MINEBK00595

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

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Y I B I B-G da. M I R E H E.T H O D 3- Ceatia•
a ores-out e~ ,60!;~ onto the Great• lfoetera .veia.+bad,.s drift is
riu en thin veia 7b0' ... A,.orose-out b0' senthwsat antes he -, .:
Oldbury voia and•the~He.aame veia. At 900', trem the pertal.,is
e abaft ia- the tuaa~l, whioh is 18b' is depth and. eni7c:.*a the
Oldbury vola.,it:th~,lOQ-it..UVol adrift is run weex trem-.:
,the shalt a distaaoo et 100! sad eaet 1,100'. The latter. drift
oonnoote with•the pump shatt,whiah,ie 1b0';ia d~pth~aad:i^
-only nseq t~r:pumpiYg. et the 130-tt, lovol.et xhe-shatt'ii.•_
tunnel a ~lriit is run roost 2b0' and at the lbb-tt. level a'
drift is rna wont 2b0'.
Work i^ osrri~d ea is stope.ia the wiaze.oa~the:l9.b-it.:
Uvel both snot and wlet~aad•oz tho_i~p-tt. level; alse:la ,
the oroaa-out on the Groat Western voia.
da additional Bait is provided through the oeaaeotiea et
the 19b-tt. level with the east shntt. The exit is is goed•-:-
oeadition~ properly equipped end easily aooeseibl~. ....
The shntt in tunnel is divided into two oompartments-ter
e ladder-way aad•s~ip-way. Tho skip-way ie 8' a 8' and the
ladder-wny is 4' in the oleer. Ths,latter oontains air pipes,
hen landings 20' apart and Ss egnippod•with sate, aeonre•wad
aoosuiblo lnddrre. •
]Saps sad drawiage et the enrtaoe;and underground wor
are kept is the etiioe at ;the mine..
Tho method employed for hoisting is eleotrioity ead.the
men are raised nad lewerod witty the hoisting, meohinsry. d le.
weighing 1.b00~ is hoisted at one time a distaaoe et 19b' wi
n 1/2 iaoh stool wire oabl• that i^ in good oanditiea. L eat
hook end ohaia ie used. -
• The state oode of ~igaal~ and pull bells are employed.
The bell line is 3e. 10 wire Sa good oonditiea.
the .oede :at ~'-
sigaele sad ether aetioee are properly pasted is their.ree~eo'-
Live plaoos.