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r <br />MINING AND MINE METHODS.. <br />Tito main ahai't is h x 0, 300 ft. deep, and thorn are threo <br />lovele. T:no civli't is tiro"oared with cribL•in~ i'r•wn the surfaca to <br />about rho 25 foot poirtt, vrhere tine vain wus cut, From this point <br />to the bottom, ?,75 feet, the's;~aft is timl;ered with stuns,. but it <br />is not la~g~ed,and from the i'irat lovel to the bottom, there is rto <br />partition betvreert the man-vray and the hoisting compartment of the <br />abaft, excopt the center roar of stul.la, Tha abaft .is sunk on the <br />wain, end itas a clip to the vrest of 7h^, mite second level is con- <br />nected wi+,it a shaft which is located about 7.00 feat south of the <br />Golden hedge siutft. <br />~rhe vrork, at the present time, is beinlg carriari on on tittf <br />2nd. and ',rd. levels grid at Chia rime the,r are vrcrkin}; 1n ra nevr <br />vein. <br />The. hoisting is dene witY. bizckets, and the men at•s }^aised <br />and lowered vrith tite izoiating nuxr.]anery. The Lveigitt oi' the load <br />hoisted is 050 ns., and tha dis*,anco hoiatod 300 feot. !Pho cable <br />is a ;5~4 inert, roltnd, ct^ur,iL•1e steel, at7d is in govd condition, <br />It lraa boon in use aL'out. six rnontha. Safety c>rair. ad clamps one <br />used on tl:o end oi' the o$b29 •. These were ci~trnged about six months <br />ago. T}raro at^e t:o sai'ety dF:vices employod to pt•avout overvrinding, <br />Illaterial is beinf; hoisted i'rarn two levels. <br />Tiro be1:1 lino is ~a 3~0 iitoit vrirr,, atCachad to a. G lirch <br />gong. They at•e I;oiu~; to ornploy the nevr stato Oodo. Their code is <br />not posted at tha col:Lar of rho ahai't, in tho anglns room, and <br />at OA(.'$ levol station. Peramta are prolribitad i'rom ridlnp; on a <br />loadad buclnet, i7ut thin order is not l,oated near the collar o1' <br />'Cho ailaft. I}aither is th~~t^e a notion statin}~; the ma>:i~~nut+tlao t^ oi' tnott <br />per•m9.t'tetl to ride uu tiro buc]<et ut one tuna, posted at Che collar <br />oi' thoshtti't oral at oach levsl station. <br />T]re btzulcets o'rs' loaders ft•ont shut;aa, !Pha skid vray is roads oi' <br />6'+ x 8s tiniber•, sawed diagonal:Ly. Ala loyal stations ara not pro- <br />vided wi+;h a Passage way arotnul firs ahal't, oral the shalt nt all <br />utaiona Ss not providad vrith C;uard rails. <br />Prom tha aaconrl lsvsl to t}te first loyal the vein is stopsd <br />to the a;;tti't in sores plaraa. 'Pirsro ors no vriu~oa or mS1:L bolas, <br />Tho sirai't is not boing sunk. <br />