MINEBK00608

• County: Dolores
• Volume: 14
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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The produotlon 1a about thirty ton par day.
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Tha sur9aca plant oonalats oP one biaakamithahop, timber
shod Por framing timbers, storahouaa and tram tarmirial.
Th©ea are atattonafl about one hundred Paat ProR antranco
or tunnel.
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Oelatina 40u powder 1e used. Imported insoiold Z L i'ltse; ',
5-X cape and wooden tamping Dnrs era used. F.xploelvan In
axceea of one days supply are not stored underground. ~
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Tha avarago amount oP axploslvea kept 1n ntorage la
600 pounds, this la kept in a flug out in a olds h111 with i
s dirt roof situato about 400 feot wont of the portal oP ',
the tunnel, and ueafl for thla PtxrPOSa only. II
Oita, candles and other comDuatlblae ore stored in the trnm~
terminal. Tho devioa for thawing powder 1e a double hot
orator bollor.
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' 1800
Tha main opening is a oroea cut SR Pant in length wham
thay,atrucx ore, Prom thla Po1nt of lntaraection the tunno
to driven on with rooms running oPP 1n othoz dlroatlonA
where Choy era mining ore at the present t11aa. At the 1800
foot paint they connected with an old tunnel and hate
ratlmbarnd it Por a1T and nn extra 'x]¢ix exit Por the
eafoty of t11o men. Tha mothod oP ore axtraation ie Ay
double and single. han4 dr1111ng. Tha method oP timbering
1e to leave soma xAm1~®aTa p111ara and soma equarn aata and
poets. Tha tirnbora era aPruoe and pine prepared by hanA
and era suPPlalant to secure aafnty, lJndarETOUnd•tramul?,ng
1B done by hand, Bt991 OOrB ar8 liaOd POT tTamining• Tt]o
syatam os' vant~lAltlon;ia natural; in most IAP the workings
they have a gaaolino onglno to pump air into the main
dT1P;, all old timbara have bean removed Prom undorground
and the sanitary condltiona era good. Oandlaa era used for
lighting underground.
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