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Show . EXPEDITE M II PKE SHIFT Contract for Sinking tc , Depth Awarded; Nearly Six Feet Per Day. j i The Prince Consolidated Mining: com- j paiiy is spading ihe sinking of the shait io the ore beds below, iay the .Vioehe j Kecord, and every effort it reing" made j 1-y ihe r.-i;i:i:i,;eii;ent to go to the dee;.' j -a: the earliest possible moment. J For the past two weeks an average advance of 5.S feet per tw-my-four hours has been made in the deepening of the big working shaft, which has now reached a total dept. of 475 feet, a fine record, considering the time which has elapsed since the inception of the work. The water level is still seventy feel deeper, but at the present rate of progress it should be reached before January 1, A large station will be cut at the water level to accum muriate the pumps and other necessary equipment t" put the shaft down to the ore beds ai.d beiow. Arrar.gerr.-nts have recently been to:n-Y to:n-Y ' 1 ed w i e re b y W" :i 1 1 e r Fitch, t : : e m : n -;::g c-jb tra'.-t' r. win. on cuiitr,'', take over the s .r.kir.g of the b-.g sb.ti't t r.-rn th- wat--r lev-, and it wiii r-.vnem-b e r e d 1 . a I : " that it w as Wait e r F itch v." h 'j sank the shaft til,- f i r t -P ".' f e t . This arrangement i.-ertainly asur--s quick ac:;n. bS'.-d on the speed wirh which Mr. Fitcli has s-nt down tin's and f-'.her shafts. The directorate of th-- Prince Cfcsolica -(i Mir.ing company f-el that wih him in pers ona charge of the w--rk the shaft wiii r--ri'jh Its ,,---r iv-, the i biiver or- b-d developed by previous dut- j rnond driilinsc at a t'.'tal vrt :cd t deptli j ' of to'? f'-r-t, thirty da's earner than pre- 1 viously estimated. At this t;n".e it will r-quire an adil-t'r.r.al adil-t'r.r.al Z',' in-:' i sinkii:? t" break ino tiv? first ore bed, which is- known as the siiver ore bed and a further l:th" feet . will be requir-d for the shaft to penetrate , :ie second ore bed, kn-.wr. as the base bed. Fifteen miners are at pr-'- er.! ...-r.nh.ye d in this work, which Is b-ir.tf oarr:-d on ' h.depend-r'tiy of rhe r.ormal ci--rat.or: of the mine. ;,.. .a;r n-dr.g bu! k n-aded off at r'-p ii'.-f.jot point. The -rs'-r.t formation in the bottom f j the shaft is lime s 1 1 a i e , which s t : i 1 breaks v.-ry w-!i. The iu.-tallati'.n of The .---rlir.g bo'Prs ; wi11: be o .n.pirted by January , the j 1 rnat-d t:m- at which wr Iev.-l be reached. Ail the necessary adjunct to it-- pumph.L' ar.d povcr i r,s a i;a ion I should ah- , be completed by that rt::.-'-. A .ub-'ra cl; mn for coa! is le- built, and th;s c-ai will be t ra f -rr--'J from fh-' rra'-l-.-i-in to t:. biy s'orae bin h r;t' --d a i t plV boiler jiant by a wide convey r belt. I t. of the rr shorra;'.-. a crood , tr,rr Ulr.-. i T",V'i 1 ' tO T 1 Salt I.ak : :-rr. '-iters: th- bins, h' v.-ev- r. ;.r- tuih and' urw---- ' ar situation t ,t.' -z -, u-- is ir.di.--a; -d by advi'-s re--'v-d. 'he norri.;i proo n,i ioi i will, of n'-'-' - v r-d u-'ed. The j:,i'o'li,e of th-- r;o n : ( -a r y fr-.ro r-r-int," of r-: is be-.r.ic rna-er-;,-lv in-r-r-a-d ,v (h- h;gh .rr of nr,d t,.- :be rh i.ir !? 1 in rk-t. and. -vTVn nu r ,,,v,l,.r,-.,! f'-r. s'orkivld-'-s of fh'- IT!"'-" !',;,,! da-.'-d Mlrti.K oo-n;.ar.v ;-r- in line -.-,r ..rahoira' fuf-irr. nw.f:rs -M-.a-h sr.omd b.'"r' ')burl b'- '-his va::l-i:.'. va::l-i:.'. r.a L' d i omp.s ny |