MINEBK00013

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

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, - ~, notice stating the .maximum number of men permitted to
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II Ltontana styl~ T e cage glides are 4 in. z 5-1~2 in,
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' All level stations aro not provided with passage-tray
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ni ~i ' ~ guard rails at all stations, and is secured by pillar of
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The ore is extraoted by mer,ns of over hand etoping. '
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F7augh, Smucker and 2-1~4 Sullivan air drills are used,
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s ~I~ I ' Single hand drills nre used. •
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' Stulls and lagging are employod s~hieh ie fair:: _~
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I - i The timbers are oomnoaed of red and white spruce, pre-
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. The chutes ara loaded by bond and gravity. The Dare
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{ ~ 12 pounds "T" roils and 18 in, gunge.
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Thero is a connoctdon with ell of the surrounding mines
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All old tic~bors havo be on ror.,ove? from the underground
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'~~ The abaft is divided into t:.o cocrartmonta enA Sa provided
"~; with ladder-way, Tho laddora am safo, soeure and nr.aeesible
~jj ~ oxcopt in tho Granito, .ho Gold Ccin shaft oont+~ine etoam,
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f and water pipos. Tho lasdicgs in ladder-say aro sot to
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;~i; lIIg 16901 a, at 1f:aat CGG• Cf Lt.a P.n 1C oqulnped 1P1th ladders.
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f Thera Sn en exit fron the ~r+nito tarough the Portland,
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~;~i Strong, L'Anumont, L113ou erd Gold CoSn, :hls tacit !a readily
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