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<br />~Themain ahaft'is 13 1~2' x41?.', t'-:ree coffipartment, 600 ft '~i~
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<br />2esp `pt'is''timbered'vrith square sets; There are six levels,stations ~,('
<br />vrhich are'cut'on both"si''des"of 't he shaft, on the 1st., 2nd. 'and 3rd ~ ~
<br />4evela, •{ind'only' on the north side oii t}ie 4th:, 5th. and 6th. levels I h:~I~ !
<br />The Mary McKirmey vein crosses the sl°:ai't a few feet below the 3rd. ~~lii'k
<br />level. T.he man-vray in the main shaft is equipped vrith a straight, iil~~
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<br />ladder;' and-no Yandiiige or''stations'. The Bertch shaft, tietvreen the ~ ~ ~
<br />main shaft and the~Howard shaft is 'equipped with :Ladders, and sta- f
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<br /> tions'every'1G`feet, i'ro*n the 300 ft. ievni to tl,e surface, Tns "'II`I`I
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<br /> Howard oonnecte vrith the 2nd., 3rd., 4th: and 5th. levels oi' the rr
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<br /> m¢in shaft.`The"3rd. 1eveT eonnects with the Moffat tunnel
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<br /> work is being`'rarriad on at the present time, by lease on the
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<br /> north end of the 3rd. level, and by the rornpany, in the 2nd., 3rd. i i,
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<br /> and'6th: levels"of the main ahaft.'These vrork'ings are in the same qI
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<br /> veins"and'underneath the old viorkings, vrith the exception oP the- I ~!li ~'
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<br />Gallagher leaee~ on the north end, vrhich is ir. the old'workirrgs. I
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<br /> Maps aril drawings may be had by apply'iry; tc F. F. Castello, Free., I
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<br />_ ~ The hoisting isdon~ with a'singledeck cage, Menare raised ~~, ~~~~
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<br />and`'loriered`by ho istirrgrmachinsry. The crei~ht of lord hoisted 3,500
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<br />lbs;'Distance hoiatad'600feet. i h 'r
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<br />by +i"'beeri dri'use one year. Cleaves arrd blamps are used on
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<br />1 drift. the'end"of°the cable, The same vrere changed three years ago. The ~II~
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<br />eels=ls equipped'vrith'bbnnet'end'safety clutches, The safety clut
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<br />~ered 190~b. The IelLman, Beaver and Pda~'
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<br />s' %1Jiaterisl is hoisted from soveral levels. A eager is employed I14 I*
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<br />The~navr State cdde oP slgnale 3s employed and the sam I ~,
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<br />build- the engine. room, at the collar of t I
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<br />rohibited 'front riding
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<br /> bout•the'rains; but the aamo was tlrderod done.
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