MINEBK00742

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

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~~~ "~ There is a sma1:L turnrel, ai;out S00 feet in length, ruI?n1nr;
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in a northeasterly direction from thr: an(1 C. C. Py. track.
' jl ;~ Tho ore is extracted by bac]t al:d m?rlerhand stop in,^', They em-
!lil ~ ploy ? 1~?',^,ullivalr arld 3 1~; and 2 filch Ingersoll ne~gean't, and
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~!+I4 tvro Fclipse~,Alsc sinl;•le hard drilling,
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,Ii ~lI1. "lae tl7nbe i^1]1L; 1S st1211'3 a11d 18f,P 1r:/' .i'.1 ~t_^_t: St O1JB3 $;?d 91~ua1'C
(~ ~!~ sets anr'. criL•binr, in the shaft. It is,suif'ic ent,
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' ! The timL•ers 'are na*.ive ~:itTe
C' a;:d red eprzzce, prep:}red by harTd
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and are 'in E;cod condition T_he c_autes are loaded L•y g•ravitation.
`~ ' The under •round tram.i=
[p 8 ng is done vrit^_ buckets, loaded from
I ~I chutes and rug. by hand. Tile buckets are rendrie a'?d ~oltilofi' mate
ji capacity 1,000 lbs. The trackage is of 8 1b: T. rails.
.Ventilation is had through shafts, levels ar?d upraises. It
it fair. They meet wit=: noxious rases but ^!e~I
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1•men candle lights will r!ot burn,
All old timbers have been aea rerzov ~;
. ed f'ro~s t__: unlerr;round
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`Phe s::aft is divi(ie(i into two ce*Ir,artments and is equipped
v~it'r. a ladder-vray. The ladders are .accessible. _
^he ladder vray ccn-
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In score places,landinn's are provided in the. ladder way' not to
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~~ d v/ent« Ieet quart. ^he levels are com?ect ,r '
Y ed b vr.inzes and
. Man-t78ifS, lilzt :?OI1e of ±hese is /pr"t iIr repair Ur egnip»ed •.rit
iadriers, ~'he miner~as more thaT: OIle exlt for employees, viz, on
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+ the first level, sout':
r - , tn-au,;r, the .old '?isccvery
srTaf't, ar!d the
third level rrcrt^, throzu:;h trle P.redge si:af't. These are readily
accessible tc employees. Trie li•;_
~l I. ?tiny; underground is b•
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