MINEBK00120

• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 7
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: C

~. ~_ 1'1 Below the Freeland level the property is full of water: For what has Ueen done below this
ievei, I only have statements and maps, which correspond. According to cross-section map, the
dip of the ore shoot is north, which agrees with statements from parties v.ho have .worked in
the property. By an old foreman, I wastold that there was ore in the bottom levels undisturbed.
Further details not given: The flow of water from the shaft through the Freeland level at
present I estimate at from fi{ty to sixty gallons. per minute, which, considering the pressure of
the enormous volume of water from the old workings at the bottom, would representa•greater
Flow than here shown, probably from eighty to one hundred gallons per minute.
Below the Freeland level on Trail Creek is a comfortable, roomy office building; very.poor
ore house, small capacity; ruins of an old mill and calcining furnaces; and about one-quarter
mile up Trail Creek are the ruins of an old smelter, operated by former owners of this property,
from the slag dump of which I saw returns of aver foaerleeaa ileortsavod dollars obtained by lessees,
who sorted and shipped a portion of same. Avery small part only has been:,woxked over. I am
confident from statements made, me of parties {amiliar with the mill when in operation that its
waste was even heavier than the swelter. Oae man, who claimed to have access to records,
stated that their average mill saving was only thirty per cent. From my observations of dumps
and old stopes, there is a very large amount of ore obtainable, which could Ue profitably worked
in a modem concentrating mill close to property. The dumps and old stopes would total many
hundreds of thousands of tons. From the vein, the Freeland, I was shown final returns covering a
period of probably twenty }'ears, and aggregating about fhreeand ooze-half oozilliooas of dollars.
This, in consideration of what visible losses were sustained, and in the face of very ltiglt treatment
mentgsesubmitted to me showed aboutat~lz5nounces got ludo ounc scot silvere3 perw e~ tycopper,
and 4 per cent lead.
... .......... ,,,, The haul on output o[ this property, as well as Toledo, to railroad-is ninety cents per ton,
~;,. or a good tonnage could probably Ue contracted for at eighty cents; bituminous coal laid down
at mine at about five dollars per ton. On a very rough estimate, I would say fifteen thousand
dollars would be required to equip and unwater this mine.
THE "SPLIT" VEIN.
Fully considering the conditions as above set forth, I cannot convince myself that the ore
from this entire ground is exhausted. The old ore body, as worked on the Freeland, was about
sixteen hundred feet long, continuous. At a point about six hundred feet south of the Freeland
shaft a "stringer" was followed into the hanging wall, which developed whaC is called the "Split"
vein, which is covered by the bvo locations known us the ]3ush and Dickey lodes. The strike o[
Iltfs vein would be almost west, making an angle o[ about yo degrees with main Freeland vein,
and dipping to the north at a smaller angle than the main Freeland vein dips. This makes a
diagatal junction with the Freeland pitching north, which would ultitttately ne cut by the shaft,
should it be deepened. 'Phis veinpresenfs Ilse same gcologicai.fealures as the main vein, only if
doffs not show as greaC strength, and evidently the shoots :ve not so large.
THIRTY LEASES.
Lt this vein, which is being pushed ahead by lessees, is shown abouC the only ore in sight or
this group. In places fC shows from a few inches to two feet or more. A dri{t about six hun
Bred feet long ofE the Freeland level is driven on this vein, showing• ore in varia~~le quantities
There are probably from tkirly to jarly lessees ou this aid the Freeland vein, Phis vein, ac
cording to shipment returns submitted, has produced something over twenty-five thousand doh
lays, The vein has so far shown abouC four hundred feet, with shipping ore. (Worked on fw~
levels.)
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