MINEBK00804

• County: Boulder
• Volume: 12
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

Alton - 4'.
8II_8BA CE

PLANT - Contin.
na One engineer ie_25 years and the other Se 28 years oY
age and snob has dad Yive years oY experienoe. Cteither engineer
le addioted to the nee o2 intoxioating liquors.
Tho ehaYt home is a Yrame building oovered with malthoid,
anfl 26' a~48' in size. The smith's shop is a small Yrame
building, 10' a 12',.e~d 10' distant Yrom Cho west aide oY
the ehaYt house. The engine room, working ahnYt, Ynrnaoe room
and ohanging,room are ell under one root.
At the month oY thn tunnel is a shed and oYYioe building,
10' a 32'. S9eat oY this is•tho aompreaeor and boiler room.
Soth are Yrarpe buildings. A Yrame dwelling house 400' ~rgat,
boarding hones 160' seat and bank house 100' east oY the
mouth oY the tunnel inolndes ell 02 the buildings on the ~a
property. Protootion from Yire is providod by a tank on the
hill and SU' high@r than tho tunnel mouth.
The hoed Yrame is Z-poet, 10" Z 10", Oregon pine and
20' hio,Y,. Tho ahgave_wheel is 36", naet iron and Pilled with
rop@. The collar oY the ahaCt ie providod with a ggod and anY-
Yioieat door to prevent materiel from Calling in the aheYt
while dumping and is also high ,enough to prevent porso~}s Crom
tripping and Yelling in. There are no ore bins. Lighting on
the enrfaoo 1s with Xeroaene.
E Z P L 0 8 I Y E 8.
C~liYornie giant, 40y6. ponder. German Inooloid Ynae-and
b-X oepa aro need. Ifooden tamping bare are provided Yor the
nee o2 the employee. A powder monkey is not omployed.,
Theza ass two powder n;agazinea; one, 1b0' west oY the
tunnel month and the other 1b0' northenat oY the abaft home.
?he magazines are built of wood and are iron-oovered.and nre
uead Yor the otorage oY powder alone.
?he average amount oY powder Yept 1a atorage,le 600¢.
-8zploeiveo 1n ezooee oY one day's supply 1o not et@red nades-
grouad. Oils, oaaQlee and other aoabnatiblea are not attired