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1 <br />MINING AND MINE METHODS. <br />The main shai't,' formerly knovnr as tine Rubies shaft, is h' x <br />8' in the clear, 926 felt,deep, witPn thirtoen le Vols. The i'iret <br />20 feot is vartioal, and is timbered vri*,h 3° x 8" sawed cribbing;. <br />The v<.in; yrhich dips to'the'east,'vras cut at this point, and the <br />s}raft sunk on the same to.the ei{yhth level, aird timbered vritir <br />stalls and lagrp;irrg, Froim tiro 8th. levol to the bottom or 13th. <br />level the shaft is timberad erit'rr egixi;re sets, but is no*, lap;r~;od. <br />Hovrever, tine earns is i'airly well liuHd with two inch lumber, The <br />draft is vertical from t'ne 8th. leval to the bottom. mhe vein is <br />stoped up to the abaft on both ends, from the 8th. level to the <br />first. Tnero is a 326 ft. winre on the•13th. level anti they are <br />puttiri~ inra 15 H.P. air hoist. Tlrs wlnze is *.o be re-tlmbared and <br />equipped vrit h station ladders. <br />. Wor)c iq beih[; carried on at the preaaut time on tho 12th. <br />and 13trr. to vela, in the same vein arad uiularue ath the old vror•]cings. <br />The maps and drawirrt;'s are, way. L•eirind. <br />The hoiatirrg; is done vritir.bucket, the men L'ein(?; raised and <br />lOwerad vrith tho hoiating;~ ?nacirinery The weip;:nt of load hoisted is <br />1900 lbs., and tho distance 92.5 feat. <br />Tha aabla is a one inch, round crucible steal anti is in f~;ood <br />cpnditiorr. It has bean in use 9 months, <br />Safety drain acrd clamps are usHd on the and•of tha cable, <br />ThHy dm no't knout urban the sF3rnH vrorH 1•aat c}ranged, mhos are no <br />davicos errlployerl to pro vent overwinding. <br />1datHrial is }roiatHd i'rorn two or more levele. The- Cell Tina <br />is a :5~8 S,nch v<.ire line, attached to an 8 inch g0rig. <br />'1'he no+.r Bta.be aig;nag aodH is omployed, +r ropy of which •is <br />posted only 1r+ tho engine room, and on tho lovrar 1HVHl. <br />Persogs are prohibited i.'ro+n ridinf;~ ort a .LUadad liuckat, but <br />this ordar is not ported urns t'ire col:Lrsr oi' tlaH ehai't. Plelther is <br />LPrors a not:Lce atatirrp; tha maxinnrm nurnl;Hr o1' rnort parmittad to ride <br />upon tha basket +at one tune postal about tna mina, <br />'1'}19 buclceta are loaded by hand sitovnlinp; and i'rom abates. 1'lra <br />skids arH made of 8 x 0 timbar, A1:L oi' tho levola ar.~o not pravlded <br />vrith a paaaap;a way around L'no eha:f't. Tho s}rai't at the stations ie <br />provided vrith doors. The sidae o1' tha shaft nre socurad by a pillar <br />of ground upon each aide aufficiant to secure asfHty, but• the <br />