﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  253 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  cisterns 
  are 
  sufficient 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  which 
  comes 
  

   into 
  the 
  shaft, 
  and 
  none 
  are 
  required 
  in 
  the 
  mine, 
  as 
  the 
  salt 
  

   beds 
  are 
  dry. 
  The 
  sinking 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  through 
  the 
  salt 
  beds 
  

   had 
  furnished 
  opportunity 
  for 
  a 
  thorough 
  examination 
  of 
  their 
  

   quality 
  and 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  salt 
  bed 
  was 
  fixed 
  upon 
  for 
  

   the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  mine. 
  A 
  platform 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  that 
  level 
  1,403 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  " 
  stations 
  " 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  

   walls 
  of 
  the 
  shaft, 
  where 
  the 
  main 
  gangways 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  driven, 
  

   then 
  work 
  was 
  suspended 
  in 
  the 
  bottom, 
  the 
  old 
  head 
  house 
  and 
  

   hoisting 
  machinery 
  removed, 
  and 
  the 
  erection 
  <>f 
  the 
  permanent 
  

   buildings 
  and 
  the 
  placing 
  of 
  the 
  permanent 
  machinery 
  for 
  

   operating 
  the 
  mine 
  were 
  pushed 
  to 
  completion. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  building 
  is 
  112 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  about 
  forty 
  feet 
  wide. 
  

   The 
  east 
  end, 
  which 
  is 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  shaft, 
  is 
  140 
  feet 
  high, 
  

   constructed 
  of 
  very 
  heavy 
  timbers 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  

   two 
  compartments 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  used 
  for 
  hoisting, 
  so 
  that 
  cars 
  

   may 
  be 
  hoisted 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  the 
  salt 
  descend 
  

   by 
  gravity 
  through 
  the 
  crushers 
  and 
  sieves 
  which 
  are 
  located 
  on 
  

   the 
  upper 
  floors 
  of 
  this 
  building. 
  Attached 
  to 
  the 
  breaker 
  

   building 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  is 
  the 
  stock 
  house, 
  150 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  thirty- 
  

   three 
  feet 
  wide, 
  used 
  for 
  sacking 
  and 
  storing 
  the 
  finer 
  grades 
  of 
  

   salt. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  frame 
  building 
  one 
  story 
  high. 
  On 
  the 
  north 
  side, 
  

   opposite 
  the 
  shaft 
  and 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  building, 
  is 
  the 
  

   machinery 
  building, 
  112 
  feet 
  by 
  thirty-six 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  situated 
  the 
  machine 
  shop, 
  which 
  is 
  partitioned 
  off 
  from 
  

   the 
  engine 
  room 
  and 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  machinery 
  required 
  

   in 
  working 
  iron 
  and 
  steel. 
  The 
  south 
  end 
  contains 
  the 
  100 
  horse 
  

   power 
  Corliss 
  breaker 
  engine, 
  which 
  drives 
  the 
  crushers 
  and 
  

   sieves, 
  the 
  fifty 
  horse 
  power 
  engine 
  that 
  drives 
  the 
  sixteen 
  foot 
  

   fan 
  that, 
  when 
  required, 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  supply 
  fresh 
  air 
  in 
  the 
  mine. 
  

  

  The 
  sixty 
  horse 
  power 
  air 
  compressor, 
  capable 
  of 
  driving 
  

   twelve 
  to 
  fifteen 
  Howell 
  rotary 
  auger 
  drills, 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  this 
  room, 
  

   and 
  the 
  ten 
  horse 
  power 
  upright 
  engine 
  tiiat 
  drives 
  the 
  dynamo 
  

   for 
  the 
  electric 
  lights 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  throughout 
  the 
  buildings 
  

   and 
  to 
  light 
  the 
  mine. 
  

  

  About 
  twenty 
  feet 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  is 
  a 
  brick 
  and 
  stone 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  eighty-four 
  feet 
  by 
  forty-five 
  feet, 
  which 
  contains 
  the 
  hoist- 
  

   ing 
  engine 
  that 
  when 
  in 
  action 
  develops 
  1,000 
  horse 
  power 
  and 
  

   drives 
  the 
  eight 
  foot 
  drum 
  on 
  which 
  is 
  wound 
  the 
  flat 
  steel 
  

  

  