MINING AND MINE METHDDS.
<br /> Tlo. 1 shaft is a tyro compartment, as fur as the flth. level, about
<br /> 500':feet; and is cribbed 4 x 0 feet, And it is a three compartment
<br /> 4 x 12 in the clear, and timbered vrit;l square ::e,ts, from the'
<br /> r~th.,to the lGtil, or 1200 foot level.
<br /> The r}th, level is colnlect^d b~~ a crow; cut with t'~~e hil].ie
<br /> mine, t'rlroul5h. an upraise, vrhich is buli:hoadod.
<br /> The Gth. or G50 foot level is com?rcted vrith Che hillio tilrou~h
<br /> all upraise, and the 7th. ley©1 rvitll the {'IIlitiuf;. Tho ei]_;hth by a
<br /> cross cut rwl South to the Lil:Lie s]laft, and th'-•uur:i: a drift run-
<br /> rling• in a Yorthea~stsrly direction evit:~~ the V!<lit;irlf;. Te nira-h
<br /> level is coiraect~=:d vrith the ':'/biting, or Full City, through a
<br /> drift running P7orth i'ro'n t11. shaft. This is also bul.:beaded.
<br />e The 1.LCh. laval i.s not connected vritll the waft
<br />but there is an
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<br /> unraise i'rom 1200 to the lOt., level, a di.:~,tance o+_' 200 .feet.
<br /> 'P:^ere are tn;..i:-•::avs, t hcut~il stopes, iro:~.~ t^e Dt'_l, level ~dovrn
<br /> to 1200. •'P-ae hater is raised it: the shalt to the 10th. level.
<br /> v/ork is bein;; carc•ied on in ;.lo. 1 s]urf't front the GGO foot
<br /> level dovm to 1200. This work is all. ulldel^~lealth the old vror9cilr•s
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<br />1 s : and on the same veins, 4'he d- nth oi' the neveral shai'ts areas
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<br /> L'ollovrs, Plo. 1, 1200 ft.; ?Io, 7. G00 ft., 3fo. 3, hOQi.'t, ']o. 5,
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<br /> 350 ft. D7o. G, ;i00 ft•. $fo. 7, X00. 310. 8, 300 ft., and 170. 11 ?00 fC.
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<br /> A map of the vror]c;.rr_s •ai11 be r•e~ady by Jan'y,~ 1st., :LOO-b.
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<br /> Hoistinr; is done vrit;l one dottl.,le dscL r,ap;e. T~'en and me.terial
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<br />are belated ~•rith hoistirlr~~ ma(:'ai~!E;ry. P/air*ht o.i' load iloi(ated h, 000 lbs.
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<br />l?istau!cc hoi~:tod, 1200 ft. '~'ho r,abls i~s a r1 x 3~f3, flat 'air•e, and
<br /> is in fair conclit:ion. Tt ilas been i;~ use 20 r;ionths. A Iiurrlblo
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<br /> asfE;ty hook .is used on the orld of the cable, I am not illi'ormsd as
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<br /> to vrhell partt0 vrau cluinged.
<br /> `.'i'l~lo c:zr;e is ec]laippod vr:Lt;l sa:at!~ clutr,llos vrllicll err, re teste(1
<br /> :Last ou ;iove~~~uer ;Otis,, 1003. !!'Lul i?amble p,lte;nt ca:L'cty dov:'lco is
<br /> nso(1 to prevon{;. overrriltdin;}•. 7A(Ytcrlal is hoisted 1'rorl several
<br /> l~;Vels a11C1 a CIl[;8l' is Lmp10"8d.
<br /> T118 OleCbi^ic li`rUtOJlI Of p:L(;11a.L0 is 8n1p.LU}/ed, al'1C1 the 61(*,1'lal 111'10
<br /> 1U a 3/!3 i11C h, 'Ai rB Y'opB, ill (?;olIIl C. UI1diG:1 O11. 'i.'$O itL;te COdO Of
<br /> ;iigl'lals is emplpyo(1. 'J'1'-B 00018 ie poat(-ld 11'1 t;18 Oll];i110 morn, e.t th0
<br /> collar of the shaft allcl at each level station,
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