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• County: Saguache
• Volume: 16
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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yr~ Surface plant consists of shaft horse, 20~feet square,
;~ and ore bins. 2 bO.H. P. boilers 1 5 H. P. air compressor.
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``i Surface transportation is done by wagon road.
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Dupont 40~o powder* German fuse and 5 S caps and wooden
'!! tamping bars are used. Average amount of eaplosivea kept in
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~' storage is 5G tv 100 lbs., which is stored in a magazine Yor
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the purpose.
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r~ i +' The main opening consists oY one shaft 500 ft. deep,
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ra ~ with levels running in both directions on the vein. ldoat oY this
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t~;' g ng north on the vein to to the St. bouia
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claim which is on the same vein as tho C1iYY. The shaft is
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~''" divided into two compartments, provided with ladder-say.
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° ~ The method oY ore extraction is overhand atoping and drifting.
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'i' The method oY timbering is stalls and square seta.
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':.';~ System oY ventilation is natural.
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Total number oY Yeet in shafts 500. Cost per Yt. X30.00
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t Total number oY feet in drifts or levels 3,000. Cost per Yt. X10.
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"''" ~ Total number oY Yeot in crosscuts 200. Coat
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Yt. X15.00
Total number oY Yeot in raises ?,00. Cost per Yt. Y10.00
' Total number oY Yeet 1n development 390 0.
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Average tonnage
per month 40.
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~ Average assay value ore per ton X50.00
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„ Cost of powder, 17~.
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r; i6en employed;
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' ~s 6 miners X3.50 Yor S hours
t ; ~ ' 2 Treanmera 3.00 Yor S hours

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1 Topman
3.00 Yor 8 hours.