The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-22

board and lodging, which the com.
pany will do by operating it's own
hotel.
The Improvements at Mine No.
areextensive. The principal change
and the one which will result in
the greatest increase Of the output
is the raising Of a new hoistine
tower and the sinking of a new
shaft. The present hosting appa,
ratus is insufficient, and'is not equal
to the producing capacity Of the
mine. Work must be delayed until
the coal is unloaded above and
shoveled out of the way by hand
All this will be changed with the
new tower. The coal will be hoisted
on cars in two cages, each one con-
tanning about 1900 pounds, when
it is loaded and weighed below.
1t is hoisted up sixty feet to the
surface and then to the top of the
tower by a steel cable from an en-
set a little distance to the side. AT
the top Of the tower it is removed
from the cage, which Immediately
descends, bringing loaded counter
balance up with another car. The
car that is raised to the top is
tipped by a convenient device,
passes down a chute where it is
screened and loaded in a brief
length of time. It is estimated the
new hoisting apparatus will hoist
l,5OO tons Of coal in ten hours. AS
the present hosting capacity is
only about 600 tons, the extent of
the enlargement of the mines out
put is apparent.
In addition to the new hoist, a
sixteen foot fan has been installed
for the ventilation of the mine,
and the old hosting shaft will be
converted into an air shaft. The
fan and ventilating machinery will
furnish an abundance Of pure air
from the top, maintaining a con-
tinual circulation, and enabling q
large addition to be made to the
force Of miners.
Sixty feet below the surface of
the ground where the work of dig
cling and loading coal is being con-
tinually carried on, a new pump
room has been arranged, and the
bottom of the mine is SO dry that
a visitor may walk through the
Dhg entries and mining rooms, and
bring up only little mud upon the
soles of his shoes as an indication
that he has made the trip. The
mine will be even dryer when the
present Improvements are COM
pleted. New entries are being con-
tinually opened, and a large ex-
penditure has been made at the
foot Of the shaft, timbering up the
main entry and preparing for addi-
tional inroads into the vast volume
of fuel that lies stored underneath
the surface of the earth.
The mine below is electric lighted
equipped with the latest electrical
machinery in the way of drills and
cutters, the rooms are %capacious
and we'll ventilated, and miners,
with the devices with which they
are supplied, are earning $50 to
500 and more monthly, according
to their ability and industry.
Ihenew hosting engines at Mine
Nc. 1, are the very latest 16x32
double engines, amply large enough
to hoist the output Of the workers
below. The tower is completed,
and the ventilating fan installed.
The company is now advertising
for a hundred miners, and will want
several hundred before the season
is far advanced.
In addition to these improve
ments at Mine No. 1, an entirely
new mine is being opened two and
a half miles to the east of Mine
No. 1. This mine was located after
various experimental tests had been
made to locate the boundaries of
the coal area. The new mine is in
the center of a thousand acres of
Ignite that lies sixty feet below
the surface of the earth in a vein
twelve feet thick. The extent of
the deposit may be imagined, when
it is taken as a rule among operat-