MINEBK00838

• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 15
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

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S U. R'F A C 1: P L A 1Q T-:.Oontin.`
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house-ars;in~the ehaft•house.'.Ona 30rtbn ore b1n aonetruntod of I'~I
2-iaoh plank is situate on the-southeast,'eide'ot the shaft:houee. I~~,~~
The oompany,~aleo~owne:a.:one-story;~Yrame dwelling.houee.situate III,,
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200' southwest of the shaft house: - --
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The head frame is 2-Post, 6" x 6" pine timbers and 24'..high. i~
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The she&ve;wheol ie 3' in diameter, oast iron and tilled with
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rope. - i~
_ The engine room,' smith`s shop,. changing'houae and oarpen-
ter benoh are ell under,ona root: The:vrorking shaft to outside 4~,(
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of the building. ': I,i:,i
Do proteotion agai,nat. fire has been provided: Ij
-The oollar ot.the shaft ie of suftialent height to prsvant I~I
persona from tripping a,nd falling in the shaft. It ie provided ~~I
with a good and entflaient door to prevent materiel from falling I.I'
in the shaft while dumping. - ~~~
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Lighting on the.surfaoe is with eleotrioity.
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Oalitornia Giant - 40~,; German Inaolold fnea; 6-X oaps and ~i
wooden tamping bare are employed..Explosivee in exoess of one ~ I~
day's; supply are not stored underground. '
The averags.amottnt ot,explosives kept in storage '1w 6oJ~. ~I
No magazine has been,pxovided and-all supplies are kept 1n the I~
abaft house: p,~{
Ho devipe for thawing powder has been provided. I`ili
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M I R I R G Fa M I 7; E M E T R O P 9.
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The main eha#t ie.?.60'. in depth, oribbsd with 2-inah plank ~
for a dietanae of 7.0' tram the eurfaoe and divided into two oom- 1~I~,~
partmonts Yor a-buoket-wag and ladder-way. The aompartmenta are II
3' x 3' in size and t}~e ladder-way does'not oontain air. or steam
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pipes, le equipped with sate. and•aaoessible ladders witll'landings
26' apart. ,~