MINEBK00349

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

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Castle Rock - 3.
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BODIES - Contin.
northeast and southwest and the dip is to the south. The enolos-
ing rocks are unite and the gangue is talc. The vein varies in
width from 1' to 5', with an average width o3 3' and has•been
opened to a length o3 160' and to a height of 315'. There".is'one
ore shoot 125' in length. T'ae vein filling ie iron sulphides,
quartz and talo and the metals are gold, silver, lead and popper
Ho assays or analyses have been made and the peroentage of the
several metals cannot be given but gold predominates. Lbout one-
tenth of the vein filling is oY a smelting mature the balanoe
being az a Yree-milling ore and the entire vein Pilling has an
average valve of $].2 per ton.
8 U R s~ A C E P Z A H T.
The eurtaoe planti oonaiats of of a 30 h.p. Upright boiler
and a double cylinder, 7" r. lU", flat triotion, steam hoist.
SoYt aoel is used for fuel, wator used in the boiler !a
taken Yrom the mine and the:preesure aerriod Sa BUS. Tho boiler
has never bees inapeoted.
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Tho hoist is equipped with a positive iadioator in plain
view of the engineer r+ho operates i~t rho shaft. The ongiaees is
Torty-throe years of aCe, has had twenty years oY exporionoe
and is sot addioted to the use of intbrioatinl; ~.iquore.
Tho chart house is a trace, iron-covered building,?.4' x
42' in size, the ohanging houso ana enith'e shop being in tha
ease building. The head frame is ?.-poet, lU" x 10", ?.4' high
ana wade or pine tiaber. Tho shears whool Sa oast iron, ~1' !a
diamoter ana tilled rdth rope.
Tho oollar of tho ahaZt is oY auttioiont hoight to pre-
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roar poraone troa tripping; and tolling in the abaft ana !a pro-
teotod frith a good ana auttioient,doos to pseront aatvrial trop
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falling in the chart dhilo durrpiug. 11o proteotion agsiaet fire
hat bees prodded. Do provision hoe yot bees rode for snrtaae

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