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2 SALT REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR I1gOI-F902,
3 gypsum was struck, but, as salt may underlie the gypsum,
4 exploration will be continued. Two tunnels, 1034 and g2 feet
5 in length, were driven for the purpose of opening out the
6 Pharwala seam at and above the level of the tramway in work-
7 ing bleck No. 14. Existing tunnels were kept in order, and,
8 wherever necessary, pathways in the mine were fenced in with
9 boards to prevent salt, dropping from the heads of carriers,
10 from falling upon miners in deep workings below. The main
11 masonry drain of the mine was extended a distance of 1,329
12 lineal feet along the tramway, 652 lineal feet of new drains
13 were constructed on the surface of the mine hill, and the
14 entire drainage system was maintained in thorough order.
15 Portions of exhausted workings in blocks Nos. 12, 13, 15, 16,
16 22 and 23 in the Bagi seam were filled with waste salt, to re-
17 lieve the pillars of some of the superincumbent weight of the
18 hill, The mine maps were kept upto date, and a contour
19 map of the mine hill was also prepared.
20 Necessary additions were made to the rolling-stock of the
21 tramway, and the lines within the mine and to the Warthganj
22 depét were kept in efficient working condition.
23 38. The work of fillingup the old workings at Warcha
24 with waste salt from the new mine was continued during the
25 year, and the tunnel fram working block No. 2, which was
26 commenced in 1900-01 for the purpose of affording a direct
27 passage from the new mine to the entrance tunnel, was ad-
28 vanced 943 feet.
29 39. The building, which was adapted for the new hospital
30 at Khewrah, was further altered during the year, and had been
31 completed and furnished by its close at a total cost of Rs.
32 4,370. Both indoor and outdoor patients can now be treated
33 with efficiency and comfort. ,
34 The Warthganj depdt was enlarged during the year to
35 meet trade requirements, the storage and filling platforms
36 being extended 106 feet to facilitate the handling of salt for
37 issue under the through traffic system.
38 The work of burying outcrops in this division was vigor-
39 ously pushed on during the’year, and a map is under prepara-
40 tion showing the exact position of each outcrop buried and
41 open. .
42 40. Two accidents occurred in the Mayo Mine. In one
43 case a boy of about 15 years of age, who was working in block
44 No. 29 of the Bagi seam, was killed by the fall of a block of
45 salt from the roof of the working. The mine overseer had
46 examined the roof on tiie day previous, and there was no indi-
47 cation of any part of it being in a dangerous condition. In
48 the second case a woman, who was carrying salt, slipped and
49 fell, and one of her ribs was broken by the load falling on her
50 back. She speedily recovered.
51 There were three accidents on the tramway at the Warth-
52 ganj depét. In two cases the coolies who received injuries
53 were engaged in moving trucks loaded with salt, and walked
54 in front of them in contravention of orders, In one instance
55 a man tripped and fell on the line, and his foot was bruised
56 and lacerated by the wheel of a truck; in the other a man’s
57 foot jammed between two rails, and in the effort to free himself
58 he’ placed a foot on the line, and the wheel of an advancing
59 truck passed over it, cutting through three toes and fractur-
60 ing a fourth. In the third case a boy of about 16 years of
61 age with defective eyesight was walking on the tramway line
62 below a steep gradient with a curve near the depét, and was
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64 CISANDUS MINES,
65 Work in the Warcha
66 Mine,
67 New Hospital at Khew-
68 rah.
69 Accidefs.