Show chief people plan changes for shaft 0 new equipment which will facilitate handling of ore and waste will soon be installed head frame will be raised 0 in an effort to facilitate the hand ling of ore and waste a number of important changes have been outlined for the no f f workings of the chief consolidated mine the head frame will be carried up about twenty tour four feet and among the other improvements will be the in stal lation of a rotary tipple tor for un loading the mine cars un under er this new system the mine cars containing waste will upon arrival at the s sur face be emptied into arge care having a capacity of a about ut ix tons this will mean the immediate late release of these mine c caraang cara r and will be a big advantage as barge arge number of the cars are always on the sur face under the present manner of operating the collar of the shaft will be raised a few feet and track age so arranged that the mine cars loaded with ore will run by gravity to the bins where rapid dumping ap will also be installed the cars will return to the shaft on an incline track and will be lifted to the loading point for the cage by a specially constructed elevator these and other improvement improvements will make it possible to handle the chief s exceptionally heavy output rapidly easily and economically equipment similar to that which ie to to be installed at the local mine has been in use in some of the large properties of michigan for a number of years according to chief cons officials and means greater effi clency and reduced costs per ton |