Show big fan installed at water lily shaft 0 sinking which stopped octh oct 14 H resumed today with proper ventilation of shaft good progress will again be made 0 walter fitch jr whose e force Is sinking the water lily shaft of the chief cons company under contract arrived in eureka during the week after spending a month with his family in southern california he ile says that the installation of a large blower will no doubt overcome the problem of ventilation at this shaft and enable his men to resume sinking As previously bated in these columns a rather heavy flow of gas was encountered shaft after it had passed the 1200 level and this gas Interfered with the work to such an extent apat that sinking was stopped on october pending the installation fit tf a large blower the third compartment or manway of the shaft has been made air tight and through it the fresh air will be forced into the deep work ings the tan fan is large enough to literally flood the shaft with fresh air and mr pitch fitch feels certain that sinking can again be carried along in a rapid fashion it was at the water lily shaft that mr fitch a crew broke the world worlds 8 record tor for rapid shaft work sinking 5 feet in 31 days and making almost the same footage tor for the next 31 days had it not been for the delay resulting from the flow of gas the shaft would have reached the water level by the end of the present month |