MINEBK00129

• County: Lake
• Volume: 16
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

Title.
The President 1[ine-Owned by: ~,J.Oaw-9an Jone,California.
Represented by:-H.H.Norton.¢ I24 East 7th,St.Leadville,Colorado.
Leaved by:-Andrew Niemi-P.O.Box 53g,Leadville,Lake Co,OOlo.
Date of original location:-IB82
" " " openings:-ItS83.
Altitude:-II.000.-Character of surface,flat-Streams,water supply
none-Timber,none-Roads,D.&.R.O.RY.and wagon road.
There is a geological survey of the didtriot:-Emmons.
Structure and character of country rook:-Porphyry and Lime.
Ore bodies.
There is no known ors bodies as yet dieoovered in this property
as the shaft has but re^ently been sunk, and very little work in
the way of development done.
Power giant.
The power plant consists of a 40 H.P.boilex,and 8 X IO flat
friction hoist.
Head Prams.
Head frame ie made of IO X IIO inch timbcr.,30 teat above the
collar of shaft in the dear-Sheave wheel 36 inohes.Doore on
shaft to prevent dirt from falling.
Explosives.
Gelatin powder 40 per Dent ie used in blasting with German In-
soloid fuse-NO metal tamping bars allowed-woorien barn being pro-
videri-No powder man employed-Lfine has magazine for storing pow-
der-I00 Peet frvm workings-Amount kept in storage 300 ibe.-
Charaoter oP magazine wood-1(ine has no derion for warming powder
No oile,oandles,or combustibles stored with powder.
lining.
The main opening to the mine in a shaft 347 tent in danth,the
shaft has been recently eunk,end lessees are now engaged in
driving levels from a point 330 Poet distant from the collar.
Hoisting.
lethod employed,maohinery driven by otoxm-weight of load hoisted
1500 lbs-Distance hoisted 33;0 feet-Gable 3~4 inah.eteel (good )
Bell line I~4 inch steel wire-Yining Hureau code used,whioh is
Doated in engine room and et collar of shaft-
line methods
to production of ore at present.
11o mgahine drills used-Ringie hand drilling emgioyed.