MINEBK00502

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

S U R r^ A.C E P L A N.T (Continued).
12 X 12 posts and is 70 ft high. Sheave wheal G ft and of cast
~~I steel. Collar of shaft where cage is used ie provided with good
and sufficient guard rails to prevent persons from walking into
shaft.
~ The amithshop is 40 X 60 frame contains three forges one press
~ drill and one trip hammer,
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~ The engine room and working shaft,blacksmitl•, shop and furnace
room are not under one roof.
~~ Suitable protection against fire is provided.
Office 20 X 30 frame. Timber yard on dump, T}+e ore is dumped
in care on track. The water supply. is from the city main of Lead-
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~i villa. Surface lighting elertricity. The surface transportation
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~ is by railroad and wagon road.
The ore treatmrnt employed smelting. The mine has no mill or
reduction worts.
' E X P L O S I V E S.
The explosives used are the 40,4 7~Aths Dupont giant and Hercules
powder. Caps XXXXX ylastern and Hear brand fuse.
Iron or metal tamping bars are not employed,wooden tamping bars
are provided for the employees.
Explosives in exrans of ona day's supply are not stored under
ground. The explosives are ntored in a magazine provided•far
' that purpose alone; magazine is AGO ft from working shaft or
other buildings, Average amount of explonivos kapt in storage
1000 lbs. The magazine is a frame building covered with iron.
The device for thawing powder is of galvanized iron water ~ack-
eted. Oils candles or other combustibles ere store+t in building
I used for that purpose only.. Oils,candlas or other combustibles
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are not stored with powder.
Id I t~ I N C .
j The property is developed by a vertical shaft 4- 1~2 X 15 ft
~ three compartments,double rage way ladder way cribbed with 6 XB
cribbing and l,lf>0 ft deep.
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