Show putting utting metal into the grouer ku 1 I 7 1 W AAM A V X A W 4 t Q WE ma f 17 miners not only take metal out of the ground they also put metal into the ground the above photograph shows a miner at the eureka standard mine in the tintic gintic district placing a nipper on steel ties which brace steel rails 1100 feet under the surface of the ground each year hundreds of miles of underground track airlines and pipelines are installed underground much of this equipment never comes to the surface again sometimes this cleel and iron follows the miner to an and is used for years sometimes it follows the miner to a blank wall but this is the manner in which mines are made from which great industries tor for the state are built the installations that go underground are only a small percentage of the total expense necessary in opening a mine the man in the picture gives an idea of the size of the tunnel and from the mine car in the background it can readily be seen that it was necessary to hoist thousands of cars of waste material in driving this tunnel which extends several hundred feet this remarkably clear underground photo also brings out other important mining points it illustrates conditions under which men work in many of the properties and how precautions are taken to insure maximum safety by the installation of huge timbers where necessary after this tunnel reached its objective jec tive the work could not stop there more tunnel had to be driven on this and other levels in order to open up additional ore bodies and perpetuate the life of the mine |