MINEBK00595

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

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the remBintier Qf ore, is of a oonoentrating. nature..The average
value of, ve~.n tilling ie $26 per ton but, no oaekie prodnoad e`E
this time ae all work is oonfined to develoPmeat.with a,si~ew
of a large prodnotion as soon ae developments are oompleted.
The oharaoter of vein Pilling is iron sulphides and quarts
and the metals are gold,:silver. oopper,•lead and sins and.the
p~inoipal aetal is silver. ~
SURFACE P L A II T.
The snrfaoe plant aoneists oY a 60 h.p. Return-tubular
boiler and a Hendrle and.Bolthoff, Air.oompreseor -400.onbio
Ye et oP oompreesed sir. ..
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The boiler- was last inspeoted in J~}].y. 1914. Soft .ooa7;.,
is need for fuel, the prasenre oarried is S0~ and the sates
is supplied by a spring situate 20U' north of the portal.ot•
_the t,}nnel.
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The power hones is 21' a-bb',•frame and oovered~with
iron. sad asphalt. The power house is situate 1.000' south
of the portal of the tunnel and the smith's shop and ohanging
hgnee are in this building. Where ie eleo one frame twi-story
dwelling hgnse 1.900' southeast of the tunnel and nearby ie s
frame stable 14' a 20' in size. One ore bin of 100-tone oapao-
ity is situate 7b' east of the portal of the tunnel.
Proteotion•againet fire is provided by a hose attaohed
to pump. in the oompreseox room. -
E X P L 0 3 I V E S_ ;:;?n
. .Dupont powder ~ 40~. Qerman Ineoloid fnee~ 6-a ospp j~d
wooden tanpiag bare era employed. Explosives in exoeee of one"
~y'B supply aze sot stored undergrouhd: ~,
The average amount of ezplosiv~se kept ia.ato'raga,:ie
1.000. This is kept in s_ hear, iron-oove'red aggaLins' situate