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- MINING AND MINE METHODS. rr <br />.: r' <br />The El Paso Afir.shaStt to four $I eight feet in the <br />a•].ear to a point about twenty feat belowa outface amd tiered <br />oa•£tFs 3xff inch sawed cri$biirg the vein was cut at this <br />~. <br />• point and theshaft sunk ami the" same to the 350 foot level.. <br />The shaft is pnoz•ly timbered, wraith aitulls• frozrn the ffis"foot <br />point to ttha= 360' fo~cct level. an. upraiae> from the <br />E1 Paso Lone connects with this shaft and provfdess• <br />aufi'fcrent Qentila•tion for .the men vrho are working ~, • <br /> £n thin part. of the mine. Thm- Beacon Ht1L Alas. is: lieizag <br /> sunk at this time.` -The shaft is 4z8 Ft. in the aloar and' <br /> devfded' £nto two cozspasrtment~ and timbered with 3x8 fae3i <br /> saw9a cMbbing. There is only one level in each of thoQe= <br /> shafts: <br /> • The work is beizz~ carried' ozs at the .present dine <br /> £n the 350 foot. level of the Air shaft and in the I ' <br /> hattoza ad' the. B. ~~ shnYt, same £s all. in YYrgfn ~if~c~. `; + <br /> Ho~n:Gfa~ is done .by means of buckets. the men <br />are raised ~ <br /> r <br />~ ~ : <br /> with Fxotating machinery anti the, • weight. hotsted,~?50 ~ { • • <br /> and the diatanee hoi" sated •is 3b0 feet.. The'cablesis i ~. <br /> one b~8 inch and one 3~4 in Pair condition and have been <br /> used one year. The safety chains and clamps axe used'on the <br /> end of the cables: rt iD~s+ix mmnths sine they were changed'. <br /> Dice devi c•es are employed to prevent mver weixrding. The mater~isil. <br /> is Ftotmtedt from 3u].g one letre~l. The, e;ignal ox bell <br /> signal is 116 telephone wire attached to six inch sazzgs. <br />y <br /> ?fie: meUao .d' employed i~a they State. erode. The code of signals III. <br /> is only posted in the engine roam. All persons are I~ <br /> prokfbiited? from riding one oaTled 35~sy bucket i <br /> The ®ad§r is posted a he cp1 of the shaft. The <br />~.-~~t ~ti>~`C. <br /> The method of~over• hand stoping _ <br /> The znaahiize drills employed are the <br /> Yzsgersolli,' Sergeant and the Shaw. and Ecl£pse hand drill; <br /> aizzgle hand drills a-re. also mse~E. The method of timbering <br /> employed s+re ata~lls and lagg•£ng, All timbertag is <br /> sufficient. e~cegt 1n ;-the air shaft. The" tf=asst Yes <br /> red and white epra~ and is prepared by hand. The dozzdit3oza <br />• of. the timber is good. The chateata are loaded bg basal ~ ~; <br />"~ <br /> .. } <br />;~' and grav~itSri~ion. The bUCket~ are Placed on ti`Ltcka azid zu <br />ce. S , <br />i _ <br />,. <br />:r <br />.~ <br />