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<br />lis fifty-Pive,yeara of,agp;:,has;.had;;twenty-Yive.,yearsC:of expei-
<br />I,ienae.and is not addigted.to,;the use pf intoxioe,ting liquors+.
<br />The ;aha~t;,houee,s a Prams,,.,iron-oovered._building•36'^.a
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<br />66'.in size.~The;smith!e shop,rand,ohanging houee;are:in.the;:ehaZt
<br />,house whlle,tha..ofYioe.is,s ama~.l dean-to;:10:' x,121,, on the east
<br />(side oP.tha,,raein•.building; Thirty feet distant from ,the shaft
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<br />!house and on the ,e4utlieaet,:aide~of the sarpe,are two-ore bins.
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<br />built of .two>inoh plank:and,with a:;aap@oity of ,40 toae;_e@•ahp:
<br />I'The head frane;ie 2-poet, l0" x-aOv.plne•timbersand 24' high.
<br />,The •sheave;,•wheel:,is :4' .,in;_dlei~eter;: gaetr iron and fi11Ad ,with
<br />rape.. ... _ , :~ ~ .. , :~
<br />i _Proteation'againet Pirq.ia.-p;ovided by means,.of a hose'
<br />jattaoheQ to a tank,lnthe. upper.,part oP :the,aha$t house., The :.
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<br />preeaure is amall._: .~ ~ _ .. -
<br />The englne,room,,wor~singshaft„amith'e~ahop;.:ohanging
<br />ihouee and,furnaoo room are all unfler one•roof. l
<br />_ The.oollar of,the shaft ;SS oP euffioient•height to pre-
<br />'vant persons Prom tripping and falling in the ehaft,and is .also
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<br />provifled with good, and auPfiolent,!doors to, prevent material
<br />,from falling in the shaft while dttmpiag. - -
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<br />.DuPont powder - 40;b; German Inaoloifl fuse,; 6-$ anpa and
<br />Iwoodezti, tamp~.ng;bars .aro employed. Explosives ~.n exoeae of one
<br />Iday's,supply.are, nod storefl underground...,
<br />•The aver4go atnount,of explgaivae kept 1n storage le•.600~.
<br />Th1A ie stored in a frame, Iron-oovarefl magazine slti~tte,76'•west
<br />'of tho , ehttft house as}d used;-for the etoraga, of. Powder only. All
<br />othor;auppliee aro.kept,in;the~ahaft houee.:~~ ~~• .•
<br />A small etrone builfling,eitttate 60' northeast oP.the:.ishaft
<br />house a~td,heated,with.a steam;,o.oil;:isefl~fgr•thawing powder.
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