MINEBK00632

• County: Dolores
• Volume: 15
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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The durfaoe plant consists of one small frame building' „
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used ne n store house, one bineYsmith shop and n small powder Cost a
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gl~ii in ercosa of ono duy'a supply are not stored undorgroilnd. The
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average amount of e~Tlosivra kept in storage is about 300 ponnds.
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I I 250 feet from entrunco to tunnol or nny othor building, and is i unlea
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ii-;I, Tho mnin oponing is a tnnnol Y.norm nn Ro. 2 tunnol.
~~'~ ~i!'~l This is a diatnnoo of G2b foot, whoro it ntrual: oro. This is
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` ~ Thore ie nnothor tunnol or levol 80 foot vortieul ttbovo P7o. 2
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~I '~11 lovol. This is ehoro work is being dono ut prooent time.
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;i~ bolaw. Tho method of timboring is aqunro sotn ooverod• c3th
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'' lugging to soauro enfoty. Tho timbers nro pino and apruoo, I
+i;{{,'; propnred by hand. IIndorground tramming in dono by hand. Syatom,
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I' ~II Thore in only ano oxlt for ouoh tunnol an yot. Thoro wil
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Totnl numbor of foot in tnnnoln 626, oost per Yt. $8.60.