MINEBK00838

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

Geldex Rod Tun. - 3.

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~ ORES & ORE BODIBS-Coxtix. ~
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southwest and th• dip 3a to the south. The vein varise~ix vddthj
~ Prom 1' t• 3', with ax aderage width oi~E' Theri era xi ore ~
j ehoet~. The enelosing reeks anct the gaxgue are granite.~Thi"
j. vein tilling ie quartz and iron sttlphidas and the metnle are
r ~ gold, •11ver, copper, and lead. fto ere is being prsdneed and
the value per ton is not knowi. ~ ~ ~~~~ '
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The attriaoe plant ooneiete sP a 2b h.p. IIpright bsil~r
i and a 6" x 8", flat Priories steam engine. fteither are in tree. j
I'~'I,I Tha boiler has never boon ixepeeted. i
'ff' ,~ ~ Th• shaft houe• is a frame building, 20' x 140', severed ~
ICI' ~ ~ with irox. Thy smith's shop is ii frame building 1L' x 14' and ~~
~~ 20' •ast of the portal of the tttxnel. The ohaxging houe• ia.in ~
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~ ~ the shaft house. The oompany ewxe a.irame.dwelling houe• that '
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is •ne-quarter e1 a ail• xerthsaet of th• tttnnsl. There i^ •ne
(~'~~~ •re bin •P twenty-ties tens onpaoity~situat• south ot~the tttnnel~.
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I 'The head Pram• is ~2-pent,~8" x B" timbsra~and 20' h1gh. ~!
.,Iii I Tho sheave wheel ie a three-loot oast irin wheal Pillod with ;
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"I ~ The oelleir •P the shaft is oP anPtiolext height t• prevent
lid pereoxe irom tripping and Palling 1n the Abaft axd is al.e• pre-~'i
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I~I~,"~~~'~ vided with a good and suP~ioiext doer to pr wext material irom
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~,,~I i~ ',! tallixg in rho shaft while dumping.
~i~ ,'; There are no buildings x~ar the portal of the tiinxel.and i
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~i;Ijfl,! xo preteotien agaixet fire Se needed. The werkixg shaft axd
I! emith'^ shop are under aeparab• reePa.
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~~~~' The p7.axt ter preparixg timbers i r •utaide •x the dump
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~,"y,. axd south •i the portal •t the tuxxd.
',~'. ~, EXPLO 8I VR 8 ,~. ..;, ;
jay Caliiernia 01axt powder 40~, Oerman Ixuloi8 iuso, 6-X
~~,~ oapa axd woedex tampixg bare are'empleyed. Explosives ix exe•as