndsci with g~turrd rails here- <br />to tors, but Ltt1s was ordorsd done. `Ph9 slz7ri't 1e not Ueingg stark, <br />`l'he ors is extracted l;y overhead ^topirrc;. The drilling; is <br />dons liy hand, sing~;la, <br />Ths timL•sri. rt/; it! square sets in the eizai't and stalls R31(i <br />