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• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 16
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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:,d'.: DnPont=:powder -. 40~a';- Germsa-Zneoloi.d• fuse, .b :%.Aapi .and f
wooden,tampiag.bars are.emplogsd,. Eupl~sivea.in:eaoosr:ef:ons '
• day's supply. are not etored•:uaderground. , _ _
•r.`Tho: average •amonnt ;of. Powder. kept in.etorags ~is: 10~. ~.
This is stored in a game, iron-oovered magesino situat•.100'
west of: ths~• shaft' honse• and' is used• for• the storage: of powder
en7:y:'All•othsr supplies:are kept .in thq.~haft hence. ,.•`.:
, He.devioe is provided for..thawine powder .as he. kind .of
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pewdor. nsed•does not harden exoept•~in extremely oold weather. ~
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II !~ I B I H G & MIRE METHODS .• G
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The main shaft !.A' 100'.: in depth and oribbed..for. a din-
Canoe of'2b' from the surfao• with 3" x 8" pleak. Stull^ are ~~
ICI resod in the balaaoe of the shaft for umbering.
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dt a depth •t b0' p: drift is run a dietanos of 70' on 1
, ! the east side of the eha~t..go•drifting has been done oa the
• ! west side •f the shaft.
Ths only aotivs work oarried en ie oonfined to sin]cing
~ the shaft. d rood and enfiloieat ladder~is provided for the
shaft men but no bulkhiaa 1s provided ,as no other work is oar- 'i~
rigid oa is the nine. ~'
Ths shaft•~is.divlded iata two oompartmeats saoh 3~•' x
3~' Sa th• olear. The ladder-way is equippad.with.~afe-and
aooessiblo ladders bnt hps ne landings.
Stoam i^ the method eaploysd ter heisting. The men are
lowere8 and raised with the hoisting maohinery. 6 lead weieh-
1a6;~700#:14iholeted.at one time a:distaao• et 100' with a 6~9
iso2t. stN1: wire oabli that. has been. in us• gins year sad i~e in
geed,ooaditien..b safety heok~aad ohaia~fastsn'ed an ead.o R
oabl~~Ritb,a.~.9ket sad. Babbitt•metsl:as need aait~•ir is good •
,The., state • oode •f signals sad' pull bsil^ are ~apldybd~.