MINEBK00308

• County: Montrose
• Volume: 13
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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atoms, there are aom faults in the Qein. She ore shoot
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~ is contizmons as Satr ae ~no*a. Characterot veip~~~
~' is sandstone ands-little attale. Tha netnla are IIrani~
~~ and vanadium. A11 of the vein will rtm -! y - ~= z ~ .
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ganidium. If has to be sorted.very cloesl~ as nothing legalI
then 3100 can be shipped. - -- _._ ..:rr. I
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The surface Dlattt conaiata ot,boarding and dwelling ,house,
office stors house and stable. ~ .. -~
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Dn Pont 40~ powder, imported Inaoloid Z L,l11ao~ ~;
caps and wooden tamping bars are uaed.,gxplosives 2n
excess of one daps supply are not stored underground. ~
The average amount of explosives kept in atorage.ia
3000 pounds. This is kept in an old abandoned ttasnei with I
en iron door, situated about D00 feet atom buildings
os workln a and used for this __.__
g purpose oniy. Cen4lea and .. ,
other combustablee are stored in the store house. Ths
device for thawing powder is a double hot water boiler.
The main oDening or ttainei le driven on the vein a dle-
tance of 150 feet and rooms alerted oft on each aide of
said tunnel. This is where the.greateet amount.ot work
Se carried on at this time. There ere mmeroue tcmnels
oa the same group .et claims and ail have ore Sn thetp,
The method of ore ertreotion is eingls hand drilling.
The aethod of tic~ering as some square seta, ~i]lora and
boats. The tigers are pine and cedar Drepared by hared
and ars suZtieisnt to secure safety. underground trsae,-
ing is done by hand, steel oars are seed for tag,
The ~~~ of ~entilataon ae natural, Candles ~,e cusd
for 11Ehting underEround. Thsy eze working os and uD-,.
raise toz and a:tra slit. '
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areas tesaje live to ten ton• Dom.
~'. average aeaar
•aiw ~A0.00 is /100.00 Dos ton. butts
T~tai scoter Ot feet in tunnal• sad sudit• 1500 asst, i