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<br />and getting ready for the mill.
<br />SURFACE PLANT.
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<br />The surface plant consists of 1-50 H.P. Ingersoll Rand
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<br />Imperial air oompresegre run by water power with a four. foot
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<br />Pelton water wheal, also a Drake alr motor Lyner dr111.
<br />Sharpener run by same machine. Have a good concrete dam
<br />with 1?50 feet of 20 in, pipe for power. Buildings are one
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<br />blacksmith shop 1? x 14 feet about 50 feet from~~entrance to
<br />tunnel, all other buil.dinp~s are about 1000 feet from tunnel
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<br />entrance, which consist of one o _ as 12 x 16, one dr~~ or
<br />changing house 8 x 1? two boarding and dwelling houses
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<br />2~ x 24 one stable 14 x 18,
<br />E X P L O S I V$ S. ~ '
<br />Kind and grade oP exro].osives ni~se`~llu `~o`n~, charaoter of
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<br />fuse used Victor, 5-x caps arndp wooden tamping bars are used.
<br />Explosives in excess of one days supply are not stordd•under-
<br />grnund. The average amount of explosives kept in storage f
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<br />~ is 2000 iba. This is kept in a heavy log building covered
<br />{ with iron situated about S00 feet frem entrance of tunnel •
<br />i and used for this purpose only. oils, candles and other
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<br />cumbustables are stored in the power and compressurP house.
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<br />I The device for thawing powder is Mine ~ ~hneiter supply
<br />Co patent thawer. ~~""'~""""'""
<br />It°..~r~t'I N l3 ~ M I Di E METH 0 D S ~
<br />The main tunnel is a erossaut tunnel 700 feet in length, it
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<br />f taps the Sanagon and~the Pand~ra~ vein ~Oeet'from entranoe
<br />of tunnel. Drifting is being carried on, on both of these
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<br />veins at present in both directions. There is stopln being
<br />i i done, Lyner drills are being used for e~op2Aa dri~'ting.
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<br />The method of timbPrinp, in tunnel is sHuare seta where
<br />necessary and c^:vered with lagging, the timbers are pine
<br />and spruce prepared by hand and are sufficient to secure.
<br />~ safety, Underground trmming is done by hanfl. Truax $LP,P,1
<br />pass are used for tramming. The system of ventialstion ie ~
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<br />a fan and air compresseir-~runninp. all the time. There is ari
<br />upraise started for air. Candles. are used for lighting
<br />underground. Drainage water runs onside of t* f
<br />_arsk to a
<br />point 100 feet from portal of tunnel acid then it goes under
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