MINEBK00283

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

MINING pND MINE METHODS.
The Brie ahai't ,or? T~Ia??itou ?Souutui?? Ss 150 feat deep, 4 x 8,
timiiered vrith round cri};L•ir?~, Tire i'irst twenty feet is berticle,
t.^_e vain:belnlg cut at ti:is point, and the srzi't sunk on the
same, vrhicir-.dips,~to the south, The ehai't.is ?iot divided into two
compartments, The vrinze ir? 'luo. 3 tunnel m? Rarrley hountarin is dovrn
about 301'riat..It is 3 1~2 x 7~irr the clear, Thoy are'si?ikin~; the
same at this time.
lrlork.is being• carried on at the present time 1n the Erio
shaft and in tdo. 3 tunnel. These vrorlti?rp;s are in the same-veins
and underneath tho old workings. PQaps and dravrin~s are up *.o date
but there,ara ?ions to be had at this limo.
The.iroisling is done witn i;uckets. The men•are raised and
lovrered with *.ize hoisting nu~chinery 1n the rrijnze. Tire weil;Qrt of
the .load hoisted is 1,7.00 lbs. and *.he distrance hoiated 150 i'eet
in the shaft and 30 i'eet in .the winze~ The; iuxvo tvro eaL•las, 5~6
1?iclr round steal, and in,i,oori condition. They have l;een in use
tvro vreolts. A safety chain is us ad on tiro end of the cable. This
vras ehangsd tyro vraekn af.;o. '1'irera are no s+zi'ety devices employed to
provont overvrlluiinr;, Idrzterial iu itoiuted from but ono level,
The boll lino is a 3~~3 inch steal vrlre, attur:hed 'to an 0~~+
1-Heir gory. It is in i'air ccndition, Tlta;/ use u signal rode fur-
niahod by Handrie and -olthof:L'. 'Chia is not posted in the orif;ina
room, at ti7o collar oi' the shai't, curd at oath :Lavol station.
Tdoither is there ai notice statinC; the maximwv ruzmber of man par-
mittad to ride upon the bucket nt ono time poatarl about tho miho
. The eltid way. in the ?;ria slrrti't is znarle of round 1cagl~;ing. It
is 'in fair r,ondition. AL:L.lavol statio?zrr aro providod with a
paaaai,~e way aroul:d worJcirzl; slrrri'Cgt but it ie not provided vrith
ward' raila, 'i'hs slrzri't is secured by a pillar oi' 1!;rottnd upon such
side sui'i'icisnt to necura ani'ety, All wlnzos and m11.1 holoa aro
surrounded vrlth gtznrrl rails or r.ovorod, Thoy aro s:Lnlting the
uhai't, tkte sirzti't malr i;elnl; provided whiz a (^ocd rznd sul'i'ioio?rt
laclcler rend a bulkirsad beinl~; plrrcecl over them.
Tdo. 1 tunno:L' is ~1 x G 1?t tyro olertr and 800 Teat long. No, :,
d x li in the olertr and .500 i'aet 1or?g~, and llo. u is G x 7 in the