MINEBK00914

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

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}Fork is carried on at the present time on 3rd and 4th levels
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Maps and drawings at office,
Hoisting method employed bucket, idea are raised and lowered
~~ with hoisting machinery weight of load hoisted 1000 lba; dis-
tance hoisted 510 ft,
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~1 lrne cable is steel wire 7~Bths and in good condition and has been
~ in use three months. Chain hook used on end of cable the same

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) being in use two weeks.
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There are no safety devices in use to prevent overrwinding.
'!~I The material ie hoisted from two levels.

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The bell line is 1~2 in. hemp rope and new.
The state code of signals is posted in the engine room~at collar
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~:. All persons are prohibited from riding on loaded bucket this or-
~j der is posted near collar of shaft,
'! Notice stating the maximum number of men permitted to ride upon
bucket at one time is posted at collar of shaft and at each lev-
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r,' All level stations are provided with passageway around working
lf,. shaft. The shaft is at all stations provided with guard rails.
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T2ie shaft is secured with pillar of ground upon each aide auffi-
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All winzee or mill holes are securely covered or aurrounded..wiLh.
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guard rails.
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~ Tho shaft is not being sunk. .
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The power house frame 40 ft west of shaft. 8mithahop frame 10 X
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' The method of ore extraction is that of drifting and upraising at
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present~eith single-hand dri118.
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The timbering method is that of combination seta atolls and ,
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~l cribs. The timbering ie sufficient,
,Ile The timbers used are white spruce prepared at mill and in good
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The loading chutes employed are of 2-in, plank eidee~and 6-in.
bottom with wooden slido gates,