Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-24
ras oysamAN HOSTING
WOREss

Which Is 5OxS0 feet In size, Is q solid,
heavy frame, built Of the best material
and in the most substantial, durable
manner possible. At the west end Is
the boiler room, 40x50 feet In size, ar
ranged in a manne at once commodi-
Gus, neat and convenient. On the
north side and adjoining the main
building is the blacksmith shop, 30x40
feet In size, containing two forges for
sharpening tools aud performing the
ether necessary smith work. On the
south side, also adjoining the main
building, Is the carpenter shop, fur
nlshed with a tramway and truck, for
carrying the prepared timbers for the
mine directly to the cages at the mouth
Of the shaft.
The Hsistisg Truss
Over the shaft is As feet high, leaving
3iI. feet In the clear from the landing
to the sheaves or wheels at the top of
the truss, over which the hosting cable
passes, which are seven feet In diam
eter and weigh two thousand pounds
each. The two hosting cables arc
each Az inches In width and 1000 feet
In length, manufactured Of the best
steel wire, and weigh 1880 pounds
each. To the southwark, adjoining the
east side Of the carpenter shop, Is the
Tar Hsuss,
Which Is lixS0 feet In size, where the
work Of repairing and tsrrinS the ca
bles IS performed. When this Is need
ed to be done, \ car, with q winding
reel attached, Is placed Immediately In
front OF the hosting works, the cable
run OF the reel and taken TO the tar
house, where that and another reel be-
ing stationed 30 feet apart, with q
large tank containing the tar directly
In the center between them. A fire 10
then started in q furnace under tho
tank, and the cable unwound from n
reel to tho other, passing through the
soft tar, coming out again ready for
use, making short and excellent work
of what would otherwise be an ex-
tremely slow and laborious job.
Tho Stone Fsasdatisa
For the machinery consists Of $40
perches of stone masonry, built upon
the solid bedrock, and topped out
with 100 cubic feet Of cut stone, In
blocks from i've to eight feet In length,
four to five In width, and TWO to three
in thickness. The anchor bolts secur-
Ing the machinery to the foundation,
are Of IL inch wrought iron. aud were
made to order In the Pacific Rolling
Mills, San Francisco. Each bolt 10
anchored from five to sever feet In the
solid bed rock, the drill holes around
the bolts being filled with molten bah
bitt metal, over 5000 pounds being
used for that purpose.
The BsiIers
Are four In number, 81 inches In diam
ster. 16 feet long, contain 80 three
inch tubes each, and are so arranged
that two can be used while the others
are being cleaned or repaired. The
requisite water Is supplied to the boil
ers by two Stoddard steam pumps.
The Hoisriag RnEines.
These engines are from the celeoras-
ed mandatory OF H. G. Booth & Co.,
San Francisco. They are two In num-
Der, with sole or bed plates 16 feet
long and six Inches thick, weighing
IL, 600 pounds each. Both have sliding
valves, lS-lnch cylinders, 2I.lncn
stroke. and ready to run, weigh oo
tons each. They are each placed on a
solid foundation OF cut stone, and run
as smooth and nolseless as a chronom-
eter balance. Immediately IN front OF
the engineers station arc dial plates
with hands like those OF a clock, to
mark the exact position Of the cages In
the shaft when holsting or lowering, &C
that with proper attention By the
brakeman It would seem to be impos-
sible for an error or accident to occur
The Brakcs
Are a perfect model Of simplicity and
strength. They consist Of heavy iron
bands with wooden filling on the In
side, fastened at one end to solid Iron
brackets bolted to the sole plates oil
the engines, and which pass both over
and under two fly wheels ten feet 10
diameter and eight inch face. each,
weighing $500 pounds. At the oppo'
site end the bands are fastened 10 q
heavy lever so nicely balanced that
the engineer can with a simple move
ment Of his foot stop the entire hoist
ing machinery almost instantly, even
when running under a full head o
steam.
The PsnpinE Kssise
Il from the same mandatory. It ID
heavy and powerful. the sole plate
alone being q feet long, eight inches
thick and weighs $4,000 pounds. IL mas
the poppet valve with the Cross pat
emit cutoff, ~ inch cylinder and four
feet stroke, is Of $50 horse power and
weighs altogether $50 tous. The pump
column pipe in the shaft Is II inches
in diameter, and at the rate Of eight
strokes per minute 10 capable Of dis
charging ll,40O gallons per hour.
The Psnps.
There are four 10 inch pumps In the
shaft, the pump stations being 200 feel
apart. One Of these Is q lit pump, the
other three, plungers. The pump roc
Is 10 Inches square and 800 feet dowr
ia a heavy bSlance bob, and another
ready TO put In at the l0O0-foot station
"a Soon as the water Is sufficiently
drained from the shaft. Fitted to thu
hosting compartments OF the shaft ART
two large
water HsissinE Tanks,
u
Made OF boiler iron eight feet In hight
4x5 feet in size, and capable Of hold
ING $50 gallons each, one OF which Il
hoistsd every IL minutes, and assist
Ing the pump at tho rate OF 2i'ooo gal
Ions per hour.
The Fire Apparatus.
On the hillside, one hundred fee
above the hoisting works, are two wa
ter tanks or reservoirs, each l6 rec
wide BY 20 feet In length and IL feet II
hight, and are supplied with pipes 81
tcnding down to either side OF th'
building. OH both sides OF which ar
hydrants, with $50 feet each OF CARROLL
lied hose, ready to attach In case Q
fire. There IA also q tank under 20
floor Of the main building that hold
20, 900 GALLONS Of water, and 2oo zee
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