MINEBK00211

• County: Teller
• Volume: 9
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

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The buildings aro abent 5C f et from the entrance to the tuncel.
The ore is extracted by r.enas of evor hand steping. 2=1~4
Sullivan machino drills are used and the small buzzer
machines.
Stalls and lagEing aro usad for tirbering, vrhich is snffucier.t,
The timbers consist of red and r.}+ite spruce, prepared by
hand and in mod condition.
The chutes are lcade8. L;~ gravity. Ti:e cars are loaded from t e
chutes and run Ly hand. ''?he standard Lano cars are used.
The trackage coisists of ~ ~cu:d and 1'_.pcund "T" rails and lb
inoh gunge.
The voutilation is naturr+l, as ti:rero :,rr: ecnnections with
tiro I::offat iucu:el•, ^.r.e :.ileen and :iovr~ shafts and is
sufficient. Occasicn,;:7y noxious ~+=ses : re mot tritii.
dll old tir.bers }:nvo b eL re;oved from tJ:e anderEround
workings. Tlie eia<,it is divided iiao t°•:e eor.Tartmerts, and
i is provided vriti; la dot-'..ay. i:e 7a ; lore arc rafo and soouro
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in tho .io~r.~ii~rt~shr~ft. :}:e ,.adder-'..a;; cc r.t~ins uir, ~.~ator
and stenm pipos. :.rsrdin~c are not providod in the ladder-5.ny
' not to exceed LC fcot a,~::rt. -}:ore aro :anzos or c~nn-vra;;rn
' eornocting levels; at lest ono cf theee ie kept in repair
and equip;:ed v.itii la•iders. "r.c uine i+us :rote than ene oxit.
Thero is an exit frcrr. ti:e Ifr,it: :.raft ti,rourri: tho bilcon an3
:inward shaft3 aitd the J.offut t:i:.r.el. :i;is oxit is readily
acoersible to or.pln;;cc:.
~loctric lig}as u^c, usod on the stations end cr:nd].oe in the
stopes r.nd drifts.