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<br /> <br />.t:.'a:B;~I-DI:H~Q.:& :DI;I H: P.: H.E T,HtO:D.S~rlContin. <br />:work: has ;been: abandoned. in she:'shafts,~and••,oonduoted'.through <br />~tnanel:>•Fi~e•thonsand.Yeot•iroet:the portal_otitbe tunnel ie <br />;maiaahatt whioh~~ie.r1.000'..•inidepth..Levele~have•been run on <br />both aides of the shaft every 100•~.~:Praotioally'ali. ot'the:ground <br />has been worked out to the surtaoe and n large amount of ore pro- <br />_ ~ .. .. <br />dneod but gross produotion•and valnea oould not be ascertained <br />this time. Th1e shaft ooaneate with the.tnnneb;at~rthe 1,000- <br />level and is need for gn,additional~exit:tor:the;employes. <br />la equipped with ladders to the surtaoe• and is -kept, .in good <br />air for this purpose.•---- ~ ~:~;; :~ :~ ,. _ .r..:r,:: <br />Tho only aetivo rcork ,carried on is:.stoping•in the '900-tt. <br />west of tho above. desoribod ahaft•and at a dietanoe of 600' <br /> <br />Itrom the shaft. 1 • <br />~ The tunnel ie 6,000' is longth sad has bean drivon on tho <br />~Lsmartine vein its entiire dietanoe. Five thousand toot from tho <br />iportal it intereeote the T;omartine shaft at n depth of 1,000'. <br />~ __ _ _ <br />A small amount of arose-ontting hao boon done at various mints <br />In thq;tunnel but all euoh r;ork has boon abnndoned..Somo ore was <br />~prodnoed in driving the tunnel but values improved as the abaft <br />Nee approaohed. 21o work is oasried on in the tunnol and it is <br />uasd only as an outlot for ore and the main exit !or the apployee. <br />The tunnel ie providod with doors that oan bo operated from <br />,. <br />without Sn oaee of eooident by tire. <br />The yortal of the tnnnol is timbored with poste and onps <br />for n dietanoo of 200'. phore timbore are required eleowhore <br />stnlle oovered with lagging era used. Those nre prepared by hnn4 <br />"from nativo p1no, aso 1n Eood oonditlon arui auttioiont to aaonre <br />safety. <br />?he method of oro e:truotioa is ovoshand ntoping by meena <br />~ot•single hea4 drilling. lfo. mnohine drills are need. <br />•• Underground tTammint-, is done by hand and with mules. ?hs <br />trasbae ie 18" gnsge sad 1G! T roils and the oars need are of <br />the sine snd smeiter tyye. <br />