MINEBK01050

• County: Teller
• Volume: 8
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

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MINING AND MINE METHODS.

The nat>sre and extent of main opening.
The Mabel M. shaft. is 4x9 Ft. is the clear
and •is timbered from! surface down 113 Feet with 3x8. Inch
sawed crfbbimg, the next ~ Ft. is timbered wQth
stalls and the balance of the dis:4ance= to the bottom
whiich is 467 feet., is tiarberecF with slqua~re seta .
Thera are four levels, the 6th being connected with
the Gold'Dollar.~shaftand the: 4th level ie connected
with .The Gold Dollar tunn9l The ore shoat on~the
lower level which is the eighth is k50 Ft. long and has
an average w,idith of three ft. This is known as the
water level and is 649 Ft. from the surface.
Work is being carried on at the present time Dn the
6th• grid 7th and 8th levels. and ie in the sameveins
untiersseath the old workings. The method employedi for
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hai'ating is by means of buckets. The vreight of the load
3soiated is 2'100• and the distance hof~ted is 6491 Ft. The
kind of cable used Ts one inch eruci;ble steel! fn fair
condntion and hae been~in use for a year: .Safety chain
and clamps a,re used on' the end of the cable. This was
changed' do April 20th,,. 1906, TFiere are nrm amfety devic~eu
to prevent overwinding. The material is hoiatad from two. levels
The nature• of"~the.:$aiel 1£ne and.. the.etgnalbe3].aECfis.:a b~8 3rscli,
&empr~ rope attached to a 10 tench gong. The olaE mine
code is employed. The code of signals is posted in: the
engine room, at,the collar of the shaft and at each lewel
station. All persons sre prohtLited from .ri'di'ng om
loaded bucket. The ard'e r is not posted at the collar
of the shaft. There 1a nb notlcQ posted' at ,the collar oP
the abaft and a,t e>a¢hlle>zdl atatiag the maximum nunobe3r .
of men permitted to ride on the bucket. The shaft at
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