MINEBK00652

• County: Pitkin
• Volume: 11
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

SURFACE PLANT. (Continued,)
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Barn frame n. of shaft house. Surface lighting by electricity.
6t'ater supply from Roaring Fork and city water.
The surface transportation is by rail and wagon road,
The ore treatment employod is smelting and concentration; mine has
concentration mill,
E X P L O S I V P S.
Tho explosives used are the 40,2 7~Bths Hercules and Gelatin powdor..
Caps XXXXX,fuse California gotta perches.
11'ooden tamping bars are provided for employees.
Powder monkey nOt employed,
Explosives in axresA of one day's supply are not stored under ground.
Tho explosives are stored in a mapnziae providocl for that purposs
alone, :'he magazine is 150, ft, a. of blacksmith shop and 200 Pt,s,a,
of shaft. Average amount of explosives kept in storage 200 lbs.
The magazine is frame g-1~2 x 10-1~2,
Tho device for thawing, powdsr Atflam hunting.
011s,oandloa and other oombuatiblen are stored in building used for
that purpose only,
MINE ANA L1INF MFTHOp S :
"' The property in developed by n vortical ehaPt 5 x 12 in oloarrtwo
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compnrtmontsronFa and lrrddor-wny~8'/p tt dnap~timbsrod •Hith ngttrrre
nstnrPirnt lovnl-tunnal~loval sxtnnding Cr00 ft w. to nurPaoaretnc-
1,200 Pt n.o.
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`~ '~~'orlc is anrriod on at prensnt aims, on nil lovnlnrand there era cJ
~~ lovolA Sn all. Tiro bulk oP ors in udned on ttth and `.1t}t levels.
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