MINEBK00263

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

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Stato of Colorado.
SAVAGE 73A£ili~.
the inllamis~g sport 13 based upan_infoiueltioa gained during visits at..
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various tLaes during the pant eighteen years~in connection eith a rscoati racon-
nafssance. She same .is filed with a view o~ giviag.a more com~raheasive idea. of
the ez3stix~ aoaui4#imsa as a whole then coy be obtained fron the reports of Ia~-
s;:ectors town individual propartlea already on file,
i8hat ia,knowa as Savage P.asin etnbracea the headwaters of Savage ibrk of
haz,ahall creek, - ta21 Creek stxi tributaries drain Savagai Liiddle and F;tarshall
basins asxi fozma one of the via branchaa of the headwaters of San t31gue1 Aiver.
;av..ga basin is.situated isa tk;e eastern part of Son ltigttel County one of the
;an Suva Counties za3 a prominaut precious metal; producer.
;ravage basin is doubtlasa ono of a mater of the glacial efrques of the
Sar.Stsaa ~a~mtaina. Zts pressat form is aomowhat elliptical but 1t may be corn
Y..~ ._ .. Yana __.~s. -t,.~_t_ra_ a__b_a_u_ t _ona miles in dit~tmater ~14h one olds or end
eroded ar carrlad asrr,~. the oentral portions bottoms or the part level enough to
'be likened La as tsraua Sa oomparativaly small. Altitude about 11~GC)q feat above
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ilea. Lower portion sparsely covered with apruee tlIDbar. I~3'am this a aeries of
beachoa arise! is bfgh step Saahioa~ ono above the other and sad with the rugged
b2uin rise cozyrased of mountmlas that roach, en altitude of nearly lbyOQQ feet. above
sea.
Savage baaiss is of saonarnia !nq>ortanaa by cannon of ~raainF; several
s,eta114feraus mines ttittt have Sor soma time prawn souraea of ravasata to tha Sar-
twaate om~nsrs. Sire woo diocovered as~d r:,inlaes locations ware tasade in ttra basin
soon otter attention had bean ssLtsaated to tha fabulaualy rich ore discoverad in
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