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• County: Pitkin
• Volume: 17
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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~i~c be all: levels of the Mally Gibson,iDella.S..CBUeh-Whacker;
,I~ Park Regent and,Mineral Farm,.cansisting appraximatsly'af:`
'~- 3400 feet of shafts, 4000 feet of turnele,~ 160000,:feet of
',:' drifts and levels and 80000 !feet afroroeecute,:'upraiees
~1I~ and winzae. The three shafts-1n use are'the Mb11y:Gibean
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la; Shaft, 1100 Peet deep, Free.Silver Shaft; 1200 Feet deep
' and Smuggler Shaft, 900•feet deep. ~ •-
I, The tunnels in use are Lawer Durant Tunnel, 6000 feet lan ,,
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' Upper Durant Tunnel; b000 feet long, Smugglor'Tunnei; No. 1
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~ 2000 feet bong, Smu~glar Tunnel No.:I2;:1600•,feet long and
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~~; Smuggler Tunnel No.3,.1200 feet.lang.
Ij,_ MINE EQUIPMENT:-
~'I 5 Aldrich 7" x 12" qumtuplex station pumpe;'four_of which
are working. Handling from 2200 to 2800 gal.. cf. water per
~~; minute, electrically driven. r. ;:'.
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Electric lights !and. telephone system, ~ ~' '
i;~ 12 machine drills (Waugh; Water Leynor; Halmer and Jack
~i Ilammor) ,
4' 3 - 3 1/2 H.P. Jeffrey Motors (Trolley line carries 260
• volts traok:30 lb. bail),
Tram acre (whoro rum by hand on 18.1b. rails); •
Thorn arc abaut forty electric mot are in uoe about the
mine. The pump and 26 H.P. hoist, pumping and:hoieting
fram the lSthot~u°lbth level,'also those pumping and hoist-
ing fram the 17th to 18th level, the main station pumps; the
hoists on tho three main shafts and fans in many planes
through the ,workings ars all driven with eloatria mot ore. '
The ehQfts are all equippod with~oagee; hard woad giiidae
7/e.in. holeting cables, 4 1/2 foot sheava wheel .on '4 1/2 in•
axle, 3/8 in. bell linen, laddsrs and haad•Prames~made of
r timbers 18" x 24" and about 70 foet high with the exoepticn
of the Smuggler 9hnft which has a steel frame. '
SURPAOE EQUIPMENT.
1 S??nft Haueo,, ~ ~ ,~ ~~.'
3 Haist $oome, -,.I
(2 Orookor-Whoelar Oo.126 H.P. .Motors,
1 Oompreesor Roam 1 G.E. Mat or 126 H.P. '"'
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I~ (3 Hury Oompressors size 18x9x12
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