Show chief cons installs another water column preparation esusy under way for doubling the capacity of the pumping equipment at this mine deep work profitable v w during the time that the mine was closed down for the holiday season a vw an entirely new 7 water column sev we was diw placed in the shaft of the chief cons 11 L connelly the master dechame 2 7 at the mine had charge of the a in stall atlon siw of the new water we column aki and the job was completed without i a single mishap and in uy the shortest possible time kr mr connelly aay used y juif but the aw one shift ay each day and r he aay lowered f jay the pipe iw in astri three ast vi hundred foot lengths after 7 the abw fifteen short lengths needed to ww make a three han 1 iw dried Afif foot fw section had been fastened ar wf together at ff the af collar of the shaft 7 everything r in connection with the fyan job moved along like clock work and w SW the last lot of ff pipe was put into place 17 aw on sunday making it possible ww for the s mine to resume regular underground work on monday as planned a the new f water column ff Is ww exactly nsf the same VP size as the one w which y has been 7 in a use a ever since aff the a company commenced operating below v fa the w wa icv ter level each line w of pipe being eight inches tv fer in diameter fow vs these wa IT ter mrs columns soa extend ff from the surface to the 1800 level but the lift of 1800 feet Is cut into mayy three parts pumping sa units 07 being ff located on the 1800 1200 and levels ws at iffa the present time the chief ay kf cons w pumps are lifting ff about lyv gallons of water per minute wasy and Wv new sy ff equipment 2 which Is to be installed osof A aff will ff more than vay double zw the afy present rw bof capacity of the pumping plant which Is 1200 gallons per minute whew wh ww jve y deep mining kiy operations have been s entirely satisfactory at the chief diaff si aff cons some a baay of the joiy best ore taken wv aff out during the past year having come from below fy the water level rs bupt supt cecil fitch states sw that the most a pleasing thing in connection 27 wk with aff the 7 deep mining operations f ff Is the fact if aff that aw the ore deposits are making ay off w flat aya or horizontally and consequent fifi ay the ff bre wo can be followed a consid r erable distance without greatly sa in ff creasing w the flow of water |