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Show Second Skit mt Teiras Gulf filne Firm plans for constructing a second shaft at the Cane Creek Mine have been announced by Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. H. V. W. Donohoo, General Manager of the Potash Division, stated the new shaft will be drilled to the mine depth and will be fully cased. The finished inside diameter will be four feet. The new shaft will hz fully equipped for auxiliary hoisting of men and supplies. Work on the new shaft is planned to get underway this spring and will take from six to eight months to drill and complete. It should be in operaation by the end of 1967. The -announcement came only one week following announcement of impending construction of a crystal-lizer crystal-lizer circuit at the potash facility. Although company officials have declined comment on cost of the improvements, improve-ments, it is speculated that they will run into several million dollars. Further information will be forthcoming as arrangements ar-rangements for the shaft are finalized. |