MINEBK00035

• County: Pitkin
• Volume: 13
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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_ .- :: Yine methods.
Method ol.ore.eztraotion:-Stoping-and drifting,maohine drills
are employed,nlao single:.end double hand driiiing,maohines- °-
used are::waugh,Heraog,Ingereoll and Hahn,
Timbering:-lfethod eaployed:-Square setts,and Cribbe-sufficent
Character of timbers;-Native prepared at mine condition-good,•
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IOrdinery mine Chutes are used in ralno-Tramming is done by
mules undergrauiid on I2 1b,Lo the yard rail.
Drainage:-Average No. of gallons per minute:-2000.Syatem in
(use:-Electricity and steam.Ventilation-Natural draft-euffic=~
cent-nozioue gases are met with 1n Smuggler shaft,but levels
~!xhere they oocur ere sealed up. •
Shafts are divided'into two and three oompartments,and,pro-
vided with ladder ways 20 fast apart.upraieos connect levois
and are provided with ladder wnye,one between eaoh level ie
Neyt in repair.Yine has several exits oonneoting ehafto on
different levele,which are roadily aeoessible to employees.
Lighting-underground: Eieotrieity and aoetylene lamps,
Statistics.
(Average tonnege per month: 7G35.arose tonnage yer year-90.000
(Total No. o! feet in shafts:-3200.Averngo Cost yer foo t:-~25.
~ r •r r levels:-05000, r r r r
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i• r r upreiees: 2000. •r r r r ~g~
Dotal No,ot feat in devoiopement:-90.000.
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I uen emyloyed.
4 Naottine L'riiltnen. X3.00, per day, 6 hour shift.
2 • HOlpere, 2,75. • • 6 • r
S Liner. ~2,5p, . • g r r
ItS 4lmbermen. X3,00. r r g r r
G Tram11e1'e. ;2.50. • • C r r
2 ?Oysren. =3.00. r r ~ r •
? Laborers. X2.50. • • ~! • • •
3 tngineera. ,j,50, • r ~ r ,
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I 17'ireacan, i3, oa. e • • •
2 81se1cataitha, 13.50• • • 6 • •
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