MINEBK00958

• County: Eagle
• Volume: 13
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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die hoisting plant contains One steam engine two oompreeaed
air engirie~,one of I0 drill power,and one of 5 drill power,
Aorwall[ mate.. .
(Hoist is equipped with positive indioator in plain view of the
,engineer who oyarttee:enrine~in:~entine room and not at shaft,
Engineer ie•50 years of age,haa 25 years experienoe,and is not
addioted to•the•uee of iritoxioating liquors.
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There U no•head treme ae hoisting ie done from an inoline,no
'sheave wheel there li a blaokemith ehop,the engine room,biaok-
lemith shop are all under oover•irom the portal of the inoiine.
Protection fro® Sire le secured by hoee,oonneoted with the
Oilman city reservoir giving water preeaure,euitabie for all
purposes to sztinguish tires.
(Timber 1~ prepared in Yard at mine,thare are ors bins on the
~aurtaoe.
!Ligh`ing underground is by Dandles and oil there is a wagon
Frond to the mine,and ore le oonvoyad to the mill and railroad
'by aerial tramway.
ore treatment.
'Ore ie treated by smelting and oonoentration,mine rise a mill
'.tor oonosntrating purpoess.
Explosives.
Oeistine powder 40 per Dent ie ueed~and Ohempion tuse.No iron
,tamping bare are allowed in the mine,end wooden teAping bare
are provided,poxder man is er¢yloyed to attend to explosives.
Explosives for one deya use only is kept undergroundrall above
that amount la kept in magaaine provided for that purpoee,the
magstins le oonstruoted of wood and le pissed 200 toot from
all buiidings~the amount of explosives kept in storage IGOOlbe
trine la provided with a eteem device for thawing yoMdor.
Oil~oandlss are stored in building tam that puryoao,and era
not atoned with powder.
Developement.
?hs main opening of the nine is an inoiine sunk on trio diy of
the rein,at an atlgle of fifteen degrees troy an horisontal t
liris~and la I2d0 feet in dspth,levels are sun every 100 feet
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