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The Hallidie Ropeway consists of a single endless moving wire rope
passing around horizontal grip pulleys or sheaves at the extremities of
the line [Figs. 2 and 3], and being supported at intervals by towers car-
rying supporting sheaves. [See frontispiece.] To this rope the carriers
are securely fastened, and hence as the rope travels it moves the carriers
and their loads with it.
A general idea of the main features is given in Figure i. Near the
mouth of the tunnel, and somewhat below it, is the upper terminal of the
Ropeway, which contains the grip pulley with the brake and the fair
Figure 1.
leader sheaves. The ore from the mine is dumped into bins near the
Ropeway, and from them loaded either by hand or mechanically [see Figs.
30 and 31] into the moving buckets of the Ropeway. From the terminal
the line passes over the sheaves on the towers, which are set one hundred
feet or more apart, as the local conditions require. Where there are canyons
or valleys to be crossed, the span is increased, as the tension in the rope
will lift it so high above the ground that it will be impossible to place a
tower. Such a span is showm about the middle of the line in Fig. i.
These spans do not in any way interfere with the working of the line,
and we have lines working satisfactorily which contain spans over 2,000
feet long. The lower terminal, containing the horizontal sheave, is placed
over the ore bins in such a position that the buckets dump their loads into
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tbe bins. From the bins the ore can be sent directly to the milling
machinery. Having discharged their loads, the rope and buckets pass
around the terminal and up over the sheaves on the other side of the
lowers to the upper end, where they are reloaded.
The Dead Weight and Cost of the machinery in this system is
reduced to a minimum; as there is but one rope employed which travels
with the load attached to a clip fixed to the rope, the weight of the material
employed in its construction is about 60 per cent, of the weight of the
apparatus where the two ropes [Standing and Hauling Ropes] are
employed, and consequently cost less in proportion, both in first cost and
maintenance.
In transporting the material used in constructing a Ropeway over the
trails or roads of the mountains, there is consequently a considerable item
of expense saved on transportation and freight alone. (See Figs. 18, 19
and 20. J
The Care of Machinery and apparatus in the mountains, remote
from repair shops, mechanics and material, is a matter of serious moment,
and any one who has had experience in such a region can fully appreciate
this. Reduce the parts liable to get out of order and you reduce the cost
of maintenance and repairs and increase the efficiency of any apparatus
that has to be manipulated largely by unskilled labor.
In the HAIyLIDIE ROPEWAY every superfluous part is dispensed
with ; the Ropeway itself is reduced to a minimum of simplicity.
The Inspection of the Cable is a very simple matter, as the only rope
used, and on which so much depends, passes constantly before the eye
of the man in charge, who can detect at any time any imperfection or in-
jury existing on any part of the rope.
In a standing or fixed rope this is not the case, as a man has to be
sent out to make a special examination, and at best an imperfect one;
and where both a standing and a running rope are employed, a separate
inspection must be made of each of them.
The Terniinal Structures (Figs, ii, 12, 13 and 14), consist of heavy
timbers, thoroughly framed and bolted together. To it are fastened the
boxes for the end sheave or grip pulley and the castings for the small
sheaves or fair leaders that guide the rope on to the large terminal sheave.
In most cases we ship only the bolts for the structure, and the timbers are
obtained near the site of the Ropeway and framed on the ground. Occas-
ionally we furnish the timber work also, in which case the parts are all
properly marked and the frame knocked down for shipment. Where it is
necessary to pack the timbers by mules the long ones are cut in two and
furnished with splice plates.
Each terminal frame contains 1,515 feet B. M., making ample allow-
ance for all tenons but none for waste.
The upper terminal is usually anchored securely to the bed-rock as
shown in Fig. 7, and the rope led out horizontally for loading and until
it is high above the ground.
A set of complete drawings is furnished with each tramway, showing
the construction of all the mechanisms.
The Grip Pulley is used to transmit power either to or from the rope.
To the rope when it is necessary to drive the Ropeway by power, and
f7077i the rope when a line is operated by gravity and furnishes power to
drive other machinery, or the extra power is absorbed by the brake at-
tached to the Grip Pulley. This Pulley has been improved from time to
time, and three patents have been issued to Mr. Hallidie for the same, the
last of which is dated September 27, 1892.
By referring to Figures 4 and 5 it will be seen that there are a num-
ber of grips or hinged jaws attached to the periphery of the pulley into
which the rope enters, and pressing on the bottom of the jaws causes them
to grip or close over the rope, the amount of gripping power being deter-
mined by the length and travel of the jaws and the pressure from the rope.
Formerly the jaws of the grip rested in pockets cast in the periphery
of the pulley, but it was found impracticable to get the pockets of uniform
depths and many of the grips were useless in consequence. Such a grip
pulley is now being made by other tramway companies. In the improved
Grip Pulley the pockets are done away with and a continuous groove
takes their places, insuring uniformity of distance, duty of every grip.
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and greater simplicity in construction. The grips are held in positionby
webs cast on them, which fit loosely into slots in the outer edge of the
pulley. (See Fig. 5.) The Grip Pulley and attachments are built up of
parts which can be separated and put in parcels to pack on mule back, as
are all the other parts of the Hallidie Ropeway. (See Figs. 18, 19 and
20.) Every part is marked and can be put together on the ground by an
intelligent mechanic.
The power to operate the Ropeway is derived either from the weight
of the material being transported, or from some external source of power,
be that a line shaft, an engine, a water wheel or other prime mover.
(See Figs. 12 and 13.) When the point of discharge is lower than the
loading point, and the delivery is five tons or more per hour, the line will
operate by the weight of the descending load under ordinary conditions,
provided the grade exceeds eight degrees or one fall in seven horizontal.
In such cases the speed of the line is controlled by means of a wood-
lined band brake (see Figs. 11 and 14), operated by a hand wheel and
screw and clamping the brake wheel bolted to the grip pulley.
For heavy lines a brake may be placed on both sides of the grip
pulley, and occasionally a grip pulley and brake are used at the lower end
also, but usually in gravity lines a plain sheave is used there. The man
having charge of the loading attends to the brake also.
