Show standard co preparing aror for ai more rapid work the new shaft at the stan dard mine is being sunk for or the pur pose of 0 improving the ventilation of the property and to enable the corn com pany to mine and hoist the ore more economically but it will be some months before this shaft can be sent down to a point where connection can be made with the lower levels and in order to bring about an im mediate improvement in the venti lation a new blower fan has been purchased A much larger compres sor will also be installed within the next few weeks and when this ma chine goes into commission opera eions can be carried on much more rapidly the new shaft is now down about 75 feet the miners are not kept continuously at work in this shaft but good progress Is being mide with the sinking U athen hen the new corn com is ready tor for use manager will no doubt use three shifts and rush the job to comple tion it being the intention of the company to put the shaft down to the 1650 level with as little delay as possible A carload of good ore per week la Is the present output of the standard on the 1600 level two drifts are being sent out for the de of the ore body one has already cut through the ore for a distance of about sixty feet and the other has been driven a distance of eighteen feet the ore being strong throughout that distance |