PUMPING ASSOCIATION.
Operations are quite brisk, the contractors are getting down with their work, having taken put 10 feet within the last week, the! entire tfepth is ho^v .540 feet: Four setsjiof -timbers;'(l 4; byl(2 inches): have been placed in position since the new contract was undertaken, they are fixed 4 fetst B inqhes blear? between the sets with suitable linings.? The bottom is fair shooting ground, the old quartz reef that hung in the shaft so long has, disappeared, while the convenience and" ease of working 1 the main shaft is much improved, owing to the r completion of the air shaft, r6'ieet by^, sunk 20 feet distant from the 400 to 500 feet level, causing a rush of air down sufficient ,-to. draw up with it all ihe gases that will for some time be generated. The relief in this respect may be estimatedwhenitis stated that by means of this air shaft the use of the fans has been dispensed with and the furnace has died out for want of fuel i.c.--gas from below to keep it alive.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2037, 15 July 1875, Page 2
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180PUMPING ASSOCIATION. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2037, 15 July 1875, Page 2
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