MINEBK00595

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

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• - SORFAOE -PbdgT-Qontia.
~iow ~t tho eaginoor who operates at thr engiao; Th~~-engia~er
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i i• tmaty-three years oY ego,-has had five yoare~oi oapsrionos
sad is sot nddiotod to the aeo of iatozioating liquere.'
S'horo ie ae•ehatt house sad the hoist is in the tunnel
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at•~a distaaoo of 800' from the porte~L. The shears r~ste on ;~ i
'~ etnlTr aad••is 30r ix~diamotor.-oait-iron and tilUd with rope.
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The smith's shop ie a frame building oovered with iron ehd lE' t`
z 12'•.Sa ciao. The chop ie -E00' oast o!•tho portal o~ the tun-
' aol aad•the-ohangiag houro is also in this building, Th~r~ ib
ono ore bin of b0 tens oapsoity situats'b0' from the portal of l
tuuel sad ono of similar size 1n the mill.'Dry oxtinguishere
ar• prwidod ee protection agninet tire. ~ `
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The oollar ei the shaft ie level with the tunnel'levol ~;,
oa aooonat of dumping direot into the tram oere but it is pro-
' vidod with a good and eutYioient door to prevent matePial from
falling ia•tho shaft while dumping.

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Dupont powder - 40;x. German Iaeoloid 2use. b-% naps and
wooden tamping bare are eaployod. Explosives in exosee of one
day's supply are not stored underground.
Tho avsssgs amount of eaploslvss kept in storage is
300. This i• kept in a stone magazine oovered with dirt-and
situate 4C,' wut eI the portal st the tunnel. Other supplies
sri,atorsd in the omith'o shop.
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Ho do~ioe•t~r thawing powder is provided. •
I[IBIHG do MIBE MET$ODS .
The main opoaiag••ie e- tunaeT 1.E00' in Uagth, 4}' a 6~'
iia the olear, ran oa a uniform grade of 19~ sad timbered the brit
~100':wit~}i p~ati sad ospe. The tunxel i^ driwea on the Bow Era
!~oia the ostiro distanoe. dt a dietaaoo of 360' from the portal .
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