MINEBK00838

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

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At a depth of 260' drifts have been rttn east and west'"
a dietanoe of 60' eeah. Soma etaping hoe been done in these -
drifts. Other drifts have been run-in other parts of the mine
but all are is poor oondition and abandoned so that a`deeoiip-
tion cannot be givon: -
The only sotive Nork cnrried'on at 'this tine ie`ex6end-
ing the west drift at the 260-ft, level. I
- The shaft Ye outaide,of the'ahaft house but an addition-',
al .snit is provided'through the 100-ft. level whioh oonneots' !I
with the Illinois shaft. This level ie in fair •oondition arid'
if neosaearg could be used for an exit.
Steam ie employed for hoisting and the'men are raised
and lowered with the hoisting maohinery. ~'
A weight of 600i~ is hoisted at one time a dietanoe of
260' with a five-eighths inoh ateel•tvire-sable that has been ~'
in use one year and is in good oondition. A safety hook sad
chain, fastened on sad of oable with sooket and Babbitt metal,i
is omployed and has been in rise one year. The hook and ohaia
are in good oondition.
• The 8tats node of aignnl.e and ptt17. bells"are employed: i
The bell line ie one-gvnrter inch twist vtire in good oondition':
The node of signals is posted in the engine 'room near the ool-'.
lar of the shaft and at snob level ethtdon.
Peraene are prohibited Prom riding on loaded buoketa and',
this order. is poatsd near the oollar of the abaft. Two peraone~
are permitted to ride in the buoket at one time.
There is only one station in the working shaft and this ';
ie at the-bottom of the shaft. There are na winzea and 4;he
I •~haft Se not being. stink.
~~ The method of ore extraotion io drifting and overhand'
;k atoping. 8ingle hand drilling is-employed.
~~' The method employed for timbering ie•attt].le oovered.with'
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