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' MINING AND MINE METHODS.
<br />`''~•' The main shaft'of the Notaway property ie 5 x 14 ft „ 3 compart-
<br />.,. ;; ,,, menu; that is, bucket,'ladder and pump, is sunk on the vein, dip-
<br />ping•to the. N. t"l.~at an•sngle of 60~; to" a- depth of 630 ft.
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<br />Stull•aets'are employed im shaft, except fora distance of 200 ft.
<br />vrhere hanging'wa11 was very bad, and square sets had to tie resorted
<br />`''`''~ ~ to. The buoket way is provided with a good skid road, and is con-
<br />~' fined by side planking. The ladder-way is provided 4rith a good
<br />~. ;, ladder, wdthout stations as it 'is on an incline.
<br />At a depth of .180 ft. the~~evel runs east 270 ft, 5rom this
<br />level, at a point 200 ft. east of sriaft, connection is made with
<br />the Hdee.and-Gulch workings. •At a depth of 250 ft, a level runs
<br />r. 200 ft. and W. 55 ft. At a depth of 'u00 ft,' a level rune E.
<br />105 ft, and.W,.435 ft:- said 41. drift connecting with the Illitchell
<br />shaft tit a point 220 ft, W, of main shaft, and ~r',ith the Vivian
<br />shaf-t, .atill.'farther to the crest, said connection being made by an
<br />incline from the 200 ft, .Vivian level, extending into the breast'
<br />of the said above wrest 300 level. Note; All of the workings on
<br />the 'u00 ft. level•are'on the south vein, and conne'oted with `the main
<br />shaft py a ero'ss-out' 2b ft ." Iong, dust wrest of shaft. At a depth
<br />~.ur inaoloid
<br />of 330 ft, drift runs-east 260 ft. and west 230 ft. On this level
<br />276 ft. of drifting is~+ done on thu s. vein, same being connected
<br />100' oovth by the S; vein running into'the N, vein at a point 150 ft. E. of
<br />r. 40a1`latn. shaft, oleo by arose-out-50 ft. long, just 7R. of shaft. On the 420.
<br />ft. level,t}ie drift rune E. 126 ft. and W. 130 ft, On this level 130
<br />Irk is
<br />ft, of drifting ie done on the S, vein, same being connected by a
<br />'.cc or ntarilr~
<br />orose-out 120 ftr long, 20 ft: 'E, of shaft. At a depth of 48B ft. a
<br />drift rune E: llb ft. and W: 400 ft. At a point near the 17, breast
<br />I ita ~onoral of tha,4DO ft, leval,~~~a erase=out rune S: 30 ft. to the S, vein, on
<br />whioh 120 ft, of drifting is done': At a di;pth of 565 ft; adrift
<br />runs E, 130 ft, and W,' 1b0'ft: On this Tevel just E, 'of the shaft
<br />a arose-out: 160~'ft~. to the &,~ has cut` trie'south vein. Tlie T;fitohell
<br />Shaft lies 220 ft, to the-S, W. of the plain ahai't, and. has a depth
<br />of 310 ft „ with levelre at'a depth of 110; 150 and 220 ft. from the
<br />surfaoe, eaid'shaft'is only used for ventilation purposes at the
<br />present time,'it having bean operated formerly by i;litohall, a lessee.
<br />The Vivian-'ehaPt'lies 350'`ft. to the S,~'?, of the P?itohell shaft,
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