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Title. <br />i 'site Aspen }line : -Owned by The Durant 3{ining Co. 2~3-D , R. C, Brown <br />'Z/6-E.C.Ball I~S. <br />'Prinoipal ofPics ASpen,Pitkin Co.Colo. <br />Manager:-Chas.E.Anderson:-ASpen,Pitkin Co.Colo. <br />Leased in blocks. <br />Date' of original location:-IB79. <br />•~ .n " openings:-I6S0. <br />Altitude:-g.900.Character oY surface,mountainous-Streams,water <br />suPP1Y~Roaring~FOrk river-Timber none-ROada,D.&.R.G.& Colo.Mid- <br />iand,aiao wagon road. <br />There ir, a geological survey of the distriot:-Sptu•r. <br />Structure and caharactex of oountry r. oak:-Shale lima ~ dolomite <br />Ore bodioa. <br />Character of same-impregnated limestdne,oarrying email quantity <br />of silver-Strike N.E.&.S.W-nip seat. <br />ores. <br />The ores in thin property is mainly limestone oarrying silver <br />in limited quantities,and is mainly used as a flux in the <br />smelters. <br />Surface Plant. <br />There is no machinery on the property., <br />Explosives. <br />Gelatin and Hercules powder is pxinciPally used with Getman,and <br />Baer fuse-No metal tamping bars in use-Wooden bare are in use. <br />Mine has several magazines for atoning Powder,fro*.t I00 to 150 . <br />from workings. <br />i{fining. <br />The principal opening to the mine is the Aspen tunnel +.vhioh is <br />several hundred feet in length and is connected with adjoining <br />workings. <br />Mine methods. <br />Stopirig and dxifting are the me *,hoda omployad in braking the <br />ore-No machine drills emPloYed-gingle hand drilling in uso- <br />Timbering-Stulls and Dribs-Undergro+ind tramming by men with <br />ordinary wino cars on I2 lb.to the yard rail-NO orator handied- <br />Ventilation,natural draft-No noxious gases mot with. <br />____ _ _._ <br />~ __. J.,,_,_,_1. . <br />