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-4- <br />Candles are used for lighint underground. The mines has <br />three exits, one through the old stopes and through the <br />two main tunnels, The tyro tu~~n91s are connected with a <br />good ladderway from one tunnel to the ether, with land- <br />ings 20feet apart and in ~?ood shape and ready at all <br />times for employes. <br />S T A T I S T I C S. <br /> <br />Total number of feet in shafts 280 cost per foot ~I2,Oo <br />Total number. of feet in tunnels or edits 1730 <br />Total rn~mber of feet in crosscut 58 ft cost per foot X18.00 <br />Total number of feet in rais9s 330 feet cost per foot X8,00 <br />Cost of 6191 per ton X9,25 <br />Cost of transporting ore per ton X4.50 to ouray. <br />Coat of smelting about 6,00 <br />Cost of mining per ton 3.00 <br />Cost of p~~aiepo~i~~apl5sgenlda~.to min9 x.50 Cwt, <br />i(EN EMPL_0 YED, <br />8 maehinemen 4.00 for. 8 hours sfift <br />3 Tir±mh9rman 4.00 " <br />2 A. C. ~8gi?zeers 3.50 (A,C.-air compressors) <br />1 blacksmith 4,00 <br />1 foreman at X150,00 per month <br />1 Superintendent at ~?50.00 per month, <br />(+ E N E R A L R E M A R K S. <br />2do person under the aAe of. twelve yeara are employed in <br />th9 mine, Strang9rs or visi*ors are not allowed underground <br />unless accompanied by a competAnt guide familiar with the <br />mine. All amridents have b9en reported to the Bureau of <br />h4ines, ?'he managem?nt, is suprolied with blank ammident <br />reports. 4he mine marries indemity insurance against ammi- <br />dent in The Travelers. No. 2 tunnel is »rovid9d with doors <br />eta reasonable distance from entranme to prevent admission <br />of noxious gases or fum9s Prom said buildings should fire <br />accur. I made recommendation fnr a door t,o ha rnzt in at <br />No. 1 tunnel. Surface transportation is done by aerial <br />wire rope tramway 300^ ft lonfi, it eonn9mt,s No 1 tunnel <br />with mill. Charamt9r and extent, of mill 40 stamps, 1050 lbs. <br />stag equipped with B.lak9 mrush9r amalgamation plates, <br />