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_, .. ,,,. <br />The method of ore extraction is drifting and overhead stopir~, <br />2-1~4, Sullivan machine:drills are employed. Also hand drilling, <br />aizV;le. <br />T're timbering- is cribbiry; and square sets, in .the main abaft, <br />and stalls in the stopes. It is sufficient except irr,tre big stops <br />or. tre southeast side of the G00 foot level station. <br />The timbering is dr;:, red and white spruce, prepared bY~hand, <br />~!d in good condition. The chutes are loac?ed by,gravitatl.on and <br />hand shoveling. <br />the cars underground are loaded with shovels, by hand: Also <br />from chutes, and run by hand. They are ?:41ne and Smelter Supply <br />~;, <br />Co's cars. mhe trackage is of 12 lb. T. rails. <br />~, <br />Ventilation:is had through shafts, drifts, upraises and stopes, <br />It is sufficient and rro noxious gases are met vrith. <br />t'cst .c11 of the old timbers have been removed from the un- <br />dergrcurd vrorY.inr~s. ~ - -~ <br />The s'raft is divided into two compartments and is provided with <br />larder-vray, The ladYers are srfe, secure and accessible,. and land- <br />irr~s are provided in the ladder_aay not tc exceod tvrenty feet <br />apart. The levels are~ccnnected by winzes and :ran-ways, The mine <br />has more th n one exit for employees as i'ollows. On the 360 ft. <br />level o.f the Abe Lincoln shaft, through the Arcadis shai't, vrr.ich <br />has a good ladder-wa-~. This exit is readily accessible to employees <br />The lighting wrdergrour:d is with electric lights in the <br />stations, and candles in the stopes. <br /> <br />