This shaft has an area of about 8 by 13 feet, and was excavated by
Messrs. H. Haupt & Co. Its depth is 316 feet.
The buildings here used by the State are the West Shaft house, the New
Shaft building, a blacksmith shop containing two forges, a powder-house,
a horse-shed, ash-house and tank-house. The buildings owned by the State
and leased to operatives are a boarding-house and four old shanties
built by H. Haupt & Co., four first-class shanties, eight common
shanties, and a double cottage. The buildings at the West End, are
connected on the books with those at the West Shaft, and will be here
enumerated. They consist of a carpenter's shop, time-keeper's office, a
blacksmith shop containing one forge, tool-house, powder-house,
horse-shed, brickyard shed, brickyard, engine-house, artesian wells Nos.
3 and 4, buildings, and two-thirds of a barn, which are occupied by the
State. One boarding-house, store, one-third of a barn, the Harrington
farm-house, barn and out-buildings, twenty-seven common shanties and
brickyard boarding shanty. These buildings, with part of blacksmith
shop, part of carpenter's shop and time-keeper's office, are rented to
operatives and to Mr. Farren, the contractor for constructing the brick
arch.
The cost of the structures, as reported in July,
at both places, was $35,550 94
As reported in November, 40,010 13
This large increase was mainly occasioned by the construction of a
double cottage and necessary buildings at the brickyard and West End.
The amount of rents at these two points is $2,462.60 per annum. Fifteen
of the tenements at the West End are leased to Mr. Farren, in accordance
with his contract.