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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  wire 
  cable, 
  six 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick, 
  

   from 
  which 
  is 
  suspended 
  the 
  "cage" 
  or 
  platform 
  used 
  in 
  hoist- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  carloads 
  of 
  salt. 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  engine 
  house 
  is 
  the 
  

   boiler 
  house, 
  a 
  detached 
  building 
  forty 
  -five 
  feet 
  by 
  ninety 
  feet, 
  

   built 
  almost 
  entirely 
  of 
  brick 
  and 
  stone. 
  It 
  contains 
  the 
  boilers 
  

   which 
  furnish 
  the 
  steam 
  required 
  for 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  engines 
  and 
  

   steam 
  pumps 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  works. 
  The 
  blacksmith 
  shop 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  

   the 
  building. 
  On 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  boiler 
  house, 
  and 
  extending 
  

   its 
  entire 
  length, 
  are 
  the 
  coal 
  bins, 
  under 
  a 
  trestle 
  connected 
  at 
  

   grade 
  with 
  the 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  and 
  Western 
  railroad 
  tracks. 
  Nearly 
  

   25,000 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  per 
  day 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  

   boilers. 
  This 
  is 
  obtained 
  ordinarily 
  from 
  the 
  small 
  stream 
  

   which 
  runs 
  through 
  the 
  company's 
  land, 
  but 
  to 
  provide 
  in 
  case 
  

   of 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  that 
  source, 
  pumping 
  works 
  have 
  been 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  at 
  the 
  nearest 
  point 
  on 
  Conesus 
  lake 
  capable 
  of 
  elevating 
  

   any 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  required 
  through 
  iron 
  pipes 
  

   into 
  a 
  reservoir 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  90,000 
  gallons, 
  which 
  is 
  

   situated 
  on 
  a 
  hill 
  near 
  the 
  shaft 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  400 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  

   the 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  higher 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  company's 
  buildings, 
  

   except 
  the 
  tower 
  of 
  the 
  breaker 
  building. 
  Hose 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  reservoir 
  is 
  conveniently 
  placed 
  in 
  every 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ings 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  fire. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  buildings 
  described 
  are 
  the 
  offices, 
  the 
  carpenter 
  

   shop, 
  stables, 
  etc., 
  near 
  the 
  shaft, 
  and 
  on 
  another 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   company's 
  land 
  the 
  boarding-houses 
  and 
  cottages 
  for 
  the 
  

   employes. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  mine 
  itself 
  is 
  developed 
  it 
  becomes 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  long 
  

   rooms 
  fifty 
  feet 
  apart, 
  thirty 
  feet 
  wide 
  and 
  parallel 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  

   which 
  open 
  into 
  the 
  main 
  gangway 
  that 
  extends 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  

   from 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  shaft. 
  The 
  floor 
  of 
  these 
  rooms 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  level 
  and 
  tracks 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  them 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  mining 
  

   cars, 
  holding 
  from 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  to 
  three 
  tons 
  of 
  salt 
  when 
  

   loaded, 
  are 
  drawn 
  by 
  mules. 
  The 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  rooms 
  depends 
  

   on 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  homogenous 
  salt, 
  the 
  mixed 
  salt 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  being 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  roof 
  of 
  the 
  mine. 
  As 
  

   the 
  roof 
  is 
  perfectly 
  dry 
  and 
  firm, 
  no 
  supports 
  for 
  it 
  are 
  

   required 
  in 
  the 
  rooms. 
  The 
  fifty-foot 
  wall 
  between 
  the 
  rooms 
  is 
  

   worked 
  out 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  leave 
  pillars 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  salt, 
  

   twenty 
  feet 
  by 
  thirty 
  feet 
  in 
  size, 
  thirty 
  feet 
  apart 
  each 
  way. 
  

  

  