Show ANOTHER SHAFT 98 CHIEF CONS COMPANY shaft on the end of the property is to be deepened and enlarged work to be taken up there immediately in order to make possible the more rapid development of the corn com pany s vast estate the officials of the chief cons mine are now ing to enlarge and deepen the id tetra shaft located about tee fee to the west of the chief s main shaft this old shaft in which no work has been done in recent years has a depth ot of about feet and lust just as soon as a small hoist and other equipment can be installed work will be taken up there A pipe line is now being laid for the purpose of connecting the old shaft with the chief a large compressor plant ind air will be used in the operation of the haibt 1 per so some ie time the e chief conco has been drifting out ut into this tie new er portion of the P from th mines lower loer lev a one e of these drifts Is said to be e w within loo l OO lee fee of the old shaft the chief management is confident of bringing this new ground into the productive stage in tact fact geological information already compiled seems to indicate that some of the mine mines s largest ore depo depots zits will be encountered there at any rate the ground Is to be thoroughly prospected and the econ and rapid way to do 0 t this s work is through an entirely new shaft which will be much nearer the center of operations |