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

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OBE S & 03E BODIE 5-COntin.
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nature, the balanoe being refraotioiy ore:'The average=value oY
vein filling is g18 but no•ore is produoed at this titne'ee all
work is confined to einl:ing the shaft.
S II 3 F A C E P L 6 H '_^
The surface plant consists of a 70 h.p.,Hetnin-tubular
boiler and a 9" a 10", double-cylinder, friction-gear;'stean
hoist. _~
The water•nsed in the boiler is hauled Sron-Central Cityl
in tanks, the Seel used Sa soft ooel and the pressure carried
is 60;I. q'ho boiler was inspected in March, 1914.
The hoist le equipped with a positive indioetor is plain
view-of the•engi.aeer who operates at-the engina:'The engineer
is slaty-four years of age, has had twenty yeaie'of experienoe~,
an8 1e not addicted to tho use of intoxicating liquors.
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Tho ehaft•houee is frame, iron-oovered end ?,4' x 6U' in I
size. The ohanging houso is in the shaft house but the esd.th's'
shop is in a legato on the south olds of tho shaft houso. There
is one o're bin, built od 2-inoh p1anY., ~•rith 30 tone oapaoity
" an8 situate on the east side of the shaft house. The h'ea8 frame
ie 2-poet, 10" x 10" pine tir~bere and ?.4''high. The sheave'
rv~eel is oast iron, 4' in diacioter and filled vfith rope. Ho 'I
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protootion against fire la provided. I
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The Dollar of tho shaft is of ouffioient height ~bo Pre- j
vent persona iron gipping and falling in tho shaft eA8 is
also provided with a good end suffiolent door to psevent•na-
tbrial frog ta111ng in thu abaft rvhile~dunping: •~ it
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E X P L O S I V E S.
Dupont powder - 4096; Yiotor Ynee; b-~ saps erid wooden
'tampi'ng bar's are-eaployed. Sxploeivas in•exoees of one day's
oupply are sot storod underground. '"