MINEBK00595

• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 16
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

Gold Fisou±•e - 4.
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'drift in the ald shaft. il shaft 60U' in depth connects with the
tunneland is used for an additional exit in case oY necessity.
,The old drifts have all bean stoped out to a depth of 500', have
'saved in and are abandoned.
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Overhand stoping and drifting are the methods employed Yor
ore extraction. Ho hand drilling is done and Haugh machine drills
',are eaployed.
Thetimbars are prepared b; hand from pine and red epruae,
Fare in Ysir condition and sufficient in size and musber to in-
sure sa3ety. "
', Chutes are loaded by hand and gravity. Underground tram-
Imi~$ is done with a horse and steel Dare on R trackage of 18"
guage and. 2Uy~ T rails. Drainaga is natural. Sanitary conditions
'.are good and e11 old timbers and debris have been removed from
,underground.
A 24-inch BuYYalo fan and li-inch pipe in used to carry air
to the upraise. The Yan 1s run with a 5 h.p. Gasoline engine.
IIo noxious gases are met with and the ventilation is fairly good.
~`arbide lamps are used for lighting tmcierground.
S T A T I S T I C S.
Average cost oY power per month, y60.
Total number oY Yeet in shaYts, e0u.
Other measurements not given.
L4gn employod:
1 Machine Drillmen, 54.00 Yor 8 hour sn1Yt.
I 3.50 " '~
1 n Helper,
1 Trammer, 5.00 " „
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5.50 " " '~
1 Blsoksmith,
5.00 "
1 Superintendent.
Average number oY men eaployed *or the year, 5.
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