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.,~ _ : . <br />.. ,, <br />The method of ore extraction ,is that o3 overhand <br />sto'~ring. I~iachine drill are employed. Drills used, <br />Sullivan and buzzer. Hand drilling is employed', single. <br />The method o£ timbering employed is that of stalls <br />and lagging; it is only £air, using red and w}iite spruce <br />prepared bg hand, the condition o£ timbers is Fair, <br />except in the old x~orkings. <br />Chutes are loaded by hand and gravity. <br />Tramming, cars are loaded by nand, and from chutes, <br />cars are o£ the standard type. Trackage, 12~ and 1b~ <br />"T" fails and 18" guage. <br />z. <br />Drainage, the mine. is drainpd.by the ~'1 Paso <br />r Drainage tunnel to the 600 £t. level. <br />The mane is ventilated by connections with the <br />Standard tunnel on the 2nd level and the El Paso tunnel <br />on the 6t}1 level; suffici®nt to 600. .There ,are not <br />any noxious met with. All the old timbers have not <br />been removed from underground v~o'rkings. - <br />a.J The shai't is divided into ~taae~ ~ompartr~ents, snd <br />is provided with ladder-way only -part way, ladders are <br />_; i '?n©t sa£e, secure and accessible . Ladder-vvay contains <br />' air pipes and a dinky cage. Landings are not provided <br />in ladder-way to exceed 20 :feet apar£. TY~ere are <br />- wn~;es or man-ways connected with the levels; and`at <br />least one man-way is kept`in repair and equipped with <br />ladders, The mine has more thah one exit- £or employes; <br />through the C. K. & N•, the Standard and the Little <br />I~ay shaft. ?~'xit is readily accessible to employes. <br />The mine is lighted underground by candles. <br />b <br /> <br /> <br />