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Resource Number: 5DT1053 (Coal Sales Building) Temporary Resource Number: GRI 2014 -35 wide x 44' long and 5' high and has four venting windows on each of the long side walls. Prominent in all exterior views of this massive building is the smokestack for the boiler room. It is outside the building and is centered on the south wall of the boiler room about two and a half feet from the exterior wall. It appears to be approximately 150 high. The lower mule barn which stands on the south side of the old State Highway 133 is shown in the colored photograph from the 1930's, but its original date of construction is unknown. It is a large, 2 -story, wood- framed, metal- roofed structure measuring 60' -3" x 30' -1 ". The foundation is poured concrete and the floor is dirt. The walls are 3" x 4" stud framing with purlins between and 1" by random width board and batton siding. The second story floor is 1" x random width floor boards on 2" x 10" joists. The interior contains 14 stall areas of varying size and a tack room in the north corner of the main level. The northwest and southeast walls each have five windows with 6 -lite stationary sashes that measure 2'-4" x 2' -10" and have 4" flat casings. Centered in each gable end of the barn is /was a wood double hung 6 -lite over 6 -lite configuration with a 4" flat casing. On the west end are two wood sliding double door units measuring 5' -0" x 6-0" with 4" flat casing and a stationary panel on each. On the south side of the barn is an open sided shed with a feeding trough measuring about 50'x 12'. Eighteen feet northeast of the barn is a 12 -feet- tall, 21' -5 "- diameter feed silo. The silo has a concrete foundation and floor. The upper wall and roof is constructed of corrugated metal. Associated with the silo and barn is a corral and field area for the mules. Mules were an essential part of the work force at the mine until 1956 when mechanization finally replaced all but one of these sturdy animals. Black powder used in the mine was stored in the powder house. Built in 1914, it is a one -story 20 by 20 -foot- square concrete building with a steel roof, and is located in a small drainage west of the shop. All that remains of the shop area is a foundation measuring about 80 feet by 45 feet. A complex that contained a hoist house, a small hoist shed, a building for a steam - powered ventilation fan, a water tower, and a mule barn made up the mine portal area. The hoist house and foundation for the fan /housing, measuring (about 30 by 60 feet) still exist. The two room hoist house, which rests precariously on the edge of the hill near the mine portal has overall measurements of 47' -10" x 25' -5 ". From early photographs it is believed the smaller room was built first and the larger, more solid room an addition at a later time. The foundation and floor are of poured concrete. Walls are constructed of 3" x 4" wood stud framing and galvanized corrugated steel siding with cement stucco on wire lath. This structure has two types of windows. Three (Type A) windows on the north and west walls are 6-6" x 2' -11" sliding sashes with 9 lites per sash and 4" flat casing. The south half of the building contains five (Type B) windows which are wood double hung windows measuring 2' -10" x 6' -6" with a 9 lite configuration per sash and 4 1/2" flat casing. The roof is constructed of 2" x 6" wood rafters with galvanized corrugated steel roofing. In the larger room that measures 31' -2" x 25' -5" the cable wheels and electric motor are still present on an equipment platform and bear the manufacturer's name "Allis- Chalmers ". The smaller room, 16-8" x 10' -9 ", also still contains some hoist equipment. The two doors, one on the west exterior wall and one on the room dividing wall are 3' -0" x 6-5" wood raised panel doors in which the horizontal panels are stacked vertically. The south wall on the smaller room is deteriorating and sections of the wall are missing. Mules were used in the mine until 1956; however, slopes in the mine were so steep that the mules could not pull a loaded car. In 1909 a steam engine - powered hoist was added to pull cars from those areas. The steam - powered ventilation fan was installed in the east air course in 1911. Prior to that ventilation was provided by a furnace and stack in the west air course. 36. Sources of information: Previous recording by Grand River Institute — see original site form, dated 1995. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: Yes _ No X Date of designation: Designating authority: N/A 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; _ B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; _ C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or _ D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria