MINEBK00040

• County: Ouray
• Volume: 14
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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S II R F A C E P LAN T.
The surface plant consists of one boarding house which
accomadates 40 men, one ore bin or sorting house and one
blac;csmith shop, these are situated about one hundred
flftr feet from entrance cf tunnel.
E fi? L O S I O E S.
Du ?ont 40'~ powder is used, il~orted Inaoloid Z.L. fuse
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~ 5-x cars and wooden tamping bars are used. Explositre s in
excess of one days supply are not stored underground.
The arerage amount of explosives kect In storage Ss 1000
pounds. This is kept in a dugout ~~ith iron roof situate
about 3~~0; feet from any builoinga or entrance to tunnel
and used for thins purpcFa cnlq. Candies and other combus-
tib39s are stored in sorting house. The device-for thawing
ponder ie a do~sble hot wa?.er boiler.
M I N I N G A N D M I N ~' 1d E T H O D S.
There are two open~gs on this vein No. 1 or the lower
tunnel is the main tunnel. This is where work is carried
ca at present. The two tunnels or levels are connected
by a stops and an upraise used for manwaq and ore shoot
r~hich iauaed for dumping ore from the upper level to
loner level. All rein matter is taken out as far as work
has been done. It is one Yrsndred feet from 2~lierel to
No. 2 level. The methofl of ore extraction is overhand
stoping and 4rifting bvnhand both single and double hand
drilling. The method of timbering are stalls and eouare
seta covered with Sagging. The timbers are pine and epruae
prepared bq hand and s[E~ sufficient to assure safetq.
Irnd,rground tramming is done bq hanfl steel cars are used
for tramming. ShOOLs are loaded bynhattd and gravitq.
The system of °entilation is natural. Ail old timbers have
b9en r9moved from underground and the sanitary conditions
are good. Candles are used for lighting und9rgrourid.
The min9 has two exits and are ready at all times for
emploges. The 1aQdera and manways are in good shape.
S T A T I S T I C S.