Where the line is on an incline less than eight degrees, or the loading
point is lower than the discharge end, it is necessary to supply the line
with power from outside, either from the mill shaft or from a special
motor. For this purpose a bevel gear is bolted to the grip pulley, instead
of brake wheel, and it is driven by a bevel pinion on a countershaft.
(See Figs. 12 and 13J
When the angle of descent is very great, the descending load furnishes
sufficient power to carry back and up to the mine such material as may
be needed; and, in several lines we have constructed, this saving when
taken into account, has been so great that it not only brought the cost of
transporting the ore to nothing, but has actually been a source of revenue.
Again, in cases where power is needed at the mine for pumping,
crushing ore, etc., the Ropeway can be used either to furnish the power
or to transmit it from the mill end. Fig. 6 shows a rock-crusher con-
nected to the grip pulley by gearing and operated by the Ropeway. If
the grade is steep enough, the line may generate enough extra power to
do this work, but if it does not, the endless rope can be used to transmit
the power delivered to a grip pulley at the lower end to the grip pulley
at the upper end, to which the machinery can be connected. This work
will not interfere in any way with the regular duty of the Ropeway
of carrying ore.
The Tig'htening- Apparatus, for keeping the line taunt under all
conditions ot temperature and load, consists of a strong wooden box filled
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Fig. 14.
with rocks or old iron and attached to the end of a wire rope which
passes over sheaves, suitably arranged, to the rear of the terminal which
is set on wheels running on a track. By this means any slack occuring
in the line is taken up by the counterweight. Figures 8, 9 and 10 are
sketches of the several ways of arranging the tightening apparatus under
tue conditions most likely to occur in practice. Illustrations from actual
construction are given. (See Figs. 2 and 47.)
The Intermediate Towers are built of substantial timbers generally
twenty feet long, making a tower about eighteen feet high. These keep
the rope sufficiently high so that the buckets will clear brush or snow.
To the ends of the cross-arms of the towers are fastened the iron
station frames which carry the supporting sheaves for the rope. (See
front'spiece.) We have a large number of patterns for these sheaves, of
various designs and strength, which we use according to the reqiiire-
ments of the case. The grooves of the sheaves are chilled, and are made
of a special grade of iron. (See Fig. 43.) Usually, however, the sheaves
along the line are 22" in diameter, but where a sharp angle is made we
often use a 30" sheave.
Figure 15 gives a very good view of one of these towers as built on
the Hall Mines R.^^peway. (Also see frontispiece.) From its shape Inis
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Fig. 16.
form of tower has been nick-named the A X tower, as the side view of it
is a perfect A and the end view is an X.
Where the nature of the ground is uneven, a higher station is often
needed, as seen in the distance in Figure 15, in which case the regular
A X tower is placed on a rectangular base to bring it up to the required
height. Such a tower seventy-five feet high is shown in Figure 17. This
is a better arrangement than to design a special tower for each place, as
all the upper parts can be framed from the same templates and the bases
built of rough timber on the site of the towers.
In places w^here there is danger of snow slides, a simple mast of very
heavy timber or a bunch of two or three masts can be set in the ground,
a cross-arm set at the top and the whole securely guyed. As this offers
less resistance to a slide there are more chances of its dividing and pass-
ing around the mast than around a tower with a base twelve or more feet
square. If, however, a tower is swept away, the line itself is not injured,
the only loss being that of the tower itself.
On very steep bluffs it is sometimes easier to secure a simple X frame
by anchoring the base and gujang the top than it would be to obtain a
footing for the regular towers.
The Rope used on our Ropeways is of the class known as " flexible
crucible steel rope," and is usually made of six strands laid around a
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hemp center, and each strand consisting of nineteen wires. The size of
the rope is determined bj^ the work to be performed, the usual sizes being
%", }i", and i" diameter.
The rope is usually shipped on reels holding several thousand feet,
but where the upper part of the line is inaccessible to wagons, the rope.
Fig. 21.
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like the rest of the machinery, must be packed so that it can be loaded on
mules. (See Figs. i8, 19 and 20,) We make a specialty of coiling our
cables so that they can be easily transported in this way, even when
thousands of feet long and weighing several tons. Figures 18, 19 and 20
are from photographs of trains of mules packing cables along trails. Each
animal carries about two hundred and fifty pounds, including the piece of
slack rope fifteen or twenty feet long connecting its load to the next one
in the rear. This piece is usually held up by a native so that it will not
drag on the ground.
In stretching the rope the simplest way is to set up the reel of rope
at the upper end and drag the end down the line by means of a mule, and
as each station is passed it is raised on to the sheave. When one side is
all out the upper end is made fast and the other side is stretched out in
like manner. The upper two ends are then spliced together, and after
one of the lower ends has been passed around the tower sheave the ropes
are drawn up to the proper tension and the last two ends spliced together.
The counter- weight rope and box is then attached to the lower terminal
and loaded.
While in service the rope should be coated frequently with a mixture
of pine tar containing one-tenth raw oil, boiled together and applied warm.
Care must be taken not to burn the tar in boiling or its virtue will be lost.
This coating lubricates the wires and prevents unnecessary internal wear
of the rope.
The Clip is used to attach the loads to the rope, and is so designed
that it will pass the end sheaves and also go over the sheaves along the
line. (See Figs. 21 and 44.)
The Strap Clip (Fig. 44), patented February 12, 1892, is the result
of careful thought, time and experiment. It is made of steel, and con-
sists of five parts — a shank, the leaf or strap, a key, a bolt and a nut.
The strap surrounds the rope, and, by means of the bolt and nut and key
holds the shank in position. The key is used to tighten up the strap
when the rope becomes smaller or the strap becomes larger by wear. The
strap, when worn out, is removed by driving out the key and removing
the bolt. A new strap is then put on and secured by the bolt and key as
before in a very few minutes, and at small cost.
The Center Clip (Fig. 21), patented May 9, 1899, No. 624648, is the
most simple clip on the market. It is made in halves and drop-forged.
The life of this clip is incalculable.
This clip has been tested under hanging loads, and sustained a load
of 2,000 pounds before showing au}^ weakness, and 2,500 pounds before
being sufficiently distorted to prevent its passing the station sheaves and
horizontal end pulleys.
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Fig. 22.
