MINEBK00595

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

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~.Thi~ .Sa kept-la, a:.;fram~, ;ir9n-ooYers~ magasine sitnate.:160'
'east of the portal of the tunnel. The megayine•ie need for the
eterage•s=;p~wdsr-.Daly all other supplise.•beiag.stered'in the
power hems.::. ~ • -. .. .. r. .. .
3o de~ioe for thawing•powd~r is provided ae ths,]d.ad of
pewder,;nssd dean not:harden eaospt in eatrer-sly•oold weather..
M I E I F~a & M I R E M E T H O D S,
7,'he main. or lfe, '2; tunnel is 1,060' long aad' timbered at
thp,;entaranoe:with poets and oape,fer a dietanos oi~.10-v:.The,.tnn-
nel is drirsn on a,nniformgrade et 1~, end ie b!~.:x 7' ' in :the
olear. At a dietanos ei 87b' from the portal the King Solomon
4ela.is iatereeoted,aad drifts on the:veia are run. east 60' and
west 316'. A small amount of etoping har been:done in the~west
drift. ...
Two hltndrsd feet higher up on thr mountain and diraotly
above is.TUnnel Bo. 1 whloh
a shaft ot}•the eams.~ein et
portal of llo. 1. The tunnel
oarri~d en. .
,Two shafts are eunk~
Bobtail 7ein aad with one d:
ie 976' in length aad or
a dietanae of about 700'
ie in good oonditioa but
one of whioh !e 80' deep
rift 100' long; the ether
nnsots with
frog the
ao work i^
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end sn the
shaft ie
200' deep with a drift on the east aide 100' long. The latter
shaft ooansote with Tunnel Bo. 1 at a dietanos of 700' from the
portal of the tunnel. Ho work is oarried ea in either shaft.
At a dietanos si 200' irem the portal of.Tusnel Bo• 2
sa upraise le be}ag mpde to oAnneot.with Tunnel ao. ~: dbout
130' has been oomp2pted,only.a few fset.mor• - about 6' - will
be regnired.,The cprais• ie properly •gaipped with.safi and
!sooissiblefladders aad when ooapleted will be heed for as ad=
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~ditieaal exit and •ir. .
doti~e work is osntined to ezteadiag Tunnel ~0.~2 and

is the upraise.