MINEBK00013

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

MINING AND MINE METHODS.
The lain shaft is 4-1~2 x 8 Peet •in .the clea$; it is 315
feet deep and there are two levels. ~a shaft is timber-
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sd with, agnre seta„and provided with crosshead.
'The Mork i@ carried on, at the present time onthe first
and seoo nd.levels, all in virgin ground.
Their maps and drawings are up to date.
fiOISTIIIG,
The-hoisting is done by buckets. The men are raised and
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lowerod..by"the hoisting>raehinery. The weight. hoisted
is 9^0 pcunda, distance 300 feet.
The cable is: a 3~4 inch Roebling which had boon •in use, .
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2-1~2 years. Safety o}•.ain and olamns aro used on the
end of the oable, whioh was changed two rontha ago.
IIo safety, device is use3 to prevent over-winding.
-•ateFial is hciated frcm t1wo levels. ,
The bell line is a 316 inch wire line attached to a bin.
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gong,,.. The State codo is amp] oyed. i'hia code oY signals
is posted in the; engino rcom, at the oollar oY shaft
and at each station lovol.
All,porsona are prohibited from riding on•.loadod buckot,
-,This order. is posted noar the collar of shaft,
notice atrLing the raxirum nur..ber oY ran permitted ,
to ride upon the cago, skip or buakot at one tire,
ie posted at the co7ler of tY.o abaft and at oach lavol
station ,
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The guides are 4 in. x 41n. Oregon pino, in good condition.
All lovel str:tions are not provided with paasago way
around the Working shaft. rho ohaft nt all atntione is
pro vidod with Guard roils. Tho ehoft Se eooured by pillar
of ground upon onch aids euYfiolont to inauro safety,
All winzes and rill bolos aro covore3.
Tho ahaf t Sa not being aun:c,
Tho oro io oxtradtad by means of everhnad etoping, Lareoo
and P-1~4 Ingersoll Sergeant raohine drills are uoe3.
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Stolle and lagging ors ueod whioh ore suffioiant.
The titrbers are ro4 pod wY.ite apruoe, proparod by hard

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