MINEBK01050

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

MINING AND MINE METHODS.
The main shaft ie.4 1/2 feet % 13 feet and four
inchesand is 660. feet deep timbered with aquare~.eeta.
There are six levelas All of the levels from the
Tourth up are connected with the Roea ahaft•.the Birch
shaft and the B:oward.. And also the fourth level
is connected with the 400 foot winze which is sunk
~ at a Point about 700 .feet. from the portal of the
Anaconda, .
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I .,.This-.shaft is diyfided into three compartments, There.
are several lessees operating The property, -
F The work is being carried on at: the present time
I' in the ,fourth and fifth and lower levels, All of the
',, I ,work is being done in the same veins underneath
the old workings.
The hoisting is by mena of a single deck cage, The
men are lowered or hoisted by machinery, The weight Bf
the load carried is two tons. The distance hosted
3t1d ~ ,.. is 660. •_
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~'? The cable is one inch Crucible steel. The cable
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~s; hae been used three months., The cage is equipped
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~", I with bonnet and ,safs,~y..bltttchea ".The kind of

t t. I hook used on the end_of the cable ie Webster Camp .
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~. and have hook and clamps. The. safety.clutches
~' were last tested three montha.ago „ ,The devices to prevent
' over winding are the Webster Cam •
• p:;and hat e:.detaching
Y: hook. The material is haiated frcm three levels an•d'a

ose f eager is employed.;, The signal. bells and bell line
k. are 3/8 inch, wire line. attached to. a. l0. inch gong.
flash lights are also used. The state code is employed
"and a copy, of the.same is posted at the collazr of the
shaft, each, level. atatiott: and. in the engine room:"'' _ ~~- ~-' •
All persons. are ;prohibited-Prom, riding on the
loaded cage,,a~, bugket. ;:This order.is-posted "
at the .collar of the ¢haft.:: :: ._.. ,
There; is a;notice.at;the.collarcof she shaft, .engine .
room and each of~the level station atating!the•number " ~~-
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