MINEBK00457

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

American - 3.
!;}~I'~ sOBFACE PLa~fT .
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~~: The snrtace plant consists of one, 60 h.p. and one, 80
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h.p., retain tabular boilers, made by the FairbanYs, Idorae
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~a. Company oS Denver, Colorado; one, 2-drill, Band air bompresaor;
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one, 8" x 10", double cylinder, ~f].at friction steam hoist.
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!~~~~' Soft coal is used for fuel and tho gyrator usod in the
'~ boiler is taken from a well 300' distant from the shaft. The
'' 'presaure•aerried is 60~ sad the boiler is in good condition.
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~!I i Boiler was last inspected in 1906. '
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;~! The hn~ttois equipped with a positive indicator 1n plain
i' -view of the ongineer who operates at the shaft. The engineer
I!! is forty-five years of age, has had fitteon years of exporionoE
!~ sad is not addicted to the use of intoxicating lignora.
The changing house, smith's shop and shaft hones are all
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!! in the sass building, which is a frame, iron-aovorod building
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'~ 2b' x 35' in size. The boiler room is an addition on the north
,: aide of the shaft houeo.•IIo proteotlon against tiro hsa heen
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'~ provided.
The collar of the shaft 1a provi•ded with good and auttio~
Sent doors to prevent matorial iron falling in tho shaft while
dumping and the collar o_* the shaft is of suttioiont hoight
to prevent persons troy tripping and falling in the shaft.
E X P L O S I Y E 3.
Golatine - 40j, - powder; Gorman Inaoloid fuse; b-Y Daps
sad wooden taaping baro arc eaployed. F.xploaivea in oaoeea of
one day's supply are not stored underground.
The avosage amount of explosives kept in storage !a 60#.'
This is etorod in a Sree~e, iron-covered rlagatine• situate 160' i
"northxeat of the shaft house that in need for this purpoeo only.
dll other aupplieti are stored in the ahttt house,
The derive for t}~*!~ yewe~T !~ a fix taak,heateQ bI,
^~~M •t hOt wat~s~ the device is stored in the ehait'houae
e1os~ iitb other enpplies,•

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