MINEBK00013

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

MINING AND MINE METHODS.
iThe main shaft ie theZeooe; it has throe compartments;
~112b..fee.t•~deep; Vertices', 4,5 x.lb Yeet in the~olear. .. -
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jt.is .tit¢Ijered with square, seta- cages in two Kortherly:
~coalpartmenta. The'South compartment has vertiole ladder,..
(pipe lines and electric wires.
The Buene,Viata has an incline shaft, 550 feet,•Smuggler, ;._
Incline shaft, 225 feet, Keith incline shaft, 250 Yo@t,
'Comet, incline shaft, 175 fact. ,}Surphy•shaft,.inolin©.,
460 feet; Emma Ho. 2. 460 feet vertical.ehaYt;, EiaDode
Shaft incline about 150 feet. -
'There are about 14 miiea oY,driYts and several miles ;..
'oY.upraiaea.
The work is.boinb carried on;at the present time in the..
', 3rd. 6th, 8th, 9th and 10 th and 1100 foot levels of the
lee abaft; and.in the L:eloney; Erma So. 1. and Smuggler
aha fta .
Tha hoisting is done•by moans oY sages in the Lee shaft.
The r^en are raised and lovrorod by means of the hoisting
u~aohinery. ~e weight hoisted is 2000 pound s•: diatoaoe
hoisted is 100 to 1100 Poet.
The cable is a one inah crucible steel, vrhioh has been
in use five months. Clamps are used on the end of the
cable. The cage is equipped vrith bonnet and safety alu'.
clutches. Those have never boon Looted.
Humble Safety Books are employed to prevent ovorvrinding.
Llsteriel is hoisted from several levels and a eager is
employed. _
Tho bell lino io a 3~8 inch vrire lino attaohad to s= a in.
gongs. Tho State code of signals is used. This code is
posted in the engine room, nt collar of shaft and at each
level station, hll persona arc prohibited from riding
on the loaded sego. This order ie not pooted near the
collar oY shaft, h notice stating the aexim•.im number of
con porrlttod to ride upon the cage. skip or bucket at ono
tlro is tot pooted at the oollnr of shaft and at each level
station. The Stearns 3ogers L•onteae style oY ohairo arc
emnloyo3.
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