MINEBK00637

• County: Teller
• Volume: 6
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: P

'Phe ore is extractodbyoverhead etoping, Sullivan and In-
gersoll Serl;;eant machine drills aro employed, They use no hand
drilling,
The timGerihU is stulls aird square sets, They contemplate
putiing i~r lar.C';ing.
The timbors are red ad white spruce, prepared by hand gird are
in good condition. There are no chutes in the mine at this'`time,
The buc]<ets are loaded at the foot of the shaft. The cars are
Truax cars, and buclrets,'crapacity 1,000 lbs. The trackage is of
t3 lb. T rails.
Ventilation is harl through the main shaft, and by means of
compressed air, It is fair, PIo noxious gases are met with,
There is no timber of any kind in the stops at this time. '
The shaft is divided into two compartments, and isrequipped
with ladder vray, Tire ladders are safe, secure and accessible, and
the•ladder way contains air pipes •
There are no :Landings provided in the ladder way, not to ex-
ceed twenty feet apart, There are~no vrinzes or man-vra~•s connecting
levels,
They have but one exit for employees, viz, through the
mar":-vr~Y and hoistisrg compartment of the main shaft. This is readily
accessible to employees,
The lig9itira•; underground is by candlse,
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