The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-12-03
BIG WORK AT
THE TODIN MINE
NEW PLANT AND BUILDINGS WILL
CHANGE APPEARANCE.
MANSFIELD TO
PUMP
Work o. Equppins New Shaft With Pipips
and Pumps Nov in Progress Work
ing at Dunn.

Visitors TO the Tobin location next
spring will see greatly changed sur
facA The surface equipment and
buildins. that have graced the property
from It's starting 10 the present are Of
the exploration order. Make shift
buildings erected 10 do the work IN.
iii the permenancy OF the property
should be assured make-shift plant OF
machinery. put in place TO answer
the purpose OF better equ ipment until
the underground development showed
whether tho property warranted a
better equipment or not.
Development has shown that this
property warrants an equipment OF the
first class and work has been started
10 PIT It in. The masons have the
foundation for the engine house.
which Is 70 contain the plant about
finished. The building IL located
Just south Of the old engine house and
close to the Columbia mine branch
OF the North western road. The
ground is slightly sloping 50 that
the north wall OF the building is con
sderably higher than the south wall
The wall IA Of native hard heads
aud makes very nice appearance.
The main engine room Is to be A6 @
with boiler honse wing i6-fect
sauare. This makes very fair sized
building for mine in this district
The lumber Is arriving daily and IL
il hoped 70 have the building en-
closed before the machinery arrives.
The foundation FOR the engine
and drums will bo built AS soon as
the plans arriya from the engine
builders, IL being necessary 70 have
the drawings before starting this
work 80 that the machinery will tit
- Foundation when II arrives.
The work Of unwatering the Great
Western mine is progressing rapidly
and Superintendent Richards has
cause 10 feel elated over the smooth.
ness with which his plans have work
ed 40 far. There were three bailers at
work all Of last week aud last Tues
day the bailers were reinforced by the
addition OF two "sinkers' To the
water pumping apparatus. The sink
ers were hung in tine ladder road OF the
new shaft and their combined capaci
~ il / OO0 gallons per minute which,
added to the three thousand gallons
that the bailers are pulling ont, makes
"A very considerable volume OF water.
Here n case OF the wisdom 81
having plenty Of room in the shaft Of
"A wet mine When IL WAS proposed
10 sink new shaft Mr. Richards in
sisted on having the third compart
ment large enough for such emer-
gencies aud the wisdom OF the move is
now apparent for mot only does tine
compartment accommodate the two
pumps but 10 aisu accommodate tho
regular piping necessary go that the
running Of ~ bMlers need mot Boz n
terfered Within tha ltlsl
Two ot the laiias m working in
the new shaft and thD third Va ah $50
.naft Tine biilets in tha new shaft
arc pulled by the b,N, hrsi motion
heist aud sl trying is csc work GA
tho hfeakmeu that thu meu have been
put ON Six hour shifts making eight
breakmsn ii work ep This hoist The
haiier in the old shaft ia pulled by
ono 81 the old hoists and the men
work eight hour shifts
The water Is down % tho fourth
level aud somc o. tho big rooms are
being entered No one hazards a
guess a. 10 thu length Of time that II
will take 10 unwatcr this property.
bat II the work progresses rs favor
ably an Of the time ~ during the past
two weeks the work will he done in
much shorter time than ever before.
~ the Dunn crew Of men have
Etcn at work all week building a coal
dock and getting ready for the dump
inR az q cargo Of coal that has becn
Aered In for the coming week
Serc b nothing additional 10 give
out As 10 the date At which the work
Of pumping will be started
The loeal management 81 the Mans
field got orders % equip the new shaft
with piping and place a pump thorcin
10 handle the winter with all tho lis
patch possible Accordingly. a crew
a az work making these preparations
much 81 the piping from the Old shaft
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