MINEBK00683

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

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~ ORE S & OHE BO.D ILA S- Contin.
ed is l0U' and tho length is 22bl. 1'he gangae le schist and
` ~ the enclosing rocks are porphyry and granite.
, ' i There is a Yau1t in the •ein but on aocount oY the ahal-
j low depth it is impossible to toll whether this Sault will
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!ti~ ~ The aharaater oY vein Pilling is iron sulphides and
1 quartz and the metals are gold, silver and popper. About 30~
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j oP the voin filling is smelting ore and the remaining 70,'b is
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Yree milling ore. All pros are treated at the pnblio works in
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Blank Hawk, Colorado attd is Denvor, Colo. As the work done
,il' ~ upon the propCrty is limited the gttosa pradnation is small
but of a good average value oY X40 per ton.
S U H N A C E P L A Pi T.
The enrYeoo plant uonaiets of one, 40 h.p., looomotive
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!`~ '. style, boiler; ono, 6" x 8^, doublo cylinder, friction gear,
~! steam ha~ht, tnrnishod by the ttino & Swelter Supply company
I oY Donver, Colorado.

~' Date oY last inspection oY tho boilor.is not known ea
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~ it was roaontly purohasod oooond-hand and plaaod on the nine.
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~{ Tho boiler appoars to bo in good condition. Wood ie used for
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.t:~ fuel cad tho wator•usod in the boilor !a taken from a omall
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eprine about 200' wort ot,tho ahnSt house, tho Bator being
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:, convoyed through a 2-in. pipe. The prossure oarriod is 60~.
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" The hoist is oquipped with a positive indicator in plain
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• 410w of tho onginnor eho oporatoa at tho engine. The eIIginoer
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is Yorty-tyro yoars oY ago, has had 15 yoara oY oxporionoo and
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~~~ t is not addiotod to the use oY intozioating liquors.
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''~' Tho shaft house Se 16' z bb' and built of loss. The
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., eaith'e shop and ohanLing room aro Sn tho shaft house. Tho
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' engine room. working abaft, bleokemith shop, changing rooa
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nrnaoe reps aro all nndor one root. Thorn are ten era
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;; bins on the south aide o2 the shaft hones, each with a oapao-
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,. -!ty of ZO tone. 011 in need for 13Chtiag on tho earteoe.