MINEBK00311

• County: Teller
• Volume: 7
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: H

MINING AND MINE METHODS.
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The Shutloff shaft is ~' R 6" in the clear, and nine .
hundred feet deep, timi;ered with cribL•ing. Those ura oleven levels, ,'
the lo~rar• level which is tl:e oleven:*,h is connected vrit'n the tenth )~
level of the Findley mine. The ore in all of the three veins,
except the Findley vain.,.- or: the eighth level south, is being;
troY.en and allowed to rerrair. in the slope wrtil the vein is
sroi^ked cut to the level aLove, t'r..ar: the ore is drawn out a::d ~
the slope timi:ared vrhereever reaeasary. The ore in the Findley vein ~~'
(south on the eip;hth level is teing l:r•oken ty means oi' underhand
(mining; and the slope is poor°ly ti.mLe!°ed.
1'dorY, i.s bei.nr; carried o.n in ±ite nort:n second, north
i and south eighth and tents! levels in the sarna veins unclernoath rho
odl vrorkirrUs.
'. The maps rand draw i.!!p;e are kept up to date. ~
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roistin~, is dw!e by magus of u skip, 1'rorn u distauca oi'
I. nine lrundrod Yaet ~vitn u 6vei;.;!t i~1' :000 poi:ncis. i
i The aii;le is 7~U" round cr•ueiLle steel in good ecrtaitlon, ~~
'~i Uiao sarna has L'ec!! iu use l'ur four monti:a, tine honk usod or: fire and I
~!, 01' cablo is a chain attircl!nd Co rho ruble, I;y ~~lo:ans oi' c.Lumps, wlti.ch
', was ciut nl~•ed throe months alto. Ti!a skip 1s oqui. irpad ~altir safety I
~, cluteho~, vririch a'•.' tnuevr;l ~--:;or;r :11p•:nt. Thes,(is no sufet;i davico to I
~, pt•ovant ovorvri.nd'lur. E4,,tcar~irls nr•a 1!ai:atcd 1'rorn nto~•o t}ran one level.
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' '1'ha Lal 1. 1.1::a i. ,; 1~4"" wir•a l.i.ne attached f~o u:; t, r•.onp;,
~~I aler•tir:Lc Lulls are u].:;u ussd. ':'?!ei state: si.p•na.L code is ec;pleyca,
~~ a cop}' oi' w]'!i.o;: iv pos.Ced i.i! tau; au;a7nc noon!, at bha collar of Cha
sPuai't artd rat earn Laval sCalsiru.
' A1.1. pet•eun;y urn; pr~l:i.l,ited rc,rn rir1lu(;• mt ti7a loaded sY..tp,
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l.;ut no order 'to t iat e1'.I'or.t i.s posted ):atro tlrw dollar oi' silo shaft,
~a'ltlnoul;•h J.t itris l;eon ordered poatad. Thorn is an ordat• sttati!y!; tho ~
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ttuixi:num numLor of rnenponni.tted to rule upon ti!a skip ut t'no co:Ll.ar• ol.'i'
the sl,utft std ut ar•c!t J.eveL n':,;tiu!r. }~
Tiro sFap is loaded Uy the ono bciut" dumped d'l.raetly
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into t]to sY.i'p. The skip,(;uid~~s :u•a •b 1~3"":{ .b l~d"' Orat~ort pima.
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n..l J- .Lovo.L stag; 1. o!!s ur•g art provided witi! a paDS'at; D. Way.
around til.o sunta, Lot itava riPrut^d roils at aarL i.u;atiw,!. Tito shaft.
is uncured wi.tit a pillar cC p;rcut:d .:9oa sack side su1'i'icierrt t.o
irwuro safety, Lnrt ul.l. rho wlrtzes :n!d mill 'rtolieu ore not unrr•yurlded ~I
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