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• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 12
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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•. _MIHIgG & 11IS.E lSETHODg
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with compressed air. The men are not rained or lowered with the
hofating machinery but go through the tnnnele. A load weighing
1,500 is hoisted at one time a distance oY 1b0' with a 7/8 in.
steel wire cable that has been in use eix mouths and is in good
oondition. A safety hook and chain, Ysatened on with sookot and
babbitt metal is used. This has been used six months and is in
good oondition. No eager la employed and matorial is hoisted Yrom
One level.
The State ooda oY signals and Pnll belle am employed. The
bell line is 1/4 in. twist wiro in good oondition. The ooda of
signals is posted in the ongfne roou,, at the oollar of tho ehaYt
and at esoh level station.
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Persona are prohibited from x'iding
on loaded buckots attd this ordor is posted near the oollar oY
tho abaft. Hotioe atati
• ng the maximum number oY men pormitted to
ride in ti-e bnoket at one time ie not posted but is undvratood
by the employee. Bnokets are loaded Dy hand and no saYety deviaea
• are employed. yo aklds are re
gnired ae the ahaft,ia vortical.
All level stations are '
provido~ pith paeaago-way around the work-
ing ehaYt but the, stations era not protected with guard rails.
Tho ehaPt has been aeo,~red upon esoh sido with pillars or ground
auYtioient to aeouru eafoty. All of thu winzee havo buen pro
Orly seonrod with gnnrd rails, - p-
The mothod oro aztrnotion ie by moons oY ovorhend atopiag
and drlYting. gnl.livan, Hnrdohook and gt. Clair machine drills
arc omPloyod and some Dingle hand drilling is done.
Tha mothod of timbering is posts and cope and atolls oov-
orod with lagging. The timbers ore pine and rod ePrnoe, prepared
b9 hand, in good oondition sad oro euYYioiont to uoouro safoty.
Chntea arc loaded by hand nad gravity. Underground traaaa-
ing is done by hand with tho Standard eteol core. The trnokngp
Is la" Range and lk~ T toile. •
qulto n largo gvantity of pater is enoountorod bnt thin is
handled by natural druinugo through the tunnels and oanaea ao
inoonronieaoe.