The Ore Bucket (Figs. 22 and 29), is self-dumping and is attached
by a hanger directly to the lugs of the clips by a bolt and nut. (See Fig.
22.) The carrier complete weighs about seventy pounds, and contains
one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five pounds of ore. Under this
arrangement the load is fixed to the rope and travels with it, and the
carrier is filled while passing and while the rope is moving at a speed of
about two and a half to three feet per second. It is not, however, neces-
sary that the load should be fixed to the moving rope, nor that the load
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should be limited to one hundred pounds in weight, as each clip, as or-
dinarily made, is capable of holding two hundred and fifty pounds under
a factor of safety of eight, and the number of clips can be increased to any
reasonable number desired and the load increased in proportion, but the
most satisfactory and economical result in delivering ore, or similar
material, can be obtained by single loads of from one hundred to two hun-
dred and fift}^ pounds.
Although the clip is always attached securely to the rope, for the
reason that it shall not slip at any angle of the rope, and thus the weight
of the descending load is taken advantage of to carry the ascending load»
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the carrier and its load can be attached or detached at will by an interme-
diate connection, and, where heavy loads are transported, this is usually
done, and the load run on to and off from the clip-hanger as required.
In addition to the buckets for ore, we make special carriers for special
loads. Figure 23 illustrates an automatic dumping sling for a cask. In
this case two clips are used, as the load was five hundred pounds. Figure
23 shows the bundle carriers used on the line recently furnished for carry-
ing baggage and supplies over Chilcoot Pass on the route to the famous
Klondike district in the Northwest Territory. (See Fig. 39.) Figure
24 is a drawing for a wood or cane basket. It has been used extensively
in the Hawaiian Islands for carrying sugar cane. (See Fig. 45.) The
carriers are loaded in the field by depressing the rope so that the native
laborers can throw in the cane as they pass. The}' are dumped on the
apron at the mill by tripping the latch.
This illustrates a few types of carriers. We make them to meet the
requirements of any class of materials. (See Fig. 25.)
In Figure 6 is a sketch of hand-loading platform, bin, etc.
In loading merchandise it is usual to attach by hand, as the varying
conditions and shape of the loads prohibit passing them through any
mechanism, but where a quantity of the same class of goods is con-
stantly handled, platforms can be arranged to make the operation simple.
Figure 27 illustrates a bundle of wire in transit at our factor}^ having
just been loaded from the platform.
The Loadings of the Carriers can be done by hand or automatically.
In some cases where the amount to be handled is small, the best way
is to dump the ore from the mine on a smooth floor of sheet iron, and
then shovel by hand labor directly into the ore carriers as they slowly
pass in front of the ore dump, a little above the level of the floor. (See
Fig. 6.) The ore carriers move at a speed of about two and a half to
three feet per second, and a scoop shovel will fill the carriers with one
hundred pounds of ore each. With one man two to three tons can be
handled and conveyed over the line each hour.
Where the amount of ore exceeds two or three tons per hour, or the
cost of labor is high, the loading may be done mechanically, in which
case one man will load ten to twenty-five tons per hour, and can also
attend to the brake or driving machinery if conveniently arranged.
The Mechanical Loader manufactured by this Company, and shown
in side and end elevation by Figure 30, is the simplest and most efficient
mechanical device ever invented for the purpose. There is nothing to
get out of order and very little to wear out. It is placed in front of the
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Fig. 29.
AUTOMATIC BOTTOM DUMP BUCKET.
ore bin and receives the ore from the chute, whence it is discharged into
a loader hopper at the foot of a pendulum. The details of the part that
actually do the loading are shown in the photographic view, Figure 31.
The device consists substantially of a pendulum swinging on trun-
nions about tweut}' feet above the level of the moving cable. The pen-
dulum is made from sheet-iron tubing twelve inches in diameter. At the
lower end is attached a loading box which contains, when loaded, enough
Fig. so.
ore to fill one carrier of the Ropeway. The loader hopper has two sides,
a back and a sloping bottom; the front of the hopper is open. While the
hopper is being loaded it is held between a guide and a fixed door or
bulkhead, which closes the open front.
The releasing of the hopper box is done by the clip on the moving
cable to which the ore carrier is suspended, and which as it moves along
strikes the end of a lever which raises the latch ofi" its keeper. At the
time the loading box is released the ore carrier is immediately under the
nose of the loader box ready to catch the contents of the box. The clip
on the moving cable then pushes the hopper out from behind the fixed
door, at the same speed as the carrier, and thus opens up the front of the
loader box and lets the contents pour into the carrier. The swing of
the pendulum raises it su65ciently high after a few feet of travel to clear
the rope clip, and the pendulum with the empty hopper swings back by
gravity in between the guide and the bulkhead ready to receive another
load of ore from the ore bin.
A working model of the mechanical loader in connection with a
tramway can be seen at our San Francisco or Seattle office.
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Unloading of Carriers is done automatically, with bulk merchandise,
ore, etc., by a latch on the carrier striking a trip, but with irregular
packages or goods that will not stand dumping, the carriers are unloaded
by hand.
Figure 29 shows the regular bottom dump bucket in the act of dis-
charging, The latch has just struck the trip and the weight of the ore
has opened the bottom and is discharging itself into bins.
Horizontal Angles are sometimes necessary in order to avoid some
obstacle that is easier to go around than to go over, but they should be
avoided where practicable, as they add to the cost of construction and
usually increase the length of the line. As a general rule it is simpler to
run a Ropeway over an elevation than to go around it, because the ver-
tical angle can be made with but slight changes in the machinery and no
increase of cost, while the horizontal one requires an angle station of
special construction and increases cost.
This is due to the position of the clips and hangers. As they hang
on the outside of the rope it is necessary to have all the supporting
sheaves and horizontal sheaves on the inner side. When it is necessary
for both lines of the Ropeway to turn a horizontal angle the sheaves have
Fig. 33.
to be arranged as in Figures 32 and 33. The rope on the outside of the
angle can be carried around a single sheave A, as the hangers will be on
the outside, but the inner rope, which should be the empty one, must be
carried across and over the other or loaded rope to sheave B, then around
it and over to C, then around it and over both the loaded and itself near
sheave A, and on to the next regular tower. The ropes have to cross each
other so as to clear by seven or eight feet in order to let the buckets pass
without fouling the rope beneath. Where the ground will permit, the
stations are set so as to get the difference in elevation of the rope by the
natural topography of the country, as in Figure 32, but where this is-
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impracticable a special angle tower must be built of the t3'pe shown in
Figure 33. But each case has to be worked out for itself as each angle
varies.
