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• County: San Juan
• Document: Manager
• Suffix: A

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•our big coucentnting plant. There is nou" decelnped, blocked nut :uul measured up bet\ceen tlver
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hundred fiin• thousand (3;0:000) and four hundred thrntsand 1-}00.000) tons of milling an(I smelt
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y ! !I ing ore in the Henrietta coin, that can be mine(1 and dcli\•ere(I at the railr0a(1 and to the concentrating
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mill. tl'hml C(II11p1CiC(l.:II 8 C(ISt Oi llei\ceen fio and j i Cenls per ton. The tnnma~- is in condition,tr:~
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handle ;oo unls ni ore per (lac, o•hich capacit}• can Le (loubled \chen neede(I. T
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~'~ i' 'I'hc ]-]enrietm Vein is unc ni large pruportinns.:IS alreadc st:ucd. The ore bodies are of grc;:;
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ail(1 IL \l'111 Unl\' CU3t a lC1\' Cl'ItLS per tOtt tr ~ L:d« • out the smcltin~~ :uul milling ore at the same
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:uul in mining it this \ca~• it \cill cost comparrticeh• little to du the timber a"nrk to hold the rock ~
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in place u'hi]_~thcitLe is being estracte(ly The smelting me in the mine comprises, on an a\•crtge.
'; t, :` . 1' '• about one-tenth ui the tutnl \ci(lth and tonnage of the ccin, ;utd in t:d:ing out the smelting ore :don(
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your oft-ice dttri"lg the past three ccar. ~'nu will notice that in re~.tr(1 u. the mining ni the ores ui the
T-Ienrictta mine 1 hn\c :d\c:l~•s adciseel the t:Il:in~ oat ni b~lth tl!c stnclting an4 milling ore at the s:une
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Luxva termiuul unA arc houxe, ehaa•in{; the uvrfui tram Itne cuudnR Inlu the terutlnul elutlun. and four cure luudr'
e•ItYi }ieuricttu ore from the lower tenufnui arc plus. -
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~ time un account ref ecunutn~• in mining, timbering and h:uullin},~, this nccrs,itating a large cunccutr:uitr
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ur re(lucti(m a'urla fur cnucentrtting the milling arc, similar to those that other lary;c mines vi the S.

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Ju:m countrc ;u'c using.
The Surprise Vein, \chich is aho cut be Xo. ~ tunnel, is one of the largest coins in the S.'
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Tuan cuuntrc. \\'here crrlsscut, it is t to feet in \cidth, ntostl~' u( :I milliny,~ ur cuncentratinl,~ ore.

J drifting in the ore \cc lind it continues of similar character. 1 recununetxled the driein{; of Ko.
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continue w I:u'ge as \chrre opened it e•uttld assure luuulrerls of tuns a d:q• [or utatn• ~•e:trs 1 su
k (Y:' -' 1 bclie\•c that :u the interscrtiun ur crossing o[ the 1'Ienrictta :md Surprise \•cins an enormous ore chtr
y, ii~;?+,.- . ~ ui gr~.u \•alue \\ill be cncuunterecL :uul \o, to le\•el \cill intersect the t\ro \•eins at or ualr this jun~'
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' f ' lion ur crossing. It \cill t:tl:e but :t fc\c thuus:ut(I dollars to esplure this front \u. to. :\(
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Ie\•el is getting ne;trer the dtrylth at \cbich the rich ore chutes of the Yanl:ce Girl, Gaston an(I Gencssr
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:uulerbilt \cere round, from a'bich su mam• millions pace been taken. These mines arc on the sat:r-
T mountain :mcl \\ere \\url:ed be shafts \rltcn a heaep (lore of tninrrdired \cater \cas struck, causing file
mines to be abandon(rd f(II" Sl'\'lral ccscrs. The}- hate bt~en purchased b\• The Rtxl \lount:tin Railro;;•;, \
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