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-::cy ,: <br />Smuggler Sunbeam =-4 <br />~I NING AIdD' LINE LILTH OD S-:nContin. <br />~preaent. This shaft is being sunk in the hanging wall and <br />~~eapect.to strike the vein at a depth of 150 feet and then <br />~idrift on vein in both directions. There are several short <br />(tunnels or drifts run on the vein for prospecting purposes. <br />i <br />(The method of ore extraction is overhand stoping and drifting <br />jby means of hand drills. The method of timbering is atolls <br />and square aeta,,oovered with logging. The timbers are <br />red apruoe and pine, prepared by hand and are sufficient to <br />secure safety. Underground tramming is done by hand. The <br />system of ventilation is partly natural, assisted by a fan. <br />pumping system is a large water barrel. Candles are used <br />lighting underground. The shaft is two compartments, one <br />~_for bucket and cage and one side for ladders and air pipe <br />have 'landings every sixteen feet. <br />S T A T I S T I C S <br />Total number of feet in shafts <br />Total number of feet in drifts <br />Total number of Poet in Development <br />Coatof wood per oord, y4.00 <br />Coat of steel per pound 12~ <br />136 Cost per ft. ~2b.00 <br />21b Coat per ft. 12.00 <br />gb0 <br />Coat of powder per point 18d <br />Cost of transporting supplies to mine $1.00 per owt. <br />Mem Employed: <br />4 blTnere y4.00 for 8 hours <br />2 Topmen 3.00 for 8 hours <br />2 Engineers 4.00 for 8 hours. <br />1 Superintendent y150.00 per month. <br />G E N E R A y R E M A R K S <br />Bo person under the age of twelve years ie emp~.oyed in the <br />3tran8era or visitors are not allowed underground unless <br />