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<br /> <br />MINING AND MINE METHODS, <br />_red <br />,_ld- <br />.... ~ e s <br />The main slxai't is a t'./o by ei,:,Pa ft„ vrith tyro cornl~ar^tntonts, and <br />900 i'eet deep. It :is ex•ibbed. 'I''i:cre are 10 levels ira (300 %'eot oi' <br />t7~e shaft It is 100 :L'eet deeper tixnn ti:e lOti~. level. At a l;~oint <br />aiiont d feet belo'rr the i'loor oi' t;?a lOtn. level statio•y the shai't <br />is bullcheaded, and the oackats are lovrerarl. to ti:at paint, 'l'ire <br />cars are used in drifts and are lo:.ulod by :_aud vriih shovels, <br />and also i'x•om cirutos, .acrd d•.unped into the iiuclrats irr t e .,_.a~i°*. <br />q'he Rindl©~, old Sul7.ivan, the ea:•a vein, axnd iio. 1 a!rd 2 ar•e the <br />Main veins. The scopes are timbered c'ith stalls ascent the crest <br />vein. xere the ore is left in the stops until the s:r`!e is :'or]<ed <br />out, Then it is dravrn and th. slope abandoned. <br />Flock is bein/; carried on at the present time ir: the 7t ., <br />"th., 9th., and 10th levels, and urrderneat ~ all~old cror9ci:x~;s in <br />the sar;:e veins. <br />The 'naps acrd drawinl;s are all up to date, arul the P,1aun±•;er <br />has *~romised me a blue prir!t. <br />The i~oisti:;r° is dens li7 rnearrs oi' burb:ets of ~~tha i~iir!e and <br />Omolter Supply Co's malco, Caen ara raised acrd lorrored Grit _ fire lroisS <br />ind; raa+~~hinery, 1'Jei(';ia of load ;roisterl ;?,100 lbs. ;?i:atiance hoisted <br />300 i'eet. '.:'ire: cable is a u~b rou:!d teal vrire, iir ;good coudi~ion. <br />It Y>v.s been iv ttse orre ;/oar. Cismps :nul chain are users on tho end <br />oi' ti.o caule. 'i'ha sraina rras c:rnr,~^ed about si:; snout?rs ul~;o. '1'her•o <br />is uo devica ~>;nployad to i,rove!it over~,ri.urliul~~. <br />l~.iaterial is twisted i'r•o!!t Chr. soveral levels. <br />`1'iroy aso a 3~t3 iuri~ hemp ropy Dell li~:e, vriti~ rrn fi i.ncn <br />p~,or!l;•. Tho code in ass is partly lie F;tato code. <br />The rode ,is not posted at tha collar oi' tiro s;~,;~~ft ~.rnd at oath <br />level staflou. Porsor!s ara proi:tib:i.ted i'rort rill?:;; on a loarlad <br />bucket, btzt ti:1s orda i• is rot posted at thr, r,oflar oi' the char i'b. <br />'.!'hare is uo rwtice stating; tlxe !naxi:arrn :rtaniiier oi' meu ~per•rrd.tted to <br />r•lcla upon tine bzrclcet at orxa timo posted nt fire collar oi' tize <br />s i1a 1•t or• at oaclx ].avol station. <br />On 'Cho .lObir, lovo:L r.rrrs sre loadad from ciao c?~nabos, ar.d r~.zu <br />by hard 'to Uho siial't, and d:r!nped into .n bucket rfixicir casts on <br />tixo bullchaad. in tiro si:a~'t. Tn tixe of}car lnvo'la buckots aro loadod <br />1'rrom ci!utes v/iaicix ;Laarl i'rom stopos, and •,~1th ni~ovols iu drii'ts. <br />'.Ciroro is a prinnn~;o vnz7/ around :~':-.ui't only or: t'r:o '1tir. l~:ve1. <br />