MINEBK00134

• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 15
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

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Josephine Tun.-2. '•
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The' title da' vested in the Josephine Mining bompany'-: ~ - ' ~,~~',
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Parties 1n~ohaege oould not tell'1Y"oompany`is inooiporated of I ,
not. Prinolpal oYYiae boated at Silver Plume, Coioia3o.
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Preeideut: J: R. Hayee;° orke Hotel, Det'roit,'Miohigan. '"
Superintendent:. Simon'IIaterbrunner; 5iiver`Plume, Coloiado.` ~'~%~'
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The"property is worked by the owners. i ~;;I
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The-time oY original locations and bpenings~oould not'be !~
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learned. T}ie property'hae been worked at`irregnlar periods by ~i ;!
the owners and by lessees. Present operations were started in ,'~~i;','
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May, 1912. II, I ~I
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Tha eharaatar oY the surYSoe where this group oY mines
is loosted'~ia rough, steep' and mountainous and the altitude is ~'l~'
10,000': ~,usil creek, s'emall monntaln e$ream, Ylowe within '" '~;I~
Yifty Yeot'oY the-portal oY'the tunnel and the enr~aoe is acv- i
erect with e'large amount o~'growiag timber.' D good wagon road ~~.I
ie built 3rom the mine to Silver Plume, Oolorado, a distanoa oY ~ 'k
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six miles. ~ i
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GEOLOGY. ',C"~
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• 6 good geological survey Sae been made aY the dietrlot. +
Tha oharaotsx'o~ country rook is granite ens Lhe ~oologioal ! ii
period is Arohean.
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Tha-oharaoter'oY'ore•bod4es is true-Yiaeure voins.'There `I;
is ono known vein with the strike north and south and dipping ~
to vhe west'. Tha''enoloaing rooks are granite and porphyry and '~
the gangue''ia'~luartz and'talo: The vein varies in'width from`