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• County: Teller
• Volume: 9
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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The ore is extracted by over hand atoping. 2-1~4 Ingersoll
Sergeant, and waugh• air drills'sre uaed. ~ ` '.T '• •=° '~- •
Timbering.. u.°., c,: .._
Square seta, atulls and lagging'ere uaed; whioh is ta~r,~
P.ed & i7t:ite Spruce tirbera are used, lrepared by hand End
in gr:od condition. ~ - - .
Tho chutes are loaded by gravity, t ~ ~ ~ ~ •~".` ,
Underground Tramming. _ .~.,
The oars are loaded firer,, t?io chutes and run'to tho "92~e'ft
by hand and dumped oute tl:e skip. ~ ~' ~~~ ~- .
The trackage consists of p pound "T" rails witH~IB ~in:""
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Ventilation, r~ - ~
The ventilation is fair,. There are connoctions witr''the"
:ooae Tunnel r;ith a aster, of doors' such as are weed i'n' coal
mined. Carbonic acid`gas is met with. - - .
I.11 old timbers have beon removed from t?.e andorgro;lnd" •'
workingo. ~ :' ,
The shaft i'a dividod into tyro com^artr..o~ts" rittd is provided'
witr. ladder Tray s,r.ich ar~sufe, ~ea;iro and aeoesaible. '
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Tho la Eder tva~ contrina water and' air pinoa, ' L±~ndir~e' are
not *rovided in tr.o lc.ddorway not to oxceed 2A foet'epriYt.~ ~~•
Thore aro winzoa or ran_ v;ays correoting levels. One man-way,
io kept in reP+ir and equippo' with lad9era. Thore ia~ e.a'
exit obtr,ined by a raise from tho 3^O foot levol~to th8 -
ttooao Tunnel, whioh is reAdily accessible to ecployoa, •
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The mina is lightod by noanc of eleotrioity at 'the °tationar
and candles in tt:o atones.