MINEBK00314

• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 1
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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representing the Americus, we entered the dmericus and exan)inod the
point where. the water broke up through the bottom oP the Americus.
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drift. The opening was 6 Peet long :with an average width;oP 8.inches.
Rhe drift was ordered cleaned up and opening enlarged so as to peinnit
entrance to cvorkings.below.break. Ascending to the 390 foot level,
the opening was examined through which .the water poured into the Sleepy
Hollow rro rkings. Accompanied by Professor Yan Diest we then went to ,~
the Sleepy.HOllow workings and made a joint survoy of the Sleepy Hollvnz .
vorkings.
t',rord being received on the 9th of. February that the workings in
the Americus were clear and that an engineer would join us in the work
and represent the Americus Company, Prof.VOn,Diest r3J)d mysoif.again ,
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Bent to Black Hawk. The Americus engineer Paili>ag to put in an appear- :,
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enco on .the 10th little Bras done until Feb. 12th, when the undorgrow)d
corkiugs of the Americus wore survoyad, tho.samo being a joint survoy ~'
of throe, and connection made with Sloopy Hollow and Bob Tail Tunnel. Is
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Investigation shows that the manr_gors oP both the Americus and
Sloopy Hollrnti ldinos wore aware of the presence of tl)o largo body of
constantly rising cantor in adjoining proportion. further, that Cara ~,
aa3 token to datorrninb the thieknass or extent of the pillar of ground
between the /unoricua and LSnUoc-Fiako crorkinge. That at the concluoion
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of this determination it wan conceded that the pillar was of suffio-
lost strength to safely retain the cantor in the Jdabao-Fisko workings.
ghat the matter was discussed by tlio minors w)d tlioy all lost assured
the cantor could not bro'Wsthrough the pillar of ground, but t})at there
vea a possibility of the water eventually cooping through and that
this would give maple warning of danger.
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