MINEBK00773

• County: San Miguel
• Volume: 17
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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TITLE AND IACORPORLTION.
Tho title of thie~property rusts with the Smuggler IInion~
l.Iining Company, inoorporatod,undor ..the laws of the State of Colorado
with 60,000 shares capital stook par valuo~$300.00 snob.
Huokley {jells, President, Telluride, Colorado, Thomas E. Srierwin
Soe~y. TreaBnrer, Duckley 17ells, 1lnnagsr, Telluride, Colorado.
?fISTOTtY TOPOGRAP[IY .CEOLOGY~~~DRIr!OCGURAI?CE, ETC.
The 'distri'ct was covered by the U~ted Stakoa~geologionl
survey. Professional paporeand.~bulletins describing tlu+ diotrint
and the Salttgglor Union 231nos and 1;ills are as followe:-
Porter 1; Adams lj. E. 1; liye Pc Clifford 1; Lot. and Chom.
Eng. 1; Cruse & Parington 1.
DEJP.LOPI:~IT. '
During the period from Ootobor 1914 to 9optombor 1915, the I
dovolopmont vrork oonsiats of drifts 2080 font, oast ^~G.99 par foot. III
Old stops drifts 434 foot aunt yh.95 par foot. Winzos and
raison 416 foot- Total 2929 Boot.
1SETIIOD OP 13I11IIJ0 AND TI1,N)ERING.
All mining io done by oomprosood nir muwhino drills.
DacY, ntoping is the method wood in mining the ore. -Tho veins nro so
~ smell having an nvornge width of 30 inohos- dart it is. nooosenry to
broalc a portion of the walla to allow workl,ng room. 11111 bolas built
of rook are aarriod up Sn tlva stopoa. Tho ore^is aortod~and ahovolod
~~ into thooo while the waste rank io used tq.eupply tho'noaossary filling
loaning the minoro up to the b5ak. Tho ore, le dravm 'from rogulntion
plnnic ohutoe and treumnad by olootrio motors to~thc.-bins in the terminal
of a IIloiohnrt norinl tromvny where Lt is reloaded and transported to
. ,the mill at Pandora. 9tulls end, square sots are ths.moL•hod of timbor-
iag used throughout the mLno. Tho timber, ventilation and annitary
oonditione nro good. Tho mwragoment Ss offioient and they aoom to
~, taY.o a. groat duel of intoroet in .the wo]l:faro and snfoty of their
~ omployooe, ~~
'~.. 300 tone La the daily ore produotion- avornging about ~G.25
Par ton.
Tho aonnontratno nro ohippod to tlw Naorioan Sraoltdng &
~ Rofbiing Oompnny, Duremgo, Colo.
Verbal rocommondationn wore rondo to prohibit man riding on
Ioadad buokat or~ skip curd to pout notiooo to that offset.
~. Pout notiooo stating number of man allowad t•o ride on ntcip nt
i ono tiroo. If man are prohibited riding on any hoist- pant notiooo to
I that offnot. Koop transformer hounoa looked. '
EODIPI II•~IT.
flow oquipmont during Uho post yonr, oonoists of olootrio
hnuingo and drill ehnrponorn instullod in the IIumboldt Liino.