MINEBK00054

• County: San Miguel
• Volume: 13
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

T I TLE,
The title is vested in the Liberty. Bell Gold i.z-~r Company,
incorr>orated under the. laws of Llse Stste of bl3ssouri.
capital stook 140,00, .s3~.* !? tcalue ~5, OO .each.
Principal offioer-boated at 181 State fit. Boeton, ifase.
Branch office located at Telluride, Colo.
Name and address. of Q~'i¢ers, Arthur Winslow, Pres. ~ Genl
uanager, ~ienry 7,, 1?altad, SeOq. & Treas. 131 S~t#~te 3t .=
Roston, ~. H, Staffer,, Superintendent, Telluride, Colo.
HTSTO.RY.
Date Of or,rrtal lo4ati:on ,1~0,
Orr1Y assn~±~s~ertt wow done u~ t!a ~A96, it has worked ¢or1--
tlnously since shave date.
T O P a G$ A P H Y.
This grnup of asinea is located on a rough very step
mountain and with. ail altittbde cr8 2-~~0. ~~E., T$te wata!sr supply
consists of ors sma} streets Galled Dear Trs11 which flows
within 100 fAet of the; .portal of tht~ tunnel, The surfa®e
of the mountain: is oot~er~ed witi~.::a liberal eupply of growing;
timber. A fairly good trail ¢onnevts the mine with ~d.i1
and Telluride a distanee of t]rcep>miles.
GF0T.~0GY,.
A good geological survey has been ~flb<of this district.
The character of the eoua~try rook is J~nde•site ]3re~xia and
Rhyoiite~. ,
ORBS AMB 0RE BODIES.
The character of ore bodies i~ fissure veins. There are two
veins only, that have been worked open wer;* ezterisivei;~,
which acs known as the bold and Silver Chief vein; the strike
these
of ~3~fa veins are S. 57° E and the dig is 533° to sx , The
vein varies in width from three to sixteen f!~et wide; Length
4500 feet, .height 2500,Paet so far ice known.
The character of enclosing rocks is San Juan formation
~ andisitea breecia and rhyolites, Theis are .no faults in the
.veins. The ore shoot in the Liberty Aell is continuous.
The character of vain filling is country resk warts, clay
sulphides and pOr#hyry. ~hg ~ta2s are gold and siivpr.'
All of the Perin filling; is milling ore with an` overage of
~7,b0 per ton. The production is about 14000 tons pPr month.