MINEBK01061

• County: Teller
• Volume: 7
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

SURFACE PLANT.

T ho•r have tvro i;oilers. One H9rulri9 and -olthoff, 50 H.P. and
one i'rom the Pennsrlvauia Boiler '*lorla, 16 x G0, 80 H.P.
Tha water used in the boilers is i'ran the Altman Plater l'lorks, and
the pressure carried is 100 lbs. Tilay do not know vrhell the boilers
were last inspected. Ths 50 H. P. boiler is not in use,
They have a G drill, Ingersoll gerg9ant air compressor.
Coal is usedSfor i'uel.
The iloistillg engine is a Hendrie and Boltiloff, 7 x 9, flat
quaatrlxple friction.
It is equipped vrith a positive indicator in plain view of tale
engineer and is operated at the engine, Tilr-. eel+;ineers are •45 and
4G yeal^s oi' age, respective:Ly, and have had 25 years each oi' ex-
perience as engineers, tdeither is addict9d to the use of intox-
icatinl; liquors,
Th9re is no sliaft douse, The 9np;ine roan, boiler room told
blacksmith shop ar9 under one roof.
The head frame is tyro goat and angle braces, 0 x 4, and 20
feet high, Th9 sheave vr119e1 is 3G inch, toga i'illed.
The r,ollar oi' tilo slvai't is oi' sufficient height to prevant
porsons from tripl>1n(; and fAl.Lil"!g i11t0 shaft, and is provided with
good and sui'i'icieut doors, to prevant material i'ran fal:Ling into
shai't wiles dwnitir>l,•,
Tile eolith's shop is in the ong;ine roan. Th9 compressor room is
1'l, x :32, store room, 12 x 12, and dwelling room 12 x 20, all uruier
the sane roof ,ns tY19 engine roan. Tha 9r.(•;ine a'own, shaft, blar..ksmith
shop a:l<1 i'urnac9 room are not under o?lo tool', 'Th9 1'1re protection
is i' air.
T119 lJoardil'1(`; a11d dV19111111'; i1011e 9e era 12 X 2Q, 11Y1(19 T' tI19 9Alne
tool' as th9 ellgino room.
'Ph9 vrat9r supply is frorn th9 AlUrnan 1Pat9r Plorks, and the
L1p;iltinl, free the Colorado FJlar.trlc Pow9r Cornparivr,
Th9 mine in r•eaohad he a wagon road, '.Pho ores are smoltinlg,
th9 min9 having; no mill or r9dvction works.