MINEBK00149

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

i:oom all undar one roof; suitable protection against
fire is provided. There are four ore houses; one 14 R
20; one 16 X 30; one 20 X 40 and one 16 X 20,x11 frame .
I' Water Supply from Altman ~?a'•er Company; Lightin@; by candles
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and electricity. '
E X P L O S_I V E S,
]]upont 4~; ruse is German and Lnsoloid; Wooden tamp-
ins bars are nrovid.ed for e mployes; explosives are stored
in magazine provided for that purpose alone,and. is located
1vG ft, from waft House; average kept in storage 5B0 lbs.
magazine is a fTa:::e covered ~~~ith atone; device for thawing
powder a 4 Y. 5 fraTre, steam heated.
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DEVELOPLIEN T:
1?sin opening a 3-12 X 7 ft, shaft ~rii;i>CV with
I 3 X 8, two compartment, 7uu ft, deep, divided into 6
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i levels; :oti~.er vrorkings
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~ Trilson shaft 35G ft, ueep; Bison shaft ?.40 ft. deep,
both shaftH .4 X a cribbe~i with 3 X 8 ~ s; ^.rox•k is carried
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' on at Pretreat time in rnaln sh::ft; mine has t4aps and
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dravrings of the property, Hoistin~• , eleetrio hoist and
skip; men are raisc;d aid lovrered vrith hoisting m2ehinery;
~•eight of load hoisted 3,000 ibe, cable 1s a 1~8 round steel
cable in good. con9.ition, has teen in use une year; skip
is eyuipped with bonnet ::.d. safety clutchos; bell ]ins
1~4° steel cable and 8^ gong; State code of sipn214 are
employed., which ere noPted in engine room,at Dollar of
shaft ?nd. 2t each level station,as rre11 as 211 other
neoesFary notices; ohTa -,re dumpe!i direr,t into skip;
ahaf•t is of all stations proovided •,~ith guard rails; all
vinzes or mill holes are coveted or surrounded with guard
rails. method of extracting ore is overhand filled stoyea;
Both Piston and Hauer drills, as vrell as hand. steel are
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