Show A MAMMOTH SHAFT journal miner prescott arizona A piece of work of which little is heard lately is now nearing completion in the big united verde and it will probably be only a matter of weeks when considerable change will be made says the jerome news the work in question is the new shaft situated between and feet north of the present working shaft it was started about two years ago and would probably have been finished long before now had not certain obstructions been met with which the shaft was designed to evade these obstructions were large bodies of ore encountered where least expected and necessitated a change being made which naturally caused considerable delay in the work persistent efforts however have brought it almost to completion ion and it will not be long before all of the ore hoisted from the mine will be brought out through this shaft in size it is about feet in the clear with three compartments and although in solid syenite is strongly timbered from the top to the foot level it is connected by drifts with each level through which electric trams will convey the ore to the cages the surface equipment ip will consist of one of the largest and finest high speed hoists ever brought to the territory with a capacity of hoisting from 2000 to feet the gallows frame willbe will be of steel and everything 0 else ele in the way of machinery and accessories will be of the most modern manufacture it will have treble the capacity of the present hoist and will be able to handle almost any increase made in the output the prime object in building this shaft was to get away from the main ore body in which the present working shaft is located abed it was found that this latter shaft was being thrown out of line b by y the working of the ore causing many accidents and smash ups and as it was dangerous daug erous to run at high speed it was deemed expedient to put a shaft where these difficulties could not occur |