The Triggs Mine

The Triggs shaft is now down 130 feet. The management have started to cross cut the vein on the 108 foot level. An immense body of siliceous schist, all pay ore. It is 200 feet wide on the surface. The cross cut, including the shaft 7 feet in now driven in 27 feet of solid pay ore. The work of cross cutting and shaft sinking is going on the rate of one foot a day and there will be no let up day or night. The company is now building a fine new lodging house for the men