MINEBK00149

• County: Teller
• Volume: 14
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

blsoksm3th~ops working shaft and furnaoe room all Hader one
roof. 3nitable proieotion against fire is not provided. Dry
or ohanging room in engine room; two ore houses, one 16 X 30
the other 15 ~ 30, 27•ame, iron covered;
B X P L O S I v E S.
Independent 40~tr powder; Rtae Z.L. wooden tamping bars -are
provided for employees; e~losives are stored .in magazine
prnvided for that purpose alone whioh•is looated 100 ft. prom
working shaft; average amount of explosives kept in storago
500 lbs; magazine is s stone building oovered with dirt. Mine
ie provided with •a devioe for thawing powder, a frame 8 X 8,
steam h eateQ; oils, Dandles and other oombuatibles are;
stored in engine room.
ld I N I N G.
fain opening is a 4X'9 shaft 1,000 feet deep, oribbed the
first 300 ft. _!~ square aetted• from thert~ to the bpttom
with8X8~e.
HOISTING: by steam with cage; men are raised and lowered
with hoisting maohinery; weight cf l0.,~3 h•-iste~ 2,0,E lbs.
a diatanoe of 1,000 ft. Cable ie a 1~ rotind steel oabie in
good oondition; oharaoter of hook at end of oabie is olampg,
same trere changed 30 days ago; oage is equipped with bonnet
and safety olutoh,nhioh are tested everq day; bell line is
a 3~8eteel cable State node of signals; are employed. and
notioe ie posted at Dollar o P shaft, engine room and at eaoh
level station; all persons are prohibited from riding on
loaded oage and this notioe is posted at Dollar of shaft.
Station ohairs ere employed; oage guides 4 X 4 Oregon Pine;
shaft at all stations is providefl with ladderways; all
winzes or mill holes are oovered er anrrounded with guard
rails. Mine Method, overhand atoping. water Leynere and
Hammer drills are employed. Timbering by atulls,and lagging,
and the timbers are native aprnoe and pine,•and the oondi-
~i~n is good. Chutes are leaded by gravity and hand.