| Show THE DALY WEST at this great bonanza says the park record the immense new 80 foot gallows frame is in place and active operation the cables were put over the fore part of the week during the noon hours so that no time was lost in the mine the new frame is very massive and one of the finest in this whole western country contractor graham has built and set the frame in a little over a months time and it is much to his credit that the work has been so speedily and thoroughly done the mine will close down on the fifth dinst for a few days while the first three sets of timber in the shaft are re tini tim bared with heavier timbers this being made necessary by the new frame which being so large and heavy requires firmer foundation the large timbers from the old gallows frame will be used for this purpose the new frame was put in to accommodate the large skips which are to replace ahe the cages now in use in the mine these skips I 1 will hold about five tons each and will be made to dump automatically so that it will be unnecessary to have men employed in unloading the cars taking them from the cages etc A large ore bin will be built at the mouth of the shaft and the product from the mine will be dumped directly into this from the skip taken into the main maan ore house and treated at the mill the cages will be used to raise and lower the workmen after which by a simple operation the skips will be made to replace the cages and vice versa the new system will considerably lessen the expense of taking the ore from the mine and will make work easier and quicker the new ore house built to replace the one which collapsed some time tiffie ago is completed and full of ore everything is activity at the mine both mills are running steadily and a large number of extra men are employed on top A new system of electric light and bell signalling sign alling is to be installed and other improvements are under way which will make the daly west one of the finest equipped and most modern properties in the country |
