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<br />MINING AND MINE METHODS. <br />The main shaft is 4x8 feet, the first fiftSt (50)-riar~e <br />tS~fiered with 3x4 inch sawed cribbing and from tile~ <br />point to the 500 foo t level Et is timtYered with a.vsry <br />~ponr s~atem of square sets. From the 500 foot lpoiat <br />to the bottom it is timbered with stulla, The. shaft is <br /> <br />vertical to a point aboat 30 feet below°su2'Yaeo.. The t~etn <br />c. <br />was cut at this point and the shaft aumk on the same <br />to the 350 Foot point with a dip of kbout 6S•° to the west, aL thii <br />point the vein turned' and diped~ to the seat. The shaft <br />~ follovming the came to the 600? foo.t.loint, which is the <br />bottom on a dip of 65.0 ta•70°. The work is being carried <br />• on at the present time in a small stops near the bottom <br />,; of the shaft in the same vein underneath.the old workings. <br />The Pcoi~tfng, iis~ done by means of brr:ekets.• The men are <br />radsed or lowsrat~ with hcistirrs machinery. The weight of <br />I <br />the load Peoiated is••600 #. The diatancs Proisted is <br />r <br />~ 600 fes~C. The cable is b~8 inch wire•cable it has been <br />i used'for~one year. The safety chain and clamps are used <br />on the end~oP the~cahle. It has never been changed'. <br />Ther~D Yire`'na~ devisee tiled 'to prevent over-winding, The <br />.. .... <br />material is 7zoisted from only two levels, The bell and <br />~ signal bells are 1~4 inch line•arrtached to aT6~ inch <br />gol~•. The State Code is em'plaaed. The .Code of Signals I. <br />is posted at the collar of the shaft, dll persons are <br />pro&iFtited from riding on the loaded bucket. This order ~ <br />is not posted at the collar of tiie shaf t. .No notice <br />' I <br />is posted stating the maximum number of men permitted <br />to ride at one time on the hucket. The b>lckets are loaded <br />by hand. The skidsa'zmade of 8x8 inch <br />I ~~ <br />timber sawed diagonally. The levellatationa are not <br />provided with a passage way around the working ahaflt, The <br />shaft at all stations is-not prodi~ded with ~isard rails. _ ~~ <br />'(I <br />