Show UP THAYNE 5 CANYON from park city record the record reporter made a trip up I 1 thayne s canyon and around the belt thursday the first stopping place was the comstock where is now operating one of the best equipped plants in this section for the prosecution rose of developer elopement developement dev nent work the splendid shaft t house and boiler rooms are now supplied with all the necessary and modern machinery an aal supt james hickey is on the ground to se that it is all in commission without the loss of an hours time the boiler room besides its accommodations for coal and a small machine shop is feet in dimension with solid brick floor etc in it are now stationed two standard tubular boilers coal being an item up here every pipe and connection has hasteen been thoroughly 1 covered to econom economize economic iz e heat the shaft house a solid and substantial structure truc ture is feet in dimensions and in it is stationed a large k and improved hoist supplied with 1 18 1 8 steil ste il wire rope the gallows frame being 20 feet in the clear for cages buckets etc the large three compartment shaft has now reached a depth of feet and is being b eino put down with the machinery now working dt at a lively rate mr hickey says that thai he expects to sink feet in this shaft and is confident of cutting th vein at the foot mark leaving t 25 feet f beet for a sump this shaft is strongly strong ly timbered with best oregon fir timbers clear to the bottom and there is nota not a defective pie beof timber in the entire work the manway and pump shaft is supplied plied d with steam water pipes also a blower to start the smoke after after shooting so as to cause c a use no delay in the prosecution odthe of the work one corn compartment artmont of the shaft is used for hoisting alone and another compartment for law lowering I 1 timbers P etc in a tima both compartments will be used fa for r hoisting ho ina here her e every precaution has hast been against accident th the e shaft with a railing round a automatic Is equips the character averl co oe of the ro rock ck no is lime shale wb which icv is beino amiza 1 I in under the shaft house hrek ahr used f or three men each are steadily dily le 0 Y goiny n sinking won while carpenters S on be etc employed increases the w ork to sixteen men working la 12 for mr hickey has also had bad constructed construct gallon water tank on the east sij the shaft house A feed pump is co to use either in case of fire and also conneen the boilers over to ai feet of boxing bosina been constructed to deliver m water s ive pumping cr over enough timber is I 1 ready on the ground to finish th the depth of over f feet beet and enough enouf ah of hi material is now framed and i in n shape to tin tim ber feet while everything in connection with tie works is of the most substantial 1 charac character terI it l is also put there with a view to ec onoma u time will fully demonstrate atia put tiers to stay and not for constant repair thata that a mine will be developed here her there ethere is not the slightest r doubt by me men n family with the location and the ground efthem there are none better acquainted or more moil able to judge than mr hickey himself asi ad the fact that he is goin I 1 t af after ter it ft in a manner that he is gives the utmost confidence in iti future futura he is too good and capable a miner amer to chase rainbows besides this when tie ge vein is once struck it will be at such sua a location and in such shape as to make economical econom icil iad and extensive working a certainty imbi it fail so a well recognized fact that the development of a mine at this point will be of the utmost importance and value to park city and the entire district there are scores d pro promising t g prospects surrounding V it and once struck in the comstock new nev life and enera ener will be infused and Th hhaynes Thay aynes nea canyon will one of the busiest of sections in inthia this vW |