874 MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF INDIA : DESCRIPTIVE. [PaRT IV : 
station between levels 3 and 4 and was in the main a wooden structure. 
It used to bring down about 150 buckets of ore a day. This was 
equivalent to a daily capacity of 75 tons, as each bucket load was about 
I a ton. Plate 28 shows the four levels, the old ropeway (No. 1), and 
one trestle of the new ropeway. 
The new ropeway (No. 2), finished during 1904, consists essen- 
tially of two supporting steel ropes and one hauling steel rope with a 
bucket attached to each end. The supporting ropes stretch from a point 
near the top of South Hill to the low ground on the east base of the hill. 
The total span is about 885 feet, the average gradient being 1 in 40. 
There are two intermediate girder-work standards or trestles, situated 
on levels 1 and 4, respectively, to support these wires. These trestles, 
which are 48 and 39 feet high, respectively, are fine mild-steel erections 
constructed on the spot by local blacksmiths trained at the mine. The 
buckets are, of course, supported on these ropes by means of grooved 
pulleys. The descending loaded bucket hauls up the ascending empty 
one, the hauling rope passing round a brake- wheel at the top. The 
hauling rope is prevented from sagging too much by means of a tail-gear. 
Each bucket, with a false bottom, has a carrying capacity of ^ ton, and as 
the number of trips that can be made in a day when working steadily 
is about 150, the daily capacity of this ropeway is about 50 tons. 
A gravity incline (No. 1 on plan) was under construction in the early 
part of 1 904. The embankment for it is seen in Plate 29. It has since 
been finished and serves to brmg down the ore from the south-east talus 
quarries. The distance from loading to discharging station is 415 feet, 
whilst the slope is 1 in 4|. The descending loaded truck, attached to one 
end of a steel wire rope, hauls up the ascending empty one, attached to the 
other end of the same rope, the whole being controlled by a horizontal 
brake-wheel, round which the rope passes in 2 or 3 turns, at the top of the 
incline. The trucks carry about 1| tons each. The average number 
of trips on a full working day is 120, corresponding to a daily carrying 
capacity of 150 tons. 
A second gravity incline (No. 2 on plan) has been put in to replace 
the old ropeway. No. 1. This incline differs from all others on the 
Central Provinces manganese mines, in that it is possible to fix trucks on 
to the rope at any of the levels passed by the incline, the rope being an 
endless one. The actual length of the incline is 530 feet, whilst the 
distance from haulage gear to tail-gear is 570 feet ; the gradient is 1 in 
3-75. The amount of ore carried by each truck is IJ tons, and, as the 
average number of trips made during a full working day is about 200, the 
daily carrying capacity of this incline is about 250 tons. 
