MINEBK00134

• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 15
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

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j li;~ The agerage.amount oP. exploaivea kept in storage a's 2,000.
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II ~ This ie kept in a Trams, iron-oovaxed nagaziue sittutta'200! ~ j
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~I powder only.>Exploaives in axaesa.oT one -day's. supply are not
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Candles are stored ds the ohangin~ hones and all' other ~^ I
II supplies are, kept itt the Yan.houae. I
(y The devioe Tor th~.wing powder is a tin.tank heated-by
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4I`~~~ M I ft 3 ft G ~ M I ft E M E T a 0 D 3.
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~f!II AasYfaTt~r200' an,depth and sunk at a distanoe-oP-6b' south
~ ~~II~ oT the portal•oT the tttnnai has been sunk on`tho Rising Bun`vein.
~' This shalt 1s oribbed with 12" x 12" square timbere''Tor a die='
~~.I~~' tanoe oT 70' ~ Trom the "surTeos,and with stulLe~wrhere' etoping has
I; ~;II been done. The ehaYt •Se divided into two "oompartaiettte 'Tor a'
' ,ladder-way and bucket-way and eaoh'oompartment is 4'' x 4'`iri
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,,,,',i~ size. The ladder-way'aontaine eaYe; eeoure.'and aooeeel'ble i'ad--~
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~jj;~~i!j dare, air and water piped end has~~laitdinge 100'-"apart.' At~the 9;.;0
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,!;i,, 100-Tt. level a dniYt has bean rue east 60'. At the 170-Tt:' I
I ~'~ "' level .a driTt has base run east 60'~. Work- in tho' eha'Tt~ ie 'oon=
I~I'.I~~'~I Tined to extending driTta and etoping: ' ,.:'~
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~~!~ii _ The main opening is"n tunnel 2,660' in length and driven'
~! III at diTTerettt angles'. on. the• eeveral veins oomprdeing the• group:
~~ I~' The, Tiret T1ve: huttdred •Teet oT_ the tunnel 'is a oroee-out' to 'in-
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'~ ~I~rI. an, additional~Tive hundrod.Teet. At a distanoe oT-B00' Tiopi"bhe'
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~f portal oT the tunnel a Dross-out has boon driven•itorth'600' to"
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ji';~,,I interssot the RooeaO~vsin: ftenrly mi'flway bT this oroee+but the
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~~!~ Martha Perks vein Se intereeoted and dri3ting done on the vein
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240' went and 300' east. Some etoping has been done in these
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