A Profile of the line of the proposed Ropeway should be made from
an accurate survey, in order to determine the height and distribution of
the towers and the arrangement of the machinery to suit the case best.
The profile should be drawn to as large a scale as practicable, and the
same scale should be used for both the vertical and horizontal distances.
The profile furnishes the foundation for an estimate, and serves as a
guide in erecting the Ropeway.
Illtjstrations from Practice. Profile No. i, in the back of this book,
is a profile of the Ropeway for the San Juan Mining Company, 12,360
feet long, and illustrates the principle of placing stations on the high
points in the mountainous country, thus practically reducing the broken
country to a uniform grade without doing any cutting and filling as in
surface roads. On reaching the flatter country at the foot of the hill, the
stations are placed at regular intervals, as there are no topographical
features to be accommodated.
Profile No. 2 is a profile of the White Cloud Mining Company's
Ropeway in Nevada, 3,790 feet long, and illustrates very clearly the ease
with which the Ropeway can be made to overcome the enormous irregu-
larities of the country, which for an}^ other means of transportation would
form an insurmountable barrier on account of the great cost of construc-
tion. How many miles of railroad would it take to bring the ore down
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the 1,351 feet which is here done by 3,790 feet of Ropeway? Look at
the grading and trestles required for an incline plane along this same
profile.
The Longest Line we have built is one for the Hall Mines, British
Columbia, which is 23,797 feet long — nearly four and one-half miles. Our
Figures 15 and 17 are taken from photographs of this line. Much of the
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line is through dense forests, and a path two hundred feet wide had to be
cut for the Ropeway as a protection against forest fires and falling trees.
This cut is plainly shown in Figure 17.
The line has a fall of 4,100 feet, and transports ten tons per hour
during all kinds of weather. The snow reaches a depth of sixteen feet
at some places on the line. The system is operated in two sections, each
of about two and one-quarter miles length.
Figure 34 shows the large log bin at the upper end of this Ropeway
into which the mine cars from several directions dump their ore. This
view was taken before the structure was roofed in. In the lower part of
this structure is the upper terminal of the Ropeway.
Figure 35 illustrates the bins at the lower end of the line. Here the
Ropeway passes over the bins to the terminal seen in the back-ground and
dumps its load into whichever bin it is desired by setting the trip.
Extract from article in Nelson, B. C, TribH7ie of August 7, 1897 •
"The large copper furnace at the Hall Mines has been running
smoothly since being blown in Saturday morning. During the first five
days running, up to six o'clock Thursday morning, 2,250,020 pounds of
Silver King ore were put through the furnace, producing 215,934 pounds
of matte.
' ' When the big furnace was started there was a good supply of ore
in the bins ; as the Tramway is bringing down two hundred and ten tons
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per da}', it is thought that a long and profitable run will be made. There
is an ore reserve of 3,000 tons at the mine, and if pushed the Tramway
can deliver two hundred and seventy-five tons everj^ twenty-four hours."
Extract from the report of the directors of the Hall Mines, Limited^
British Columbia, for the year ending September 30, 1897 :
" The wire Tramway has continued to give satisfaction, and in May
advantage was taken of the opportunity afforded by the closing down of
the blast furnace, pending a replenishment of the stock of ore in the ore
bins at the mine, to renew the wire rope, and by the introduction of an
improved clip strap, permanence and regularity in the working have been
assured."
Profile No. 3 illustrates the profile of the Ropeway over the famous
Chilcoot Pass, Alaska, on the way to the Klondike gold fields. This will
transport the luggage and supplies over the most difficult part of the
journey. (See Fig. 39.) The south end is some fifteen or twenty miles
from D3-ea, the country affording comparatively good traveling, and from
the north end the journey is made largely by water through lakes and
rivers. The Ropeway displaces some five to ten miles of tortuous and
extremely rough trail, over a country covered with massive chunks of
rock, dropped from surrounding peaks. In fact the trail is so rough that
it is impassable for animals, and everything has to be packed over by men
Fig. 40.
causing a very serious delay in the trip, while now with a load of one
hundred pounds on each bundle carrier, the Ropeway will deliver six tons
per hour. Hence the enormous advantage of the Ropeway appears for
this place.
Summanzing briefly: —
The foregoing system will work on any level or at any angle, and is
applicable, among other purposes :
For conveying ore from the mine to the mill.
For conveying sugar cane from field to mill.
For excavating quantities of earth, sand, etc.
For the construction of dams, levees, embankments, etc.
For conveying large quantities of any material for any considerable
distance.
For carrying off debris, slickens, tailings, etc.
For transporting produce, lumber, shingles, shakes, fuel, nitre, coal,
etc., across difficult points, and to and from shipping in an offing.
For conveying passengers or materials across gorges, chasms, and
over hazardous roads.
For supplying water to reservoirs across chasms.
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The advantages claimed are:
No road grading nor building is required.
It can work under all circumstances ot weather, with great depth of
snow on the ground, during heav}' storms and freshets.
It can run constantly without rest; as well during a dark night as on
a clear day.
It will work up hill or down hill.
It can cross deep gorges and chasms.
It can pass around precipitous bluffs and perpendicular cliffs or over
the most rugged mountains.
It can be applied to grading — either by filling the buckets in the
ordinary way, or by using scrapers instead of buckets, on the rope, where
the character of the soil will permit.
It can furnish power, when the angle of descentexceedsone in seven,
by the gravitation of the descending load of five tons per hour. It can
transmit power by means of an engine attached to either end at the same
time it is performing its other functions.
It can be constructed and worked cheaper than an}- other system
can be constructed and worked under like circumstances.
Fig. 42.
There being only one rope used, the working parts are reduced to a
minimum. The carriers being fixed to the rope by means of a patent
clip, the material transported can never be lost on the way.
