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MINING AND MINE METHODS. <br />TheIrono"ladsirsft is h~ x 8' in the clear, 132 feet deep <br />vrith onelevel, The si7aft is timUered with. 3 x 0 sawed criUbing. <br />At the mill t~rere are two ~~,~, run in on a level vritir t'rre top <br />of the mill, and 7ato rals are run from said levels, both ways, <br />' then upraises run to the surface, a distance of from 30 to 50 feet. <br />Theii'cHutes are grit in at the bottom of the upraises. <br />'The black soil is scraped off from the top of the ore, than <br />~.. i ..' L ....1...... ...n.i .. Y.......'I .. it i ...4.. YL.. _ ~ .. ~._.. i _l_.. L. . 1 _~ <br />L110 ULV iJ VL V+1V 11 6ttLL Ol3V VOlOLL 1331.V 4130 OO VOL(11 lillU l,Vtl, YlllU 1Ut3LL' <br />ed into tho'cars, and hauled by mule to the mill,'a distance of <br />from 500`to' G00 fest, <br />Th© old Iron Clad shaft caved in about three weeks ago, The <br />same was aUandoned threo mont:nS ae•o. • <br />. ~ ><u.r <br />19ork is beinp,• carried on at the present Lime in the~Ironclad <br />• shaft,"snd in the tunnels and open cuts, just north oi' the mill. <br />At this time-the wor]cirrgs are all nevr, Near the mill it is a flat <br />depoait'or large blovr out, ' <br />Adage and dravrii~ge may be 1-:ad 'oy applyinr^ to P. V. ]3odfish, <br />survoyor for the Company. <br />hs fuse. The hoisting iri the Ironclad Shaft is dons with a bucket, and <br />men are raised acid lovrered Uy the hoisting machinery, Tha vreight <br />nt, pro- <br />. of the load hoisted is 2300 lbs, and distance hoisted 132 feet. <br />under- The aaUle is s 331' inci=, round, crucible steal and is in good <br />condition. It has Ueen in use about 18 months. <br />ose <br />vrith Link"chain and'blamps are ased on rho end of the caUle. Thoss <br />have never been changed. There are no safety devices employod to <br />The <br />pmevsnt overwinding. Materlul'is only hoisted from one level at <br />this time. '~,'I~ <br />tha <br />her The bell line is a 1~~ inch, cotton line, attachod to an 1!'i <br />8 inch gong, The novr Rtate coda ie employed, a copy oi' whi.cir ie I'`',I <br />alone ~'~ <br />postofl only in the engine room, ~~~1, <br />Persons aPe prohiUited from riding on a loaded bucket, but ~i~'~I~ <br />th+As order is not posted near the collar of the ehai't, the same ,,!l;~ <br />having bsenordsred done. Noithsr is there a notloG postsd, stating; ~~il~~~~ <br />the maximum number of man perr,itted to ride upon the hucL:et eit one IC,,I <br />time posted at rho roller of the eizai't and ut each levsl station. iy~ <br />