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• County: Lake
• Volume: 11
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

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The shaft is secured by pillar of ground on each side sufficient
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to insura nafet,y.
The shaft is not being sunY..
The power house is located 25 ft w of shaft.
The method of ore extraction is that of drifting and over hand
stoping,by single hand drilling.
The timbering method employod is that of drift sets and props,
and is sufficient.
The timbers used are vrhite spruce prepared at mill,and are in
good condition.
~ The loading chutes employed are construetod of `l, in plank with
wooden slide pates,
Under ground tranuuing done Ly manual labor,using steol bucket
and tnrek. Trackage lA in guage and 5 lb rails.
Ventilation is natural and sufficient,
Noxioue pasos are not mot with,
Sanitary conditions aro good,
A11 old timbers ]:avc been rsmovod from carder frcund erorkinpa
vrherover necessary.
The shaft is divided into two compartmonts,buokatMVny and l+ack(or-
way. The ladder-Tray is provided v,Jtl+ laddorfi,the lndclera aro
safa,soouro and accosaiblo,
7'he ladder way contains air pipe.
],nnclint;n rrro provided in lndder-wny not to exoaacl ?0 ft apart.
^•7rero nr,3 no winzon or nuw-ways connecting ]svols,
'^ho mina has but ens exit fbr employons~r:utln ontrnnaa only.
J';xlt is reurlfly nr.noeafblr, for r.rnployoon,
Lighting under grour+cl is that of nr~nd7os caul olortrinl.ty,