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^ <br />MINING AND MINE METHODS. <br />and <br />±loyed, <br />rder man- <br />are stored <br />'at pur- <br />rooder. front, <br />iu i ld i xzgs , <br />bs . Tlxe;: <br />. Oils, <br />sed for <br />The main shaft is 4 x 8 Sn the clear, 350 feet deep, acid has <br />'acn , ^ :,~ ~~: ~, <br />two compartments, with two levels and a good ladder-vray, and <br />landings every sixtoen i'eet. The shaft is timbered with 3 x A, <br />..... ,... ~ '~r, fr <br />sawed cribbing from surface to the 325 ft. level, az7d from there to <br />the bottom with square sets. Thoy are going to make a connection <br />on the 325 ft. level, with the 400 ft. level of the R;ary FLCI{imley <br />mice. ffir. H. ~'(. GiIDbert, S6p,•r. i'or tree Poggy Gold iining• Co. has <br />a lease on the Hoosier, and a portion of the ,dable Iii., and the <br />Anaconda, and has already started to sink a shaft on the Anaconda, <br />in the town of Anaconda, and his chances for making a paying pro- <br />position of the same are very favorable. <br /><F1ork is being carried on at the present time irz the:;shaft <br />and stapes, in the north and south stops and in shai't. <br />?r'aps and dravrings are upYto date, and one of same may be had by <br />applying to H.'7g1,Gilbert, N[gr. <br />The hoisting is done by buckets. ?Een aro raised and dowered <br />with hoisting machinery. Freight oi' load hoisted 1,500 lbs. Distance <br />lbieted 350 feet. The cable is a 3~4 round steel vrire,in good <br />condition, It has bean in use three months. Claanpe and chain <br />aro used on t',:e end oi' tho cable, The same were clmr:ged t'rxrea months <br />c>r•o. T_hero are no safety devices omployed to prevent overrrinddirg. <br />Liatorial is hoisted from tyro levels. Ti:e bell lino is a l~~l inch, <br />steal wire, atteched to an 0 1nci: song. The State code of signals <br />is employed, which is posted in the engine room, in collar of the <br />shaft, and at each 'level station. Parsons are prohibited from ri- <br />ding upon a loaned bucket, this order beiry,; posted near the collar <br />of tho shaft. Also a notice stating the maximum number of man <br />permitted to ride upon the bucket at ozro time is posted at the <br />collar of the skzai't and at each level statlon. Tho buckr,CS are <br />loaded from chutes and run on trucks. Tho lovol stations are <br />practically on ohs aide of the shai't. The ehai't at all stations is <br />provided with a door, and is securod vrith a pillar of 1?;round upon <br />each silo eufflclsnt to secure sai'oty. The sluti't is being aunlc. <br />The man are t~rovidod with sufficient ladder. A bulkhead is placed <br />in shaft ove~• shaft men. <br />