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TURdPL.
<br />The Gold King tunnol is about 500 feet long. 'iear tho breast
<br />there is a station, 25 x GO feet, here is •;i,arro the siial't, mention-
<br />ed i.n another part of this report, starts from. '.L;zere is also a 50
<br />H.P. electric izoist in t'as station. It is 2500 feed from the :noutiz
<br />of the American to the bottom oi' tizis shaft. There is an upraise
<br />about 100 feet from the shaft, and the-samo is up about 300 feet.
<br />It is the intention of the Cortnanyto connect this upraise,
<br />with all levels in tho sizaft, and use it as t:~:e main ore chute front
<br />this part of the mine. 'Phis cP^ats or upraise is in the Davis vein,
<br />vrhiciz, on t~i:is level, is tvrerrt~,~ feet •aide.
<br />Tho ncvr t•.,nusl, roar ti:e *nill, is iu 3:00 feat, with 21300 yet
<br />to g•o.
<br />A wooden ;r„ildinf5, used ,a a blaclcs~~tith .:,op, coveru the moot;
<br />~vC a~coC-
<br />of the tu:n;el. The doors of the tunr:el are id at the entrance.
<br />They can be operated from vrithout.
<br />The ore is extracted by overhead sloping, and macsrine drills
<br />are employed. Alse hand dril.l.inp;, sirtn;le.
<br />The ~•,ethod oi' ti:nberitzg• em~:LO;,~erl is, sq;uzre settirtf°, st•.t._lin~,
<br />and cribbing, and thre s:une is sufficie~tt. T::e timbers are rod and
<br />white snruce, nrepar'ed by hand, and aro all,irr good condition.
<br />Chutes are ].oarled by hand.
<br />The wrderr;~round tratmninL is all clone 'uy hnnd, and cars are
<br />loaded from crn.rtes. Tho cars are irmt and have a capacity of 1200 lbs.
<br />12 lb. °T"-rails are used on a17. tracks utulergroutrd.
<br />T he rlraina(;e 5.:+ throur;it the American Tunnel, about 3000 r;ala.p
<br />por n:irruto.
<br />uui'i'iciont ventilation is ai':L'crdud throuriz t:umol9upraisos, crocs-
<br />cuts and shuf't :~_rere aro no noxious gases met vrith and tha sanitary
<br />conditions aro l~;ood,
<br />The s:na:Ct :is dividsd into tyro compartments :uul is provided vrith
<br />laddar-vray from the 300 foot i.evel to tho bottoms 'plzo ladders aro
<br />uafo, secure and accessible, and are provided. vrit?: lalidings rxs provldarl
<br />by law, '1'ho levels aro connected by man-vrays arui l~yp,ls,rxt least ono
<br />of which is ]apt 1n rapair and eguip~;,ad vritlz ladders. The i'ola.ovritg3
<br />exit is rsudlly arcosaibls to employes, Pram American Turo:al tlzrouf;h
<br />'700 ft. shai't• to Gold ]; i. r7 f;, to surl'acs, cvul front 30U ft, level
<br />'throup;h upr'aiuo to suri'aco.
<br />L1C;hting untlst^{mound, by r:anLiles arrci olectrlcity,
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