Show making A record for shaft sinking sink ing walter fitch pitch jr who is con trading acting tr mine development may make worlds record by sinking feet in month I 1 during the past week the new shaft which la Is being the ho mansville property of the chief con soli dated mining company has passed through the porphyry formation and is now in the li limestone at a a depth of about abou fee feeland aln waltel fuch fitch jr wh whet Is handling hang 1 ing this and other mine de development elope lit here in un der cont contract act 71 expects expects to establish a new record f tor r shaft work in the hl far formation matlon the force of shaft mei me working under mr fitch was wag able to 0 make ake between eight and ane feetie nine r day and it Is 1 thought that the chesek men will be able to do even better belle in the lime rock if they can keep the shaft going down at the present rate they will edly break all record records fo tor sinking and perhaps establish a new world a record mr fitch pitch expects to wale iral e at least feet per month and it if such rapid work is possible but two months will be needed to get down to the level the new shaft of the chief conso bonso co is located but a short distance from Ho Mansville and the sinking of this shaft Is one of the preliminary steps toward ae devel of the many hundred acres of new mineral ground which this company has acquired and which stretches from the tintic gintic standard on the south to the lehi tintic gintic pro perty on the north A small electric hoist is now in use at this new shaft and air from an electra electrically ally driven compressor supplies power tor for the machine drills |