Please bear in mind that we have erected the Hallidie Ropeway dur-
ing the past twenty-six years throughout the continent of the two
Americas, under every conceivable circumstance, and have never made a
failure. We have constructed lines with spans of 2,000 feet, and are pre-
pared to erect this system in competition with any other. We append
herewith some of the testimonials we have received, and shall be pleased
to estimate on any proposed line.
We will send a competent man to examine, survey and report on
proposed Ropeways, and will furnish close estimates of cost.
We contract for either supplying the material, or supplying material
and superintending erection, or for the line complete and in running
order.
Our engineers are men of experience and understand the proper
construction needed for peculiar conditions and locations. Mine owners
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and others can thus avoid the mistakes liable to be made by those inex-
perienced in this method of transportation.
Our machinery is covered by U. S. lyetters patents No. 357664,
422892, 466S80, 483442, 558666, 558645, 589654, 597904. 610353,
624648 and 627258, and patents pending; and notice is hereby given
that no unlicensed use of the inventions covered by these patents will be
permitted.
We solicit correspondence in regard to tramways or any mechanism
pertaining to or in relation to wire rope. Our working model of a tiam-
way and loader is on exhibition in our San Francisco and Seattle
ofiBce, and can be seen working at any time. We also publish pamph-
lets on the transportation of sugar cane and on excavation by wire rope.
If you are interested in any of our lines, we will be pleased to cor-
respond with you in relation to same.
Figure 43 shows the grain of the iron in the rim of the supporting
sheaves. The deep chill greatly increases the wearing qualities of the
sheave.
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Fig. 44.
TESTIMONIALS AND EXTRACTS
FROM LETTERS WHICH SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
Kendrick Tramway, )
E. P- Atchison, Prop, i
Kendrick, Idaho, Nov. 19th, 1901.
Messrs. California Wire Works,
San Francisco, Cal.
Gentlemen: — Your favor of the 14th at hand. I had the Brake band put on,
and we are now loading every bucket with wheat or apples (boxed) and everything
is working nicely. It is pronounced a success by everybody that has seen it work-
We are nearly through for this year. Both terminals are under cover and we use it
whenever we need to take grain down.
You may refer any one to me that is interested in your tramway, for handling
grain in sacks or apples in boxes.
Yours truly,
F. P. Atchison.
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Emma Hill Consolidated Mining Co.,(
Little Cottonwood, Utah. \
Superintendent's Office, Sept. 28, 1872.
The Ropeway constructed by you (Haixidie's Patent) for the Emma Hill Con-
solidated Mining Company has been built in a most substantial and workmanlike
manner, and is at this time in splendid working condition. I most cheerfully accept
the work for the Company, and recommend it to others wishing a sure and speedy
transit for ores over places impracticable for wagon roads, etc.
Respectfully,
I. U. CoLBATH, Superintendent.
Office of the Chicago Silver Mining Co.
Salt Lake City, Dec. i, 1874.
I have pleasure in stating that your Ropeway, put up at the Chicago Mine, Ophir
District, Utah Territory, one year ago last summer, has been in constant use ever
since, and with the most satisfactory results.
The line, as you are aware, is constructed over an extremely rugged country, one
and one-quarter miles in length.
For the first half mile or so it is down a very steep mountain side, whence it
passes over the brow of another one; thence it continues down Dry Canyon at an
angle of fifteen to eighteen degrees.
The structure is an entire success, the entire cost of which has moie than been
saved already, although it has not been worked up to half its capacity.
In the estimate of earnings no account was taken of supplies sent to the mine,
including water, etc., by no means an inconsiderable item.
Truly yours,
W. S. GODBE,
Manager Chicago S. M. Co. {^Limited).
[From the Utah Mining Journal, Salt Lake, Sept. 2.3, 1872.]
THE VALLEJO ROPEWAY.
The Vallejo Tunnel Company's Tramway, in Little Cottonwood, built on the
Hallidie'S Patented Plan, is a complete success. It is between 2,300 and 2,400
feet in length, and is supported by thirteen stations. The fall in this distance is
about 600 feet, and the wire rope, which is five-eighths of an inch in diameter, will
safely and easily deliver 100 tons in six hours. The machinery is automatic, loading
or unloading the sacks or buckets. The stations are aDout 200 feet apart, and the
entire apparatus is strong and safe. As the wire rope is elevated about forty feet
above the surface of the hill, the Tramway can be worked all winter long without the
slightest trouble.
Kernville, Kern County, Cal., May 6, 1878.
Your Patent Wire Ropeway, which I recently erected at the Harley Mine, near
this place, works entirely satisfactory, effecting a great saving in the cost of trans-
porting ore from the mine to the mill, and in sending lumber and supplies to the
mine. The cost of transporting the ore by pack-tram was five dollars per ton — by
your Ropeway it does not exceed fifty cents. The length is one mile and a half, the
upper end having an elevation of over 3,000 feet above the lower end. It crosses a
deep canyon at a height of 300 feet from the surface of the ground, with a single span
of 750 feet; and altogether the ground is among the roughest in the Sierra Nevadas.
Respectfully yours,
A. BlaTCHLY, M. E.
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Chemical I,aboratory and General Mining Offices, |
504 Washington Street. (
San Francisco, May 15, 1878.
In answer to your inquiry about the " Wire Ropeway,' erected by my advice for
the Blue Jacket Mining Company, Bull Run District, Elko County, Nev., I have
pleasure in stating that under the following conditions it works surpassingly well,
and transports the ore by its own weight, without other power, for nearly a mile,
over a rough, descending grade of eleven degrees from the mine to the mill, at a cost
of about twenty cents per ton, thereby saving at least two dollars per ton, compared
with horses. Yours respectfully,
J. S. Phii.i,ips.
OflBce of the Joab Lawrence Company, I
Chas. Read,Sec'y; Joab Lawrence, Pres. I
Salt Lake City, Utah, December i, 1883.
I have been familiar with the working of the Hallidie Wire Ropeway, con-
structed eleven (11) years ago, on the then property of the Emma Hill Consolidated
Mining Company, since it was built, and have had charge of the same the last
seven (7) years. It has been in practically continuous use since 1872, and is now in
operation almost every day, not only in the transportation of ore, but in carrying
mining timbers, lumber, cordwood, coal — in fact, everything used in the mines.
