Show chie s new shaft to be finished january AS no 2 shaft of the chief condoll dated mining aasa company has now i reached a depth of about 1700 feet and good progress Is being made with the sinking the braf shaft y which Is one of the largest in the dis tr I 1 ct I 1 s on created to a depth of 1 1 feet a ca is the intention of the officers e company to follow sinking oper ions closely with the concrete mcf w afe k so when the shaft has reached the water level the cement work will also 9 be nearly 2 completed and the shaft owr ready for use it zw Is expected akyi that the S water S level will ris be ayi encountered at a depth of about 1850 feet at a which vs wr point a a station will be w cut and afar another saw station will be made ay on the 1635 w level the miners are sinking th lawr ugh a quartz jav formation absy and Av Sy pro ess eav is a W little slow on account of the ground being so hard but another fifteen or twenty feet should put them yvan into the lime a rock and aff more rapid SW sinking can be made ae cording to officers of the company v the new shaft should v efy be completed v and ready for use lS ery by the ay firt fir aff t of the coming year 7 when a a view fortion of the effaw ore from the azz chief s deposits ti will be hoisted through vf this shaft |