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

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MZB.IIT.G & L~II2IE METHODS-Contin.
500-it. level: east, 90'} weet, 150'. ,._
- Conaiderablq stoping has been done in.a7.1 eP the above
desorib~d drifts.and .considerable ere of a good grade has been
taken out.
Active work consists of atoping and drifting in the 150-
it. 200-Pt.. and 300-it ...levele_on both aides of the shaft.
The main shaft is stuil: en the. Druid vein. Oa this cams .
vein is a vertical shaft 25b' in depth and situate 700' aa8t
oP the main ~haFt. On the Searl vein is a shaft 180' in depth.
The shaft on the Kokomo vein is 600' in depth and the shaft on
the Hazeltine vein is of aonsiderable depth but the exact num-
ber of teat-could ,hot be learned. d~,l of these shafts are idle
sad could not be examined at this time.
An additional exit is Furnished through a shaft situate
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290' east of the. main shaft The 150-Pt. level of the working
shaft is connected with the exit shr.-0t and is properly equipped
with safe, secure and accessible ladders and the abaft is kept:
in good, condition.
The method employed For hoisting is steam and the men
,are raised and lowered vtith the hoiatint, mhahinery. A lead
weighing 1,000 g is heisted et one time e'distanae sf 300'
with a Pive-oighthe inch steel wire cable that has been in use.
two wseka. A safety hook and chain, used-two weeks, is employed
-and is fastened on end of cable with clamps. Haterial is hoiat+
sd Frem three l~vols. _
The state sods of eigna3s and .pull bolls are employed.'•
The bell 11ne,i8 three-eighths inoh,Manilla rope in good.con-
dition. The sods oP signals is. .posted in the engine room, at _,
the collar eF the shaft and at .each level station, Pereens are
prohibited _*roa riding on:l~aded'buokpta end this order is
posted near the collar of the shaft. The masianm-.nuaber of men
permitted to ride in the buoket:at one time:is-iive and this
order is posted at the collar-o~'the ehait and at each level