Show more records are X now being broken contractor at chiefs new shaft making feet monthly in each of the four drifts being driven near water level 0 after breaking all records tor for rapid shaft sinking at the water lily shall shaft ol 01 the chief cons min ing company the contractor in charge of the development of this ground Is now winning fresh honors for speeding up drifting operations the sinking at the water lily was contracted to walter fitch jr who put the shaft down to the water level in a few months mr fitch s crew Is now driving tour four drifts af a a point just above the permanent water level in this property boffl bials of the chief cons state that each of the tour four headings Is going forward at the rate of feet a month and this undoubtedly means the rapid and economical develop ment of the company s immen a tract of mineral land in the eastern end of the district dl brict |