MINEBK00152

• County: Chaffee
• Volume: 17
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

Hidden Treasure No. 3.
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IThe vein whioh seems to be,a very wide fissure striked
N E by S, Wand,dips to the S E at an pngle of-about
lay degrees.. ,
The ore pn top of the hill and down to- about the ,level-
f tunnel No.-2 Desists pf carbonates of aopper and zinc,
hich carry about 3 ounces of silver to each 5~ of
onuer and about 4100 in gold.
IBelaw tunnel No. 2 the ore turne_to a sulphide and
consists of eulghidea of zinc and capper which run 1 1/2
'
zre `
jounces in silver and about 15/100 in .gold. Th$e
of
indicating an increase in-gold values and a decrease of
ach
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silver values with depth..
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`The average of the.ehipments of copper ore is about
~7~ aopper whi.'le the average of zinc ore is about 22°~.
jTho copper sulphide ore is shipped to the A:V. Smelter
^s
at Leada111e while the zinc sulphide ors is shipped to
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the Pinrrray Mines Co. at Leadville where it ie treated
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by flotation.
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`At the present time the oarbonate ore 1s net being he.nd-
7ed. There 1s a, large tonnage of thla ore whioh Se
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said to average 39 aopper, vrhich nwaita treatment.
WORKINGS.
for
IThe workings on the property consist of three tunnel
levels with an intermediate level about 100 feet below the
middls or No. 2 tunnel level. The top level or tunnel
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No. 1 is oaved. Tunnol~No. 2 whiah is l~16 feet below
tunnel No. 1 is in a distanos of 1100 feet and has
Fine ore showings. The intermediate level is about
R.O.
b00 feet long. Tunnsl No. 3 whlrh is about 466 feet
,pped is
haloes No. 2 1a in a distanoe of 2600 Poet but has never
erhich ! an upraise to No.
out the vein. No. 9 is oonnsctod by
,
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2 at a point 1100 feet in No. 4. Thera is also about
4000 tent of Dross-nutting done.
don ~
EQU IP1dFNT .
st and stables,
IThe property is well aqulppo8 with houses,
var fors houses, engine houeso and blaokemith shop but all