English: Identifier: transactions14cana

Title: Transactions Year: 1895 (1890s) Authors: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Subjects: Mineral industries Mines and mineral resources Publisher: Montreal [etc.] Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

Text Appearing After Image: Open Cut Ore Face, Hhowing Ch:iraetori.stic Hlioriiloiicdrai Cleavageaf Wabana Iron Mines. The Wabana Iron Mines—Cantley 283 At various distances in the levels, headings are driven againstthe dip and off these rooms are broken, parallel to the level and op-posite one another. The rooms are spaced at 3o feet centres andthus are 15 feet wide, separated by 20-foot pillars. Every fortyfeet the pillar is broken through from the lower side. Drilling:—The drills employed are SuUivan U.D. 3 inch andare worked by a crew of two men, one driller and a helper. Labour conditions on the Island, while good on the whole,yet suffer from the fact that the working-population is almostconstantly on the move. This is due largely to the circumstancethat for generations the fisheries have given employment to thethe Newfoundlander, and a relatively small class has as yet for-saken this vocation to engage in mining. It is thus difficult tosecure the steady service of efficient drillers. To overcome this d

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