MINEBK00283

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

clear, and is 715 feet logy;. The tunnels are located on tine Bast
slope of P.avrlet~ is?ouutain abozzt three *niles ±rorth of 1jOna1'1Ga City.
AUout 20 i'eet crest oi' the e~.tz•ance of *!o• 3 tunnel is located
>ihe Ulacks~~itkt shop, azrd al;out 30 feet east of the entrance is tare
laborator,/. TY.o doors are at t::e entrance of the tunnel, and can
Ue operated from vriLYzout. There arty no Uuilding•s over tiie mouth
of the tunnel.
Tile ore is extracted by overhead stopiz~. 2 1~2 inch Rand
machine drills are employed and sinigle hand drilling.
The timbering is tunnel sets, stalls and ladp;in[;. St is suf-
ficient. The timbers are vrhite and red. spruce, prepared U;/ hand
and are in l;ood condition. The ci;~.~tes are loaded by p;ravitatlon.
The underground tramrnit~ is done with. cars, loaded from chutes
and dill by hand. The •cars, are oi' the utardard and Truax malts.
The trackage is lt3 and 20 lb. T. rails.
The averalga amount of vrater dealt vri+,h psr mirvzte is two
l,allons, which i.s i.oisted l:y L•uckets.
Ventilation is hrul throul;h t'.uuzels, raises ,and shaJ't, Tt is
suffigient except in `.io. 1 tunnel vri~ere CnrLonic acid has is mot
vrith. Al.l old, timbers iwve Dean removed from tkze, nncler~round
vro r]<i ug e .
The shai'C is rsoC divided i*.rto tyro compartments but is
equd,pped vrlth ladder-vray, 'Tl:s ,ladders are safe, secure ,and acces-
siUle, The ladder~vray contains no .air or vrater pipes or Uoxes.
Landinl,~s aro not provided +~s required Uy law.
The .. ', levels are connertsd uy winzss, at; least
one of vrhich is kept in rspair and equipped with ladders.
1'hs mind has the followinq• exits for employees, b'rom Slo. 3
tunnel, throup;h upraises to Iio. 2 and 110. 1 tunnels, 'plisse exits
aro readily accsenlUle to employ,~os.
Ths li~htinl;; underl;rourul is b;~ electricity on the stations,
and candles 1n the stopos, .