MINEBK01172

• County: Lake
• Volume: 12
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

St,.x'Pace Plant.
Thero are I2 boilers on the proporty:-6-IOO.H.P.2-60.H.P.4-~0.
!H.P.Presaure carried 90 lbs.7later for boilers is supplied from
~•Iron mine ditch boilers waa last inspeoted in 1910. I
~IThere is one steam engine in uee,and two aleotric hoist s, there ,
are three air eomprasaora,and one electsic.plant,also 6'eiec_
t~•io motor s.Ci,araoter oP fuel used:-Coal.
All hciats are equiyyed with indicators in ylain vlow of eng-
ineera,who op orate their engines~at~engine,the average age of
i engineers is 35 years with 15 years experieneo,none era addio-
tod to tho use of intoxicating liquors.
Shaft house.
Head Prarnes aro 60 feet high,diamater of sheave wheals:-4H inch
i
Thero ie a smiths ahop,carpenter shop,and maohine shop on the ~
proporty.
Suitable protection against firs is providod,thero is a change
houae,offico,stable,and dwelling housos on the mino,also plant
for preparing timber,thero era two largo ore bins for loading
~' oro into rail road oars.
F/ator supply:-Iron iaina ditch.
Lighting: Lloctrioity~
Railrosd,wagon road,a:td aortal tramway.
ore troatmant.
3molting and killing,.
Exploeiveo.
40 par oont Heroulos T,o•Hdor is ueod, and Oox^zan Insoloid, and
Nostorn fuse.
F/oodon tarrying ba_~a aro providad,und no iron bars aro allowed
in the mina, man io enyloyod to Caro for powdor and explosives.
llo oxyloalvoa in exooae of ono days suyply is allowed undor
ground, nil oxylosivos era atorod in magazine yrovided for thst
yuryoso which la eituatod 600 toot from main worKinZ shaft.
Average amount of explosives kept 1n storage:-2000 lbs.
C1~araoter of ma,;nzlno,mood,coverad With shoet iron.
klno is yrovidod with stern dovioo for th3•.71ng yo~rde..011 and
cnndlaa nra atorod in bu2lding ero:ted for tk:nt yu_~yosa,ard are

not stored with yowder.