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Page 15
... slopes , one on each side of the creek , using a single rope . The mines are ventilated by furnace , and if proper care is given to keep- ing a fire , there need be complaint about ventilation . These mines being opened have about ...
... slopes , one on each side of the creek , using a single rope . The mines are ventilated by furnace , and if proper care is given to keep- ing a fire , there need be complaint about ventilation . These mines being opened have about ...
Page 19
... slope , and known as the Reams bank , and commenced improving the first of April ; and at the time of my visit , in October , the mine had a capac- ity of five hundred tons per day ; and in this time the company had built a railroad ...
... slope , and known as the Reams bank , and commenced improving the first of April ; and at the time of my visit , in October , the mine had a capac- ity of five hundred tons per day ; and in this time the company had built a railroad ...
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... slope . There was no one allowed on the cages , therefore they were not covered . The mine was in good condition , and all the out- side arrangements complied with the law in every respect . Acme Mine . This mine is located just outside ...
... slope . There was no one allowed on the cages , therefore they were not covered . The mine was in good condition , and all the out- side arrangements complied with the law in every respect . Acme Mine . This mine is located just outside ...
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... slope ; the rea- son they use the fan as a force fan is to keep the ice from accumulat- ing in the slope in winter . On a former visit I found this mine in a very poor shape , but now the air - ways are of good size , with doors and ...
... slope ; the rea- son they use the fan as a force fan is to keep the ice from accumulat- ing in the slope in winter . On a former visit I found this mine in a very poor shape , but now the air - ways are of good size , with doors and ...
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throughout . They have the best machinery of any slope in the State , using friction drums . There are several other mines in the county , that work more than fifteen men in the winter season , but they only employ a few men in the ...
throughout . They have the best machinery of any slope in the State , using friction drums . There are several other mines in the county , that work more than fifteen men in the winter season , but they only employ a few men in the ...
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