MINEBK00789

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

Druid - 4.
. .~ - .SURFACE PLANT-Contin._
1.000' north of the .angina room. The ,plant for preparing timbers
is out on the dump. The head Exams is 2-post, 8" x 8" pine tim-
bare and 24' high. The sheave wheel is three feet in diameter, ~~
oast iron sad tilled with rope.
- The Dollar of the shaft is of sufficient height. to prevent
material from idling in the shaft and is Zrovided vtith• gable
doors. The height is eutfiaient to prevent persons frog tripping
rnd telling in the shaft. <~~•
17o protection agAinst fire has been provided.
E X P L O S Z V E 5.
DuPont powder.- 40p ;,German Inseloidifuse; 6-X Daps and
wooden tamping bars are .emplo;~ed. Explosives in excess of one
day's supply axe not stored undergrotu-d.
The average amount -0f explosives kept in storage is 200.
This is stored in a.freme, iron-covered magazine situate. 80'
Yorth of the engine house and is used for the storage. et powder
only. All other supplies are stored in the engine house.
1Qo device for thawing. powder has been provided as the kind
of powder used does not harden except 1n extremely cold weather. ,
MI$IIIG & i~I17E METHODS .
The ma~.n shaft is 517', in depth and cribbed its entire
depth with round timbers. The shaft is divided into two compart-
ments for a ladder-way and bucket-way and oaoh compartment le
4' x 4' in the clear. The ladder-way ie equipped with eats. es-
aure and aooessibls ladders. does not contain air, steam or water
pipes pnd ha,s.landings 16' apwrt.
Lerele have been driven in the main shaft as follows: •
100-Yt. level: east, 600'; west, 2b0'.
200-tt._lerel:. " 32b'; " 17b'.
•'300-ft.~level: " 32b'; n 200'.
400-it. level: " 27b'; " _____