MINEBK00317

• County: Lake
• Volume: 10
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

S U R r A C E P L A N T !Continued),
The engineroom,working shaft,blackamithshop and furnaceroom are
not all under one roof,
Suitable protection against fire is provided, i~r
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Office 12 X 16 joins ahafthoune. Dry or changing house is iri shaft ,I','~
house. Timberyard on dump. Ore bin of, 500 tons capacity.
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The water supply is from the city main of Leadville.
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The surface transportation is by waEonroad. ~~~;
The ors treatment employed smelting. The mine has no mill or re-
dust ion works.
E X P L O S I V E S.
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The explosives used are the 40,2 7~8ths Giant powder,capa XXX,
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B'estern brand fuse.
Iran or metal tamping bars are not employed; wooden tamping bars
are provided for employees.
Powder monkey not employed. ',
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Exploaivee in excess of one day's supply arc not stored under- ',
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ground, Explosives are stored in a magazine provided for that ~~
purpose alone.. The magazine is 200 ft from working shaft or ;
other buildings. Amount of explosives kept in storago 400 lbe
The magazine is frame 8 X 10 covered vrith iron.
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The device for thawinE powder steam heat. Oils,cnndles or other i. ,
combustibles are stored in building used for that purposo only. II ~.
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The property is developed by a vertical shaft 4-1~2 X 9,two com-
partments,cribbed with 6 X 8 cribbing and is 800 ft deep.
The work is carried on at the present time on second lovel,drift
ing and raising.
;lisps and drawings at office. '
The hoisting method employed cage. Iden are raised and lowered
with hoisting machinery weight of load hoisted 1,300 lbs. diptance j i
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hoisted 400 ft. The oxble is of steal wire 7~8ths in. and in good i
condition.