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• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 17
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

Banger - 3.
O R E S E: O R E
BODIES - Cotttin.
prinoipel aetal. About 90~p by the vein Yilling'ie`oonoeatra-
ting ore and the balance ie oY a iefraotory nature:''All~ore'
ie treated at the public worke_ead-the average value oY vein
Pilling ie $16 per ton, the monthly average production being
26 tone. Bo aeeaye'oi enalyeee`tvere obteinable.~ '
_ - . _ .. S,II; R F,A C E. P L A;9 T .,
The eurYeoe plant conaiate of an IIpripht,`i6~h'.p.'
sad a 6"x8", flat-Yriotion steam hoieti also, a l h.p. Oaeoliae
engine to ran the fee for ventilation. The water need in the
boiler i'e hauled in tanks frog Oentral'Cty. SoPt''`ooal~ie used
for`ivel'ead'the pressure carried ie 7b~. The boiler"ha's'not"
been iaepeotad. - ,:.r• ,
A mark oa the rope is heed instead of'e poeitive'indios-
tor and ie ih plain view of tho engineer vWho operatee'et the °
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engine. The engineer ie thirty-two years of age;'"lies ttad'e!%'
yeere of experience and le got addioted'to the use 'oY'intoxi•=
oatiag liquors.
The ehaYt house !e s frame, iron-covered building 14'x
20' in eiee. The changing house ie in the ehaf~ bongs and the
smith's shop is a lean-to on the eottth side of the ehr.it house
One ore bin of 60 tone capacity end built of two=irioh Plank'
Se situate southeast of the ehaY~ house gad lemtediately ad='
joining. The head frame ie 2-poet, 8"sA" pine timbers and 20'
high. Ths sheave wheel le three feet in diometer, oast iron
and filled with rope.
Tho engine 'room, working ohaft and 'furnace room 'are e11
varier one roof. So protection egninet fire~ie pio'vided•'The'
only water eupply'le hatil.ed in tanks from Cen~rel'Oity'a'die*•~•'
t6abe bf two and one-halt miles. ' ~ "~"' "•' '` "`'
The collar of the shaft !e level With tlie~~~tloos of the
shaft'hones"ae'bhe Qump oar rung orer~the ehatt`e»!L oompleteiy
covers` it while dumping eo 'that n doo$ for the ~oohdr o! tbe~
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