I can heartily recommend the Hallidie Wire Ropeway, because its action is
simple, it is comparatively inexpensive, both in construction and operation, and is
practically unlimited in capacity. Yours, etc.,
Chas. Read.
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Office of the Standard Consolidated Mining Company.
vSan Fr.vncisco, December 6, 1S83.
la answer to your request, the Standard Consolidated Mining Companj' take
great pleasure in certifying to the excellence of the Hai,i.idie Ropeway, which has
been in almost continuous use by our company for the past seven j-ears.
During said period your Ropeway has worked to our entire satisfaction, and by
it we have transported many thousand tons of ore, etc., from the mine to the mill.
That we are pleased with it is evidenced by the fact that we continue to use it, and,
aside from some slight and immaterial modifications, your Ropeway is as it was in
1876, when first erected. Truly yours,
John H. Boyd,
Pres. Standard Con. Mining Co.
Kealia, Kauai, H. I., June 28, 1883.
In answer to your inquiry concerning the Hai^i^idie Ropeway erected by you,
and now in use on this plantation, for transporting cane from place of growth to the
crushing mill, I take great pleasure in replying as follows : The line is about one
and one-half miles in length, over a very rough country. It was first put in opera-
tion in February, 18S2, and since which time it has been almost constantlj' in use,
giving entire satisfaction, and proving itself to be the cheapest means of transporta-
tion under like circumstances. The carrying capacity of the line is 240 tons in ten
hours. The power required to move the line is taken from the cane engine shaft by
employing the proper sized pulleys and belts. The line should be constructed of
good material, and, if properly erected, will do its work satisfactorily at all times.
Yours very truly,
Wm. Blaisdell, Manager.
Kealia, Kauai, H. I., June i6, 1S82.
The HaIvIvIDIE Ropeway erected by you several months ago, on this planta-
tion, is a perfect success, and gives entire satisfaction. When we are able to keep
the line supplied with cane, it gives us 2,400 gallons of juice per hour. The line is
one and one-quarter miles in length, over some very broken country.
Power to run the Ropeway is taken from the cane engine by bolting on to the
fly-wheel arms a 4-foot pulley, then with 40 feet of lo-inch belting over a 60-inch
pulley on counter-shaft. The pinion shaft is then put in motion by 10 inch belting
over 30-inch pulley on counter and 40-inch pulley on pinion shaft, which moves the
Ropeway 187 feet per minute.
With forty pounds of steam, on closing the throttle, without the Ropeway, the
engine will make thirty revolutions before stopping; with the Ropeway attached, it
will make twenty-six or twenty-seven revolutions — showing that but little power is
reijuired to run it. The line has a fall of 135 feet in the whole distance.
Respectfully yours,
John Sherman,
Chief Engineer.
Paauhau, H. I., January 13, 1882.
I hereby certify that Mr. Hallidie's Patent Wire Ropeway, which you
have put up on the Paauhau Plantation for the purpose of delivering sugar-cane to
this mill, has given entire satisfaction.
It does fully the work it was represented to do, and delivers easily the quantity
of cane stipulated in the contract directly into the cane-carrier. Yours truly,
A. Otto,
Manager Paauhau Mills, Hawaii.
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Pittsburg Consolidated Gold Mines, Limited.
Pittsburg, Nev., December 26, 1891.
Our ropeway erecteJ by you some years ago has done and is doing good service,
W. A. Mercer, Manager.
From San Juan Mining Co., Bahia Angeles, Lower California.
Butte, Mont., May 6, 1893.
Mr. a. S. Hallidie, Pres., San Francisco:
Dear Sir: — As per enclosed receipt, I forward you to-day a photo of part of our
tramway line in the "San Juan."
This photo is interesting from the fact that it plainly shows the wire cable from
the Lower Terminal up the mountain side to station 18, a distance of nearly two
miles. Total length of line is two miles, i.Soo feet. From the last report of super-
intendent at the mine, the tramway is doing splendidly. Fifty-two tons in 9>^ hours
is, I think, the best work we have done so far, which is quite satisfactory, as you
may well believe.
With best wishes for the continued success of the Tram and its inventor,
I am, yours very truly,
(Signed) F. F. Cranz.
Office of the Jackson and Lakeview Mining Company.
LUNDY, Cal., April 16, 1894.
Gentlemen: — The Hallidie Wire Ropeway, erected for this company in November,
1891, under the supervision of your engineer, Mr. E. I. Parsons, has been in prac-
tically continuous use since that time, and has been a success from the start.
The line is over 2,400 feet in length; fitted with grip pulley and brake at either
end, supported on fifteen intermediate stations ranging from ten to thirty-four feet
in height, and running over a rugged country with a fall of practically one in two.
We have delivered at the mill, using the Ropeway but few hours in the day,
over 12,000 tons of ore, and shipping up to the mine hundreds of thousands of feet of
lumber and timber, besides all other mining supplies; and all at a very low rate of
cost; we ship lumber and timber of any length up to eighteen feet with ease and
safety.
The line has been well "kept up," and is now in good working order, at a cost for
new parts, repairs, etc., since November, 1891, of less than five hundred dollars
(I500). Yours truly,
(Signed) R. T. Pierce, Superintendent.
Plomosas, Sinaloa, Mex.
Replying to yours concerning the Ropeway for transporting wood and charcoal,
erected on this property some two and a half years since, would say as follows: The
entire length of the same is about 9,000 feet, has three angles, supported by only ten
structures in its entire length, with spans varj-ing from 400 to i,6co feet in length.
The line is erected over some of the most rugged mountainous country in Mexico,
and cost, complete and in running order, about 119,000.
[Extract letter of April 15, 1886]:
The cost of wood this year was |35,ooo, against 1152,000 j-ear before, without
cable. The cost of $35,000 includes all repairs, etc., since erection. We are ahead
of the mill 10,000 yards of wood, and , besides, we have brought down all the charcoal
that has been burned in the past year and a half. The wood this year will cost 30 per
cent, less than last year. B. McInTyre.
