MINEBK00914

• County: Lake
• Volume: 10
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

.,S U R F A C E P b A N T (Continuedi.
The sheave wheel is 6 ft in diameter and of cast steel.
• ~ The blackamithshop is frame 14 X 1R 75 ft north of shaft.
The engineroom~working ahaft,blacksmithshop and furnaceroom are not
under ene roof.
There is suitable protection against fire provided. Dry or chang-
ing room in ehafthouse, Stable frame 15 X 20. Timberyard on dump.
There are no ore bins. The ore is dumped on cars. Tho water supply !',,'~~'
is from mine. Surface lighting coal oil.
The surface transportation is by railro~ui and wagonroad.
The ore treatment employed is smelting. Tt~e mine has a mill~but the
same is not in use. j
EXPI,OS IVES .
The explosives used are of the 40h 7~Rths Dupont powdor~caps XXXXX~
Bear brand fuse.
Iron or metal tamping bars are not employed wooden tamping bars '
Iy i'~ .l
are provided for employees. Prnader monkey not employed, I~11i',
Explosives in excess of ono days supply are not stored under-
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.ground;~but are stored in a magazine provided for that purpose
shaft or other build- 1
alone. The magazine is 100 St from working i ~Lr }..
inga,. Amount of explosives kept in storage 200 lbs. III~hII'~',i ~
The magazine is a frame building 3 X 5. IAN
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The mine has a device for thawing powder of galvanized iror. water- '' ~I 4
jacketod..0ils~candles ar other combustibles are not stored with ~;I ~; ,~i
powder.
1A I N I N G.
The main open3tig is a vertical shaft 4 X l0~two compartment crib- I~ `, ''
bed with 6 X 6 cribbing 700 ft deep. ihl
The work is carried on at present time in first and third levels
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}Raps and drawings at offSce Hoisting method employed cage.
lden are raised-and lowered with hoisting machinaryoweight of load ~!
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hoisted 1500 lba~diatance hoisted 500 ft. The cable is steel i(I~i
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wire rope 1-1~8th.iach~in good conditio:~; hea been in use 5 years
but not continoaaly. ;'he hook used an end of cable is clevia and LI~ :;