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Big Five - 7. <br />,; <br />i~ <br />~: <br />,~ - MIRING & MIIIE METHODS-Contin. ~ <br />~~` ered with la in Tj~e timbers are <br />gg d prepared by hand i^rom pine <br />I <br />j; and aprnae, arc sufficient to secure safety and are in rairly <br />good condition. The old timbers are reinforced every year with <br />~ new timbers. <br />The underground tramming is done with horses. Steel oars, <br />~ made by McFarlane & Co. of Denver, Colo., are used on p trackage <br />of 24" guage and 20~ T rails. 9 doublo track has beon laid the <br />entire distance in the tunnel. ~ <br />The amount o~ orator to be dealt with is small and the <br />method employed ie natural. The ventilation is natural and j <br />suY~ioient and no noxious gaeea-arc met with. The sanitary cen- j <br />~ ditiona are good sad till old timbers have been removed from <br />underground. Candloa are used for lighting underground. '' <br />T <br />S T A T I S T I O S. <br />Green production of oro attd average tonnage por month <br />' not given <br />' Csrt per foot oY mining can not bo given as this work has <br />1 ~ beon dens by diffesent~pazties and at ve irre <br />~ ry galar periods. <br />Tetal number oP foet 1n shafts, 1,380. <br />k Tetnl number eP feet in tunnels, 8,600. ' <br />Tetal number of feet in drifts, about 3,200. <br />Tetal number of feet in areas-outs included with drifts. <br />Hen empleyod; <br />2 Haohine Drillmen, ,4,00 Yor d hour shift. <br />4 HinerB, 3.00 " " " n <br />1 Timberman, , S„0 " n n „ <br />1 Trtumer, g.00 " " " n <br />2 Topmen, <br />i 3.00 " " " w <br />- 1 Engineer, $,~ w n " " <br />1 auperiatendont, 126.00 por month. <br />Average number of men employed for the year, ltd. <br />Ceet of ye*der, ~ .13fr per lb. Aves. oest per mon.,~ 30. <br />st <br />