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';How tar is magazine from tunnel, and buildinge4 350 feet, <br />'Average amount of explosives kept in storage:-IOOO,pounda. <br />Oharaoter of magazine:-wood. <br />'ia min®. provided with devioe far thawing powder4Yes. <br />Oharaoter of devioe:-Barnes eleotrio thawer. `~ <br />~~ <br /> ~ <br />~ <br />,. <br />Are oils,oandlea or other oombustibles stored in building usod <br /> <br />for that purpose aloneYYes. i <br />Are oils,oandlea or other oombustibies stored with powder?No, ~~ <br /> I, <br /> sc.' ~ <br />wining. r;;~ <br />¢ C <br />I ,, ~I ' <br />Property is opened by two tunnels,the main or lower tunnel is ~ i' <br />'driven into the mountain a diatanoa of 26oo.taet,and ie oonneo- <br />ted by winzes,and raises with a tunnel above, the upper tunnel <br /> tl' <br />.being IIO.feet above the lower, or main tunnel. <br />Numerous arose outs have been driven from both tunnels Por the ~~? <br />purpose of interseoting other .veins than the one being worked <br />through the wain, 5or lower tunnel. f '. <br />several propertios are in the vioinity of the mine, upon whioh a ~,!',° <br />oondiderabie amount of work has bean done,but none of them now ~~° j <br />are in operation. <br />Maps and drawings:-Yes. ~~~ <br />Are buildings at,or near entranoe to samo~ ~~ <br />~'I <br />Tho oonoentxating mill is about I00 test from the portal of the ~ i <br />~ <br />tunnai,tha blaokamith ehop,and timber house,are about the same I, <br />~;, '+ <br /> <br />distanoe. ~ ~, ' <br />i <br /> <br />Tunnels are not provided with doors to prevent admission of ¢as 1 <br />a <br />~~, <br />~~' <br /> ~ <br />or smoke in Dare of fire taking plsoe in buildings. ~ <br />,,~~~~~~~ <br />Timbering:-Method employed is stulle,and iaggi»g,8utliolant. <br />Ors extraotion. <br />Ali wining ie dons by single handed driliing,no drilling maoh- <br />in• axe used. <br />Ordinary tram oars are usod in handling the ors from the mine to <br />the miii,the ore being loaded into the Dare by ohutaa of the <br />regular mine type, and the oars being hauled out by mule power. <br />Ventilation. <br />There i a a natural currant of six throughout the mina whlgh is <br />of euttiolent quantity. <br />