MINEBK00782

• County: Teller
• Volume: 7
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: F

MINING AND MINE METHODS.
' The F,mpire Shaft is 4 I/2 x I5 I/2 feet in the clear,I000
feat deep and hag B levels, The shaft ie, tinlberod with Bin,x Bin,
it
Rad Spruce 3quar.e Sots and lagged with 21n, planlt, It is dividod
into 3 compartments, the middle compartment is equipped with a
single decked .cage and the west compartment with a bucket,
Tha man-way In tila ee~.st compartment has ore continuous,
straight ladder and no landings,
Tha Eith,leve.l ir, conr:ected with the Isabella and. the 5urns
shafts, And the 7th, level with the Isabella shaft.
work Ss carried on, at the present time, on the 4th„ 5th „
Bth „ &. 7th, levels and in the uottom of the shaft, Tha position
of the workings is in the same veins, underneath the old workings,
The Inaps and drawings are up to data, uut none ar.e to ue
ootainad,
The system of hoisting Is uy sircglo deck cage rind uuckat,
The men are rr_isad or lowered u,y hoisting inaehinary, Tli'a I~
walght hoistod beieg 5000 ponnde v,nd the distance hoistod IOOOft.
Thera are 2 C6blae, COCId19t1.ng Of 7/B rrnciule stool in good I
condition, The cable has Daau in use two mor;ths.
Thane is a lNabster C>iulp a~,d Lana safety hook rittachod to
cable with claml,s, Tha salvo was ehc~nged anolrt F3 weeks ago,
The cage 1s equipped with uonnut grid safety clutchaD.Thay ~
wore last tasted 3 weeks ago.
The Senver-Morgan and Williams hook,fur.nishad uy the wabstor ~i
Camp k!l.ane Cc, in the safety devina employed to prevent over- I
winding, ,
Mataxlal is hoisted from more than 2 levels,
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The bell line and signal calls employed consfnt of a 3~B in,
wire 11ne atteohFid to Btn,gongs.
The new `utata Coda So sltl~f~:oyod. -
I The ands of signals is not posted in the anr;ine room,oollur III
oi' shaft and esoh level ptat ion, cut same was ordered done, ~':~
Ptjrsons ar.o prohtuitad from riding nn loaded oaga or uucliet,
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