DEEP SINKING AT THE BANNOCKBURN.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 28, 25 May 1870, Page 5

DEEP SINKING AT THE BANNOCKBURN.

)d All Nations'Claim.—Thisextensiveclaim a . is worked in a systematic manner, and may well be regarded as a model for similar V i .workings in any part of the Province. s There is a drive or tunnel over 2000 feet in length, at the far end of which is the t pumping apparatus, whence the water is conveyed through a light flume attached to the side of the drive, having a gentle iri- • | cline towards the entrance, and discharges the) water from the workings into the race pfcfising by the mouth of the tunnel. This rafee serves as a ground-sluice, into which » the washdirt is dropped from the trucks. 1 One man is engaged in removing the stuff from three different cross-drives, in each of " I which another man is at work jso that on ' M the return of the empty truck, a full one •J| is waiting in either of these drives. The )!■ P' an °f hay,ing one man constantly engaged ,"■ in removing the washdirt to the sluice enH ables the other three shareholders to work M in their respective drives without any inThe washdirt is from four to ,!Mj lx feet in depth, and the run thus blocked Wmt< nas on g "ten, paying handsomely, fflH° drawback being the frequent, lWyr™™ty °f wator duringythe summer. If There are tw,p or three other claims on J I the sams load, in one of which only (Bruce v*A and ] arty's) has work been steadily proseIM. cufced- To these wo will return in a future