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8 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />t <br />The Montana Style Station chairs are employed, <br />~:.ra- The cage guides ars 4" X 4" Oregon Pine <br />in fair condition. <br />all level stations are provided with passage-way <br />around working shaft, except some of the upper levels <br />The shaft at all stations is provided with guard. <br />rails, and is secured~by pillar of ground upon each <br />side sufficient to insure safety. .The shaft is not <br />being'sunk. <br />The method of ore. extraction is that of overhand <br />stoping. 2-1/4 in. Engersoll, Sergeant and buzzer <br />air drills are employed , together with•single and <br />double hand drilling. <br />.The method of ti~bering employed is that of." <br />stalls and lagging and is ,..__~ fair,-using red and <br />white spruce prepared by hand; they are in good con- <br />dition, except in the.-old workings. ' <br />Chutes are loaded by hand and gravitation. <br />The underground tramming is done by hand in <br />drifts and cars are loaded f tom chutes. and~run by hand, <br />Mine and Smelter cars are employed.. Trackage, <br />8~ "T" rails and 18 inch r~} <br />guage. <br />Amount of-water dealt with in gals. per minute-- <br />Max~iun 200, average 200. The ..water; is handled by a <br />1-13%25%7X24 Compound Jamesville Steam Pump at the <br />1?.00 foot level. <br />The mine is ventilated by connections with sever- <br />al shafts, drifts and upraises, and is sufficient as <br />there are no noxious gases met with. <br />All the old timbers have. been removed from under= <br />ground workings. <br />The. shaft is d~:vided into two compartments and <br />is provided evith ladder-way. Ladders are safe, secure <br />andaccessible. Ladder-wad contains steam, water or <br />"air pipes or boxes,- <br />. <br /> <br />^ <br />