MINEBK01050

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

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of mQn allowed to ride upon the cage, bucket or cage at one j
time, The chairs in the shaft are the'-Montana I
style. The cage guides are 4" % 4" Oregon Pine,
bevel stations are provided around the working shaft.'
The shaft at all of the stations is provlded '
with guard rails, The shaft is secured with a pillar ~'
of ground upon each side sufficient to insure safety:
All of the mill holes, and winzes are covered with ~
guard rails. i
The shaft is not being sunk,
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The method of ore extraction is over-hand atoping
The machine drills are used and tbese are the Shaw, Eclipse and Sull:
_There is single hand drilling.
' limbering is by means of stulla and lagging
and the same is sufficient except in parts of the
old workings, ,
The timbers are of red and white spruce and
are prepared by. hand, The condition of the timbers
is good except in some of the old workings.
All of the chutes are loaded by gravitation. ~
The means of under-ground tramming is
cars loaded Prom chutes and run by h md. The Standard ~I
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cage cars are employed. .•
The trackage is 8, 12 and 16 ,'~ T, rails and 18
" gunge,
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"The ventilation is by means of•connections with
other mines and is sufficient ae there are no noxious "
gases met with.
All of the old timbers have been removed from the
underground;workittgs. The shaft is divided into two ~ ~'
compartmettta. The shaft is provided-with ladder way '
and the same is decure and accessible, Th'~'t'ladder way
contains the steam and air pipes only,
The• landings are_not provided in the ladder-way not to~
exceed 20 feet apart..
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