The diamond drill., 1921-02-19
SEAM OF WATER ENCOUNTERED
IN M0N0kcAHELlA SHAFT
STEEL ERECTORS AT ODCERS
Bristol Expects To Sink A New Lift
When Stocking Ground Is Filled
Much Ore On Lcwet Docks

VI llOH NOulty mas Stllleu uOWn 10
steady diet. now that the wage Gu
has been put into effect and the sus
pensions and adjustments are about
completed.
The next pay day will be small foi
some of the miners. especially those
employed by the Mckinney Steel Co
who will get only a half months
work while the suspension Is on. I'm
der the present arrangement one lot
OF men work two weeks at the Odgers
and then they lay of two weeks 70
let another set work. Figuring the
wages at about $500 per day IL will
make n monthly wage OF $50. How
long the present arrangement will
last no one can tell but Il is certain
TO last we'll into the summer at least.
AT the Carpenter and Monongahela
mines men are kept working all OF the
month but only one shift Is at work.
AT the Balkan and Judson mines
there is little cvhange from the regu-
lar schedule excepting that the num-
ber OF men employed has been trim
med down to the quick.
At the Amasa-Porter and the War
ner there is healthier sentiment,
mainly because OF the new shaft be
ing sunk at the Warner which will
keep a crew busy for at least a year
At the Odgers
At this property the work OF open
ing up the new level is being pushed
five days per week. The ore remov-
ed from the openings is handled thru
a winze up to the old level and from
there through the old shaft The
plan is TO run a main level along the
foot wall and drive cross cuts az i'm
tervals from this main drift to the
hanging and raise up to the level a.
hove. The new level Is $50 feet In
thickness and sub drifts are run one
above the other at intervals OF about
twenty feet
The main level runs in an east-and
west direction, the bulk OF the ore
body being to the east OF the new
shaft through whdch all OF the ore
Will be holsted as soon as II Is equip
ped
The crusher will be installed un-
ierground in this mine. The shaft
was run down about so feet below the
level SO as TO allow OF a lot OF room
'or an underground pocket into which
he ore will be dumped out of the
ram cars. From this pocket it will
iced into the crusher and into sub
pocket from which II will pass TO the
skip for hoisting. This Is the first
installation OF the kind In any OF the
ron county mines and its efficiency |
will be tested carefully. In order &c |
yet around the big castings OF the |
crusher special |
'rusher was made that can be taken
part dnto comparatively small sec
ions.
The steel crew arrived from tho |
vest side last Thursday and the hear
rame Is going up fast. II is thought
hat about three weeks will be taken
p with this work when another
ang to place the siding-sheets will
tart their work.
Since the suspension Of operations
here has been little done towards
he big equipment program that wa
tarted last summer The floors are
eing laid In the new engine house
ut II is not known II the moving o.
he machinery will be carried forward
Ight away.
Struck Flew Of Water
Az the Monongahela the workme
hen raising up from the new leve
, the shaft. struck a seam OF wateI
lat stopped work for the past month
he raise was about half way when
ne day the drill suddenly plunged
ito an opening and a stream Of water
slowed when the drill was pulled
NJ. The workmen had diflculty In
citing down out OF the raise. the How
Icreased SO fast II has kept on I
owing steadily now for mrnih witt
D show Of diminautlca. II
II Is believed that the water Is com
x from the Colun'Ha mine open-
Igs and that the How VIII stop when !
le water In the Columbia shaft is
,wered to level with the bottom Of
ia Monongahela. The reason for this
,lief is thpt when the Monongahcla (
as first opened II drained all OF The q
ater out OF the Columbia pit.
The work Of opening up both the {
ononeaheia and Carpenter - being \