MINEBK00683

• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 12
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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MIIIIIIG & TdIIIE METHODS -Contia. ;~'

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~ saaount of the poor oondition in many parts of the mine that ~
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have been abandoned those aennot ~e reported upon.
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red The Aleekor ahaYt, which is Yarthor up the hill .than the i~
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age main abaft, is 310' in depth and 21U' Yrom the main ahaYt. The ~I
~ned Meeker shaft la oonneoted with the Pittabure shaft by means oY a
'0' Dross-out, 8U' in length, to the seventh level. This shaft is I ,
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kept in good repair, properly equipped with safe. assure and aa- i
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se cesaible ladders and used Yor an additional exit Yor the em- ~ ,'I
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_ There is one man-way between the seventh and eighthlevele. ~`
This is kept in good repair and properly equipped. I
Steam is omployed for hoisting and tho men are raised and
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lowered with tho hoisting naohinery. A weight of 1,h00~ is ii
' in hoisted at one time a diatanoo of 834',with a threo-quarters il ~
ad inoh, steel wire oable, made by the Leaking Co., that has boon ~j' I~'
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in use one wook. A safety hook and ohain taetenod on and of
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e tho sable with eooket and babbitt metal is used. The hook and ~~~
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ohain hoe boon in use one week. )daterinl is hoisted from three ~~
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The State Dods of signals and pull bolls are employod. ~I'.'
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The bell lino ie 1/4-in., twat wiro and ie in good oondition.
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Tho Dodo oY eignala ie.poated in the oneino rooa, at the collar
oY the shaft and at eaoh lorel station. Persona ore prohibited ~!~

~O~S Yrom riding on loadod buokota and this order is poatod near the iii
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shaft. Boar mon aro,peraitted to rido in the buokot at one time ~~:
and this order is po~tod at the Dollar of tho shaft and at ell ii
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of tho dittorent stations.
The skid way Ss 2^ z 6" tiabara with 2" z 6" timbore on ~
~ top. Lovol stations at the Yourth, aovonth and oighth lovola
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aro providod.with passage-ways around the working shaft. Aone
ere roqulreA nt tho othor lerela as no work is being aarrled ~
on of thoso poi ate. 2Ym~mrsLO As guard roils havo boon pro-ided
at the ditteront stations in use but rooocsnondotiona hero boon
~ivea to pleoo the sane. All ainzen and sill bolos oro oovered.