Show heavy flow of gas slows down shaft sinking at a depth of a little over 1200 feet the water lily shaft of the chief consolidated company ered what Is probably a minor frac ture or break through which gas has been flowing in such quantities as s to slow up sinking operations there re were times during the past f few te w da day y when it was impossible tor for the pa man n ers to continue work and wh IleMan ager cecil fitch feels that tte pre sence of gas in the shaft is by no means an unfavorable indication it w will ill likely delay the work to some extent however the shaft should soon be driven through this break and into the solid lime formation again it was at the water lily shaft that the walter fitch ritch jr contracting company established a new world worlds s record tor for fast shaft sinking in 31 days a total ot of 6 feet of sinking was made and this was followed by the next 31 days U unless fiess the flow of gas seriously eer I 1 interferes feres with the work it Is thought tb that the new shaft will reach the water level by the end of the pre sent month or early in november all of the properties in the eastern end of the district are troubled with gas as soon as their workings attain depth it was the gas and heat that seriously handicapped the develop ment of the tintic gintic standard mine during the search tor for ore but with modern methods s of ventilating mine workings this trouble can be over come I 1 |