MINEBK00283

• County: Saguache
• Volume: 7
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

1nr;,F,inp; in the stopes. It is suY'1'icieirt except in the shai.'t. {See
recoruneazda t i ons) .
The timbers aro reel spr-tzce i. r. the sl!ai.'t, and nut pine in
the stopes. '1'l:ey are prepared by 'nand and are in r9ood COlld'lt iOrl.
The cs:utes are loaded by gravity, All ore is taken out in
sacks, .
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The under round *.ramrair is rlor;e crith buckets on trucks
'~~ loaded from chutes and r•zm 1;y hand, The buckets are i~Bine and Smel-
!jl
i ter Rupply Co. buckets, oi' S50 11s. capacity, The trar•,kap;e is of
i 9 lb. T, rails,
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'~ The averap;e'amourrt of vaster dealt with pa, r• minute ie 70 Vials.
I The,~,r use mae, ?fo. '7, Cameron steam pang wa the 350 foot level,
and one of the same size ¢nd make on the 500 i't. level,
Ventilation is had throup;h the abaft, and tizrourh upralaes
in the stopes, St is sul'i'icrent ¢nd no noxious gases are me*, with.
.T4ost all of the old timbers have been removod from the un-
derEround ;vorkiri[;s,
Tho•slani't is divided into two cornpartrnen*.s, and from. the
su rfe ce to tine 350 foot, level is equipped with la dda i• way, Tine
~ laddors are not safe, secure ar!d 4CCeeE31bi8. 7"2e ladder way con-
tains steam a!zd, r:ator pipes. Lrznclint s aro not proviriecl ranict x~t~
accordirrF; to law,
Tho levels are co±uaectsrl l;,y WinLee and manw¢ys, • at least
one of vrhich in ]cept in repair rind equipped with 1¢dders. The
only exit i'ror.^. the mine is tir!^our,;h +:he >;;¢~;le sl~rai't, Tl:is is x~~
readil;~ acaeasiL•le to s:nployees rirpn the Taoist is in ruruiin(5 order
'1''re undery~•round li.~;htirar~; is by caudlos.