MINEBK00134

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

Hooeea Tun.-7.
l~I RI ftG & MI ftE METHODS- Contin.
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eta ie properly posted near the collar of t}ie"ehaft. Eoployes
_are not allowed to ride in the ~buoket:"~ ccc .. '
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The shaft pia seoured anteaoh aide with~.pillare of"grouttd'
auffiaient to seoure safety.and the statlona are'•provided--wi-thll
guard raila. There are. no winzes and the shaft is_:not beiri~"
sunk. ~ n' ... ~ ... ..
The method employed for ore extraotion ie overhand stop-j
- ing 4nd drifting. THe-maohine drills'employed era'~heyner'end'
Waugh etopese. ~ .
Poets and asps and atulle.ooVered with aa~ging is the
method employed for timbering. The timbers are preparod''by' 'i
hand from pine and. epruoe„ are in good'. condition ~and:;auffia='
ient to eeours aaYety~ ...
• Chutpe are loaded,by.hand and gravity) ~•- ._
Underground,tramming~is donetwith~mulse and'"Truax Data"
on a traokage of.18" guage and 16$ T raile.•~ '_
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The.water::in:the tunnel osuasa no inaonvenieaoe-but a
fto:. 6 Cameron Steam-pump is'employed~three hours per-day to
handle the water in the shaft.
A Sturtevant fto. 7 Suotion fan and 12;inah'galvanizsd ''ii
pipe ars.uaed for perfeoting the..ventilation: fto noxious geese
are met with. ,, :. ,•; .
The: sanitary oonditione are'~good grid all old"timbers and,
debris:-have beon,.removed`from underground. ~° •.
Oarbide lamps are used for.lighting-undergroiu~d.~~ ~~
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.Average. tonnagrpsr.month,: 60. ,. i., i
Avsragq value. ors per 'ton, ,~20'. .... ,• ... ,... ~~;~ ..
Ooet, per. ton treatment ore, 40~. ~., ; ;. ;, , ~ ,', ; :; ,,
Aderag~ ooet per month eleotrio power, X300.
n n n ~~ powder, X76. .
,~I~ ~ ,,'f'ir! .:'•~~,'t'._'~~ ii steel' '' .. ., .ni•r
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