4S
[Extract letter of April 6, 1886] :
As we have stated to you on former occasions, our " Ropeway " still continues to
do its work well, and gives every satisfaction. I am informed that the transportation
of the ore, including filling the buckets and repairs to Ropeway, has only cost ten
cents per ton since erected, three years ago.
E. W. Thompson,
For Anglo-Mexican Mining and Land Co.,
Tapacoya, Sinaloa, Mex.
[Extract of letter from Sir Joseph W. Trutch, Managing Director Hall Mines,
Ivtd., Nelson, B. C, dated March 11, 1898] :
"It gives me much pleasure to state that the Ropeway you built for us has been
working most satisfactorily. * * * it has been carrying a good deal more than
ten tons an hour and with hardly any interruption. * * * I can only say that as
it has been working for the last year, the Hallidie system has done for us more than
I expected of it."
The above Ropeway is 23,797 feet long (4^ miles'), and in that distance has a fall
of over 4,000 feet. It is constructed in two sections; the upper one 10,300 feet long,
with a fall of 1,620 feet; is in the storm belt, where snow falls to a depth of twenty
feet in places and the wind is very violent. The lower section is 13,500 feet long,
with a fall of 2,400 feet. This is in a milder climate and relatively free from great
depths of snow.
During the year 1897 the Ropeway conveyed from the mines to the smelting
works 49,540 tons of ore.
The Company has decided to increase the capacity to 100, oco tons per annum,
by increasing the size of the ore carriers, at a comparatively small outlay.
The Report of the Directors to the Stockholders for the year ending September
30, 1897, states that " The Wire Tramway has continued to give satisfaction."
Office of the Wilmans Mining Co.
Seattle, Wash., March 31, 1894.
Gentlemen: — The Hallidie Patent Wire Rope Tramway furnished by you for use
at our mines at Monte Cristo has, in every respect, proved entirely satisfactory to
us. Our tramway is, I believe, on one of the steepest grades of any line in the United
States, and though we have not yet tested it to its capacity, it has done sufficient
work to warrant us in recommending it. Yours truly,
(Signed) F. W. Wilmans, President and Manager.
[Extract ol" letter].
MiRAMiR, Costa Rica, C. A., March 6, 1898.
Mr. S. J. Wilkins, representing the California Wire Works of San Francisco :
I am very much pleased at the way the "tram " is working, and see no reason
why it should give us the slightest trouble, and cannot but congratulate you on the ex-
cellent job you have done for us, which was the harder from being in a foieign land,
where your help, almost entirely, spoke ia a foreign language.
Yours truly,
W. R. Crandall,
Manager Bella Vista Mining &^ Milling Co.
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San Francisco, December 7, 1898.
Messrs. California Wire Works,
330 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. :
Gentlemen : — I take pleasure in stating that the " Hallidie Wire Ropeway " that
you furnished for the " Bella Vista Mining and Milling Company," and which was
constructed by Mr. S.J. Wilkins of your city, in Costa Rica, Central America, has
given entire satisfaction, and we are thoroughly pleased with it. It was finished in
February of this year, and it has been running since that time.
The line is 1,200 feet long, and delivers five tons of ore per hour with ease and
econom}'. Yours very truly,
(Signed) Edward L. Foutch,
Business Manager The Bella Vista M. &» M. Co.
Superintendent's Office, Goleta Consolidated Mining Co.
Jordan, Mono Co., Cal., Oct. 16, 1899.
California Wire Works,
No. 9 Fremont Street, San Francisco, Cal. :
Gentlemen : — The Wire Ropeway purchased from you four years ago has given
entire satisfaction. The automatic ore-loader, which was, I believe, the first erected
under this patent, saves the labor of two men, or six dollars per day. One man now
operates and breaks the tram, sending 60 tons of ore per day to mill, when required,
with one-half the buckets on the line and fills the loader at same time. This capac-
ity can be easily increased by adding the other buckets. No one is required at lower
end of tram excepting when supplies are sent up. The cost of transportation of ore
is five cents per ton. Yours truly,
(Signed) H. W. Nelson, Superintendent.
Extract from letter from R. G. Hart, owner Tex. Con. Mines & Mill, Hart,
Shasta Co., Cal. :
January 30, 1894.
I have a Hallidie Transmission Ropeway, one mile long, to transport ore from
mine to mill on Sacramento River. It cost me complete about six thousand dollars
(16,000), and we transport fifty tons quartz in ten hours ; rope 3^ inch diameter steel
wire. Could transport much more by putting on more buckets.
I have used it continuously for three years, and am using it now every daj^and
can recommend it to any one wanting cheap transportation. It cost me |;i.ooper
ton to haul with teams. Now it costs I9;'4 cents per ton, counting wear and tear for
three years to January i, 1894.
I have no doubt about the Hallidie Ropeway transporting blocks or cordwood
at a nominal cost. The roughness of country cuts a small figure.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) R. G. Hart, Sr.
