Eureka Reporter | 1917-08-03 | Page 1 | Big Motor Now Being Installed at Standard

BIG MOTOR biow BEING INSTALLED AT STANDARD shat shaft reached the 1300 level last week and the work of cutting out a station will soon be started at this point U V ith their new working abaft shaf t down to a depth of 1300 feet the vatic standard people took a short breath ing spell and installed a large electric motor this installation will be finished by tomorrow tomorrow and then the work of cutting out a station on the 1250 level will be taken up supt bupt john Vv esterdahl states that no time will be lost in driving through to that part of the property from which the present shipments are coming giving the mine ventilation and when there Is an outlet tor for the ore through to the surface by way of the new shaft tte ie can expect some big things from tl e standard rd of course it will lequire require several weeks to cut the station and drive this long drift but every week that passes la is putting t V e R mil rail e nearer twebe tha point where whery the ore 01 e jan can be properly handled at this time the gintic 1 standard has enough ore on the dump to load tour four or five railroad cars but the teams are moving the ore about as fast as it Is lifted to the surface the matter of transportation of the ore to the railroad la is being given consid erable thought and study by the otti clala of the mining company and there appears to be two or three dit dlf ferent atys of solving the problem I 1