152 COALFIELDS AND COLLIERIES OF AUSTRALIA. 



2 Jin. in circumference. In addition to these there are two 

 endless rope self-acting inclines. From a drum in the cham- 

 ber near the main shaft bottom already referred to, power is 

 transmitted by a band rope laid along the centre of the main 

 dip road to chambers fitted with friction drums at points one 

 mile, arid one and a quarter miles distant from the shaft. 

 These drums in turn operate two secondary rope haulage sys- 

 tems, east and west, for the conveyance of coal, from points 

 where same is delivered by horses, to the main dip. The dip of 



Fig. 86. Becker's Cap. 



i he coal is very irregular, hence the collecting work from the 

 working places by horses is unusually severe, and some 55 

 heavy draught horses are required. These horses are stabled 

 underground in the vicinity of the air shaft. The stables are 

 brick lined, floored with wooden blocks, and lighted by elec- 

 tricity. 



There are five main parallel headings : the three in the middle 

 are intakes, while the two on either side are returns. The 



