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A <br /> <br />MINING AND MINE METHODS. <br />The main shaft is h x 1~ in the clear, ~tiinberecl with square <br />sets, It is 1000 feet deep, and ilas ten levels, inclu(tinp; thz tunnel <br />level vrhlch is 172 feet belovr the collar oi' the shai.'t: 'Pha <br />third level i.s 103 feet below the tunnel :Level, and the pith. level <br />is 125 foet below the ;Srd. level, All other lavels, belovr the htll. <br />are 100 feet apart. The lOt'r., level has about 600 feet of drifts <br />and 25 feet oi' a sump. 'P he vrater %as raised in the s;lai't to the <br />9th. level. Tile mouth of the tlumel level is located alittle <br />North of the Plectric povror plant, alyd is about G00 feet to the <br />slla l.'t: 'Pi=e several levels are comlec led by :nail-:vat's, throul;il the <br />slopes. <br />T:^-e i,el;al 'Pend©r vzin 'tout: an 900, is 20 E'eet rrido, and tim- <br />bzred vritll square sets. T'ae station mz this level is 2(i x 50 i'ezt„ <br />old is ti,nbered vrith 10 x 10 square timber <br />The ore is all left in the stopes until sane i.^, vrorked out <br />t':en the ore is dravrn and the stones abandoned. <br />Ylork is being'; carried on at the present time i.n nll levels, <br />,s. .he fuse <br />f(1 bta <br />wul e r- <br />• ose <br />thick, and <br />d other <br />»onrder <br />it R <br />ith <br />i'roni the 5th. to t_^.a 9t_~ tnulerrzat}a tl~e old 'norl;inn•s and in tho <br />I:e~'al J'el!.(lar, Harrison, I,a I)B11a, T;evernle, atld t_^.a 1SaI!t i?'O1']c altd <br />I'lest I+'orlc veins. 'ihe contpan« as a Food rn;ap oi' the undzrl;rourld <br />worlcinFSs <br />i'he lloistint; is done 1•rit'_^. tero sirll~;le deck calf;as. T?'en artd ma- <br />terial are hoisted vrith machinery. The welp;ht' of the load hoisted <br />1s tvro tons, the distancs hoisted, aC tre present tiro is 900 foot. <br />Tho~~ use tvre 7~9 inch rcund cables eP,lirh arcs in rood con- <br />dition, ono 'rtaviug~; i>een used one dear :uld one two gears. 7.'ilere is <br />n iiunlble sai'ot~r hoot: on t:te end vi' tPlo cable. The sutao is cilan~ed <br />once evel'y tyro months `!' a calve is equipped vr:Lth sa1'oty cluCChas <br />vir:iaa ur•e tosted oat t:e 1(itSt, oi' evzr;/ month. '1.'i.e Humble safety <br />hook pro vents ovor'airulinl;. <br />5'::o materdel i.s ho:isted from tha severul :Levols, ar!d a ~calger <br />is omployed. '1!ho eir+;nal ropo i.s l~d inch, wino. P;ler.tric bo:L:Ls and <br />1'lnsh lilrhts are usod orr the prour.'rty i'or slr,nnls. '1'L,a t3ureau o~ <br />P+[irtes coda 1a used. A. copy of i.t is postod in tl:a erlr;lno room, at <br />the coll,ir oi' tho shat't arrd at oath :Lav(al stetiorl. An outer pro- <br />hibitirlf+; per•sotls from rir!i.nL; on londzd enl;o is 1?ostsd Hoerr tktz <br />col:Lar of the s;.ai't. /!.loo a not;ico statirtt; tiro maximmn unmber oi' <br />