The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-12-29
SINKING or TiMseRlNo.
fncticni Advice To Miner. from the ~
cheering aud aiininr journal.

hFhoticui AuNtrr 10 Miners from the ius
cheering and Mining Ioufnai.
In mining. ns boo other Occupation
THINGS are often done because ihcy are
considered proper aud without any
thought ou tha pnrt ur the miner. Men.
I'M % certain district gDt into the habit
OF performing certain operations Boz "a
certain way and make nn nucmm to
see lf other methods would mot serve
them better HDrnu-r ID certain meth.
cd gives % good rp.uH Boa ole cusr DO
IL too frequently assumed mnt 10 will
give good results Doc other cn.rs whore
conditions ire rntrcy different The
practical miner h uut BOZ know his own
particular mime very VOL. and this
knowledge gives him % crrIniu oou-
tcmpt for biologists. or other trimmed
observers. who bring "a wider huowl.
edge aud more unbiased Judgment TO-
the work in hand Perhaps tlic con-
soryntl-m OF the average miner uud
pruspertur Ia the Rocky Mountains.
or on the Pacific slope. H. most evident
In his cilng'ug To the idea that the
best way tu iud out what there ~ In
the vein be- has locntod J. to "proye ID
with drpth" o., % crossrut tunnel
As "a matter of fact. when "a miner
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most essential Thing IL for him tn de.
tcrmlnc. as nearly ns De- can with the
means nt his dl.posnl. the direction Of
the vein. Thus he viii know whcth.
or his location roniiy rovprs the vein
thereby very likely saving himself "A
henrt-brcnklng lawsuit should the
vein prove valuable. In cnse the sur.
face debris Il MOI deem. say 10 feet or
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dig some surface crosscuts the whole
width VI the vein. lie viii find ont
also whether the ore that he located
IL rally In place. or whether ID IL slide
OF noai rock from higher up the hlll
side. Having determined tie general
direction OF the ledge. and oppned H..
n tue surface il not too deep. IN nt
least four plnces ON "A rlnlm 800 Feet
long. the next thing TO do is To sink
ON the ledge far enough to determine
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ore and give large nmount In sight.
Thus four shafts atty feet down ON a
ledge four feet wide would expose I =
$50 square feet OF the vein. A tun.
mel driven DO feet through rock Ia
cut the vein would expose hut the Sec
tion. the height aud width of the tun.
mel, say 100 square feet To expose
n larger area. lifting must he done.
aud such drifts can be run with better
discrimination M the foot OF a shaft
that hns followed the ore.
In the great majority Of cases the
miner. working by rulc-of.thumh
methods and dlsdnlning 10 90 at a
thing In a scientific way. proceeds In
an altogether different way from thai
outlined above. Having staked on his
claim, often located on the strength OF
an apparent outcrop OF ore. or on the
showing of n single shallow shaft. he
proceeds 10 run tunnel. The miner
or prOspcctor with limited resources
wastes only his own time and money
by such work. II IL when the pracil
cnl miner undertakes 10 open up n
claim Tor some company Heated with
Sl,OOIWO capital or some other at.
trnctlve figure. that great mischief II
done. A tunnel II started Ia open M
tue ledge. say AT 200 feet. Now. as,
Stunning 'hnt the ledge dips Into the
ground vertically, that the slope Of the
mn " iofiy.nNe degrees. aud that tho
tunnel Is driven at right angles "a
the course OF the vein. n tunnel 2W
ieel long VIII cut the vein at u depth
OF 2oo feet, lt Is easier 10 tunnel than
70 SINK ihls distance. The dirt aud
rook removed can be trnmmed much
custer thnn holsled. the tunnel Will
ura'n user ana II the ground Is ~ all