MINEBK00544

• County: Summit
• Volume: 11
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

';How tar is magazine from tunnel, and buildinge4 350 feet,
'Average amount of explosives kept in storage:-IOOO,pounda.
Oharaoter of magazine:-wood.
'ia min®. provided with devioe far thawing powder4Yes.
Oharaoter of devioe:-Barnes eleotrio thawer. `~
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Are oils,oandlea or other oombustibles stored in building usod

for that purpose aloneYYes. i
Are oils,oandlea or other oombustibies stored with powder?No, ~~
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wining. r;;~
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Property is opened by two tunnels,the main or lower tunnel is ~ i'
'driven into the mountain a diatanoa of 26oo.taet,and ie oonneo-
ted by winzes,and raises with a tunnel above, the upper tunnel
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.being IIO.feet above the lower, or main tunnel.
Numerous arose outs have been driven from both tunnels Por the ~~?
purpose of interseoting other .veins than the one being worked
through the wain, 5or lower tunnel. f '.
several propertios are in the vioinity of the mine, upon whioh a ~,!',°
oondiderabie amount of work has bean done,but none of them now ~~° j
are in operation.
Maps and drawings:-Yes. ~~~
Are buildings at,or near entranoe to samo~ ~~
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Tho oonoentxating mill is about I00 test from the portal of the ~ i
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tunnai,tha blaokamith ehop,and timber house,are about the same I,
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Tunnels are not provided with doors to prevent admission of ¢as 1
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or smoke in Dare of fire taking plsoe in buildings. ~
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Timbering:-Method employed is stulle,and iaggi»g,8utliolant.
Ors extraotion.
Ali wining ie dons by single handed driliing,no drilling maoh-
in• axe used.
Ordinary tram oars are usod in handling the ors from the mine to
the miii,the ore being loaded into the Dare by ohutaa of the
regular mine type, and the oars being hauled out by mule power.
Ventilation.
There i a a natural currant of six throughout the mina whlgh is
of euttiolent quantity.