MINEBK00123

• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 17
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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Easv S'fhiting - 2•
^1ITT.E.
- The' title is' vested in John C: Jenlans and.-0oapan~: of '.
Central City; Colorado: IIot incorporated.- - - ---
mhe .prorert;r is worked under lease and option to piu'ahase
by S. A: Hax~mond of Central'City, Colorado. •- - - -
H I S T O R°'
The oziginal location and opening were::mAde 1n the early
'sixties. Trie mine has been v+orked at irregular periods bn.difr
_ ferent ownore and•laseees. It has boon Idle. since 1910. The pres-
ent leseoe began wort. in iGaroh,.191b.
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fCOPOCrRAP,H°
The F9ast whiting is situate on the east elopo of Gruinell
hill cad at as altitudo of 8,900'. Tha eurfaae of the mountain
is rough but.ie not as stoop ae somo of the surrounding ootmtry
There Se ao timber and the only crnter supply outeifte of that
taY,en from tho mine ie haulod to the ninon in tan]:o The nine
'ie situate within the corporate limits of Central 01ty, Colorado
and a good wagon road la built from the wino to tho main rondo
of the city, a distanoo of ono-giusrtor of a mile. Tha trc~oks of
tho Gilpin Tramway pass on each silo of the building but arc not
utilized at this timo. - ,
a~ozoax. ~.
A good goologionl survey has been made of the ftl.etriot..
Tho character of country root. le grnnito and tho goologioai por-
lod is Arohoan.
O R E 8 & O R E H O D I E 8.
Tho ore body ie a true-fissure. Thorn to ono known voln
'with a strike of northoast and southwost and dipping to the south.
~~Thoro is ono ore shoot Y.00' 1onC• Tho onolaainC Tooke qra granite
'hand tho ganguo is talc. Thevoin vurioe in width from 1' to 4'