MINEBK01100

• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 7
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: C

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MINING AND MINE METHODS. '~ I@tl"
.. ~+r .^.p_t ng.. in. an..in^_11ne shaft+4':~:10'rttso enmpartr.=nt skip e.*.d yr!I
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laddor}are~tioureneNslSQW~~,dipr.~ing at angle oP GO°x415 ft.deep. - ~
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;haft }tas levels at:-
231 ft. running P}.P. 460 ft.and S.Vl.21I ft. ~!
365 ft. ° N.);. 200 ft.end S.17,250 ft. ~~
'flee east 231 ft.leveY connects with the P.Pewabic ah:=ft 370 ft.N.P.
f main shaft.
On the east 231 ft J.evel a crosscut 9U ft.to the S.W.connecta with
;he Richardson abaft which has good laddnr road to surface.
~I The 231 ft.lovel corutectn with the old Powabic shaft 110 fC.S.I'l,nf
!train shaft.
VforY, is carried nn at the present time at bottom of rmin ahaftt
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X00 ft.eaat ntopet'1.00 ft.ntopes both enat, and vrnnt and `1.00 ft.cronn cut.
~, The nearest workings are those of the. Old 'fo•Nnt300 ft.tn the N.Vl.and
the Lillian 600 ft.to the fi.li,
~~ 1,1apa may be assn at of lice also one accompanying thin report.
~, The hoisting in done with nY.ip attached to new 7~0°llnrculen steel cable,
Weight of load hoisted 4000JV.Uintanee hoistnd 365 ft.
Yiira bell line attached to 10° gong,ln employed 1'or nlgnaln+the Oolorado
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~ code being emp}oyed.
~ Skip in loaded in shaft runinEt chair wtd hopper.
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1'ho nklp road coneintn of 20t~ ra11 and 24° gauges
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The over}tand system of raining in ill uxntaa in the stall. and square
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~~ not oyetem of timbering+uai.nl, red spruce and pins prepared by hand.
Tramndlag done in 1 ton ateeJ. carx.'1'rurlttige l~r t•ailn,l6° lSUaga.
Dra}nags in effooted vrlth nk1p.
Natural system of vontilutlon in employed down to `1,31 ft.lovolrbelnw
w}dch a box air pipe toi;ether with ¢ steers Jot in used.
The main xhaft ban n.i5ood ladder road placed nn the lnoline of the
nhaPt.
The Riehttrdnon ahal't afi'ordn another exit t}trough its connection with
the 23}. ft.levsl.