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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1996083
IBM Index Class Name
Permit File
Doc Date
12/11/2001
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Sections 3, 4, and 5
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Volume VI Cultural Resources-Documentation for 1995 & 1996 part 2 of 2
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reached the dip where the incline gentled to 2G degrees. Upon reaching the tipple, the miners <br />stashed their boats in their own selected places and picked them up the next morning when <br />the came to work. <br />All mining was done then by man power, and the miners usually worked in pairs. The <br /> coal Face of a developing entry was undercut by a miner wielding a pick. Holes were drilled <br /> in the coal face with ahand-cranked, post mounted drill. Black powder cartridges would be <br /> made up [[sing a special oiled paper. At least one cartridge would be placed in each hole and <br /> tamped tightly with clay. Along, slender rod, with a tapered point on one end and a formed <br /> handle on the other would be forced through the tamping and into the black powder. When it <br /> was pulled out, a fuse would be pushed into the charge. When all the Boles were loaded, the <br /> miners would light the fuses with the oil lamps they used for illumination and retreat to a <br />' safer place. When the smoke cleared, the loose coal was shoveled into a pit car and the track <br /> extended. Miners were paid according to the type of work done. ~Vhen driving narrow <br /> entries or crosscuts, they were paid a yardage rate, based on the distance advanced. [Fthey <br /> were mining in rooms or pillars, they were paid by the ton of coal mined. These were the <br /> contract miners, and their weigh sheet was taken to the office after each day's work. For <br /> other work done, such as timbering, track laying, etc. they were paid a day rate. Rates were <br /> as follows: $2.50 per yard on narrow development work; $0.90 per ton for coal mined in <br />~ rooms and pillars; day rates ranged from $2.50 to $3.25 depending upon classification and <br /> <br />I~ experience. Tltis is the way it was in 1907. <br />~ The tenant houses in Bowie were built between 1906 and 1915. The large brick <br />_ residence of the general manager and the mine office were completed in 1914. Inside the <br />~ mine there were some slopes that were so steep that they taxed the mules strength. In 1909 a <br /> steam-powered hoist was installed to pull the loaded cars out of these areas. The water <br />,•. supply first came from the North Fork River. In 1916 the company purchased stock in the <br /> Deer Trail Ditclt Company to supply water for the liottses. Prior to 191 I, ventilation was <br /> provided by a furnace and stack in the west air course. Asteam-powered ventilation fan was <br />r• purchased in 191 I and located at the mouth of the east air course. A blacksmith shop, <br /> powder house and electric light plant were added in 1914 and an electric cutting machine for <br /> the mine in 1915 The brick power plant was completed in 1922, and 2 individual sets of <br />r' boilers were installed in the east room and two 375 kilowatt, AC turbine-driven generators in <br />f ; the west room. Tliis took the place of a D.C. electric generating plant built in 1915 to supply <br /> electric lights and power for the cutting machine. in 1923 a new tipple was constructed of <br />?~ steel, equipped with rotary dump, hopper and feeder, shaking screens and conveyors to load <br />! ~ cars on four tracks. A Universal cutting machine for the mine and a coal crusher for the <br /> tipple were added in 1937, a 460 Goodman loading machine in 1940. <br />~ As the mine became more and more mechanized, there was little need for the mules. <br />These sturdy, steadfast animals had been valued highly For their many years of hard work. By <br />~ 1956 they were retired except for one retained for odd hauling jobs. <br />~• 34 <br />"d <br />r~~ <br />;; . <br />
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