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Partial List of Mining and Other Companies
HAVING
BALLIDIE'S PATENT ROPEWAY in OPERATION
Morning Star, Freiberg, Nevada 1,250 feet
Emma Hill Consolidated, Little Cottonwood 2,400 ' '
Vallejo Tunnel, Little Cottonwood 2,350 "
Chicago Mine, Ophir District, Nevada. 7. 100 "
Harley Mine, Kernville, California 7.29° ' '
Blue Jacket Mining Company, Elko County, Nevada 5,000 "
Standard Mining Company, Bodie, California 2,700 "
Mineral King Mine, Tulare County, California 5, 310 "^
Rainbow Mine, Sierra County, California 1,71° "
Wertherman's Mine, Durango, Mexico 5, 000 "
Surprise Valley Mill and Mining Company, Inyo County, California 3, 500 "
Kealia Sugar Plantation, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, in sections 6,750 "
General Custer Mine, Custer City, Idaho 4 .750 "
Columbus Mine, Garfield, Colorado 4i750 "
Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Colorado 5,250 "
Game Ridge Mill, Rosita, California 3,200 "
Iowa and Colorado Mine, Summitsville, Colorado 5.250 "
Spring Mountain Mine, Camas, Idaho 3, 000 "-
Hendrie & Bolthoff, Denver, Colorado 3.000 ' '
South Pueblo Machinery Company, Pueblo, Colorado 5. 900 "
Paauhau Plantation, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands 5,120 "
Brown & Warner, Ames, Ouray County, Colorado 2,706 "
Ramshorn Mining Coraipany, Bay Horse, Idaho 3.450 "
Braden, Smith & Co., Colorado 1,525 "
Moline Tunnel Company, Colorado 2,000 "
Anglo-Mexican M. and L- Company, Tapacoya, Sinaloa, Mexico 1,150 "
Pena & Co., Plomosas, Sinaloa, Mexico 8,889 "
Warriors Mark Mining Company, Colorado 1,928 "
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Bullion Smelting Company, Bullionville, Nevada 3.000 feet
Oold King Mining Company, Silverton, Colorado
Boston and Montana Mining Company, Montana
La Trinidad Mining Company, Sonora, Mexico 7,920
N. G. Arce, Guadalajara, Mexico 3,746
Young America Consolidated Mining Company, Sierra County, California 3,250
Donaldson Mine, Idaho Springs, Colorado 3, 160
Champion Mine, Colorado 5,620
New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Company, Honduras, C. A 6,000
H. B. Clifford, Guanajuato, Mexico 5,280
Rio Grande Mining Company, Kingston, New Mexico 3, 000
Badigaato Gold and Silver Mining Company, Mexico 3,ooo
Phoenix Gold Mining Company, Sierra County, California 3,ooo
Candelaria Cons. Mexican Mining Company, San Dimas, Durango, Mexico 7,030
La Compania Minera de Panuco Sinaloa, Mexico 14,000
La Compania, Minera de Cornish, Sinaloa, Mexico 700
Pittsburg Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd., Pittsburg, Nevada 6,536
Queen of the West Mining Company, Kokomo, Colorado 1,47°
Juneau Gold Mining Company, Juneau, Alaska 5,280
H. P. Gregory & Co., Sydney, Australia 3,400
The Star Mining and Reduction Company of Montana, Mt. Raymond,
California , 7,600
Pride of the Mountain Mining Company, Getchell
Antonio Mercenario Mina Progreso, near Iguala, Mexico 967
Antonio Mercenaric Mina Progreso, near Iguala, Mexico 4,920
Hope Mining Company, Mill City, Nevada 1,600
Texas and Georgia Company, Redding, California 4,900
Milwaukee Mining Company, Ouray, Colorado 2,800
Copper King Mining Company, Clifton, Arizona 9,900
Jackson and Lakeview Mining Company, Lundy, California 2,400
San Juan Mining Company, Bahia Angeles, Lower California 12,365
White Cloud Copper Mining Company, Clemens, Nevada 3,790
Wilmans Mining Company, Monte Cristo, Washington 4.525
Compania Concentradura, La Dura, Sonora, Mexico 606
Golden Cord Mining Company, Monte Cristo, Washington 3,000
Utica Mining Company, Angels, California 1,500
Portola Ropeway, Woodside, San Mateo County, California 7.250
Amarillas Mining Company, Torres, Sonora, Mexico 504
Creston Colorado Mining Company, Torres, Sonora, Mexico 822
Poorman Mining Company, Utah 5, 500
Reward Mining Company, Independence, Inyo County, California 4,820
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Hall Mines, I^imited, Nelson, British Columbia 23,797 feet
F. A. Newton, Guadalajara, Mexico 2,600 "
Goleta, Monecito & Sterling Mining Company, Jordan, California 1,672 "
Starlight Mining Company, El Dorado, California 1,250 "
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Brigham City, Utah 8,000 "
Mountain Copper Company, Keswick, California 1,280 "
Mammoth-Garfield Mining Company, Whitehouse, California 4,825 "
Gold Queen Mining Company, Montecello, Utah 3,212 "
45 Consolidated Mining Company, Silverton, Washington 12,880 "
Alaska Railway & Transportation Company, Chilcoot Pass, Alaska 8,320 "
Bella Vista Mining & Mineral Company, Miramonte, Costa Rica, C. A. . . i,2co "
California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company, Crocket;, California.. 1,600 "
North Star Mining Company, Grass Valley, California 312 "
Lucky Boy Gold Mining Company, Custer City, Idaho 3,760 "
Utica Mine, Milton, California 1,500 "
London and British Columbia Gold Fields, Ltd., Ymir, B. C 2,000 "
Helen Mines, Fort Jones, Siskiyou County, California 3,7oo
Don. Maguire, Odgen, Utah 4,333 "
Peyton Chemical Works, Martinez, Cal 400 "
Eastern Oregon Mining Co., Bourne, Baker Co., Oregon 7 600 "
Lightner Mining Co., Angles Camp, Cal 1,585 "
E. P. Atchison, Kendrick, Idaho 2,500 "
Lucky Girl Mine, Whiterock, Nev 4,200 "
El Dorado Lumber Co., Placerville, Cal 3 000 "
Oceanic Quick Silver Co., Cambria, Cal 2,500 "
California Mining Co., SanDimas, Mexico 1,600 "
W. A. Magee, D. H. Moseley, Agent, Boise, Idaho 1,100 "
w% ; "'
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Fig. 48.
Please fill in the following blanks, tear out of book and forward to our address. We can then give you an estimate of cost.
Name of mine or property
Location
Post-oflSce address
Name of corporation or owners
Name of Manager or Superintendent
Distance from and name of the nearest railway station or sea-port
Length of proposed Ropeway
Difference in level of ends
Which end is higher, the receiving or delivery?
Quantity and character of material to be delivered per hour
Quantity and character of material (if any) to be returned per hour
Character of country on the route of proposed Ropeway
Number of cafions, and length of spans, exceeding 200 feet
Does snow fall? If so, depth
Mode of transportation from railroad or port to Ropeway site
Cost of transportation from railroad or port to Ropeway site
Cost of timber and lumber at site
Wages of mechanics per day Wages of laborers per day.
Mechanical loader wanted or not
Please add any further information
Dated at..
In order to make estimate of cost, a survey of ro7de should be made by a competent engineer. A straight line should be maintained between
ends ij possible. It is usually more economical to go over a hill than around it.
Send us your engineer' s profile and topographical plan of survey^ or we can send a competent and experietued engineer to survey a7id locate line.
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