MINEBK00351

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

St. Johns, Na. 2.
TITLE.
i~ Cmm~anv (Mlnwua ..l r.i..;i ~. ~ _
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ated under the_lawa_af Oalorsdq,_ With_a capitalizati
of __$376, 000,0.0, par :value _~1_2S per_ehar_e_.,__ __
_The_principal office la.at_912_.Equitable Bldg., Den
;olo. and the branch affioy is at araad ,Street H use_
Condon, E.C. ___
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The officers of the oompany are as Pollowe: j
resident ,_A. W Williamepn, London Office r
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ecretary, M. F. Bremer, _ London_Offioe.
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anager E. H Platt,____ _ DenIIer Office
aperintendent, E _C. Sutter, Montezuma, Cola.
_.. _ _ RISTORY.__ _ I
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Thie_.mine wse_firet__diecoverad and_'apened.:about 1887_L _..
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oonaentrating mill was built far the treatment oP
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the ore but it.did_.not.he.rdle_the__ore_with..any great,
eucoees, ..probably. owing._ta_ahe_.aliming_tendency_of_.th _._._._ _
grey.aopper oontente and she preeerice_of_._a_large.___._
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amount of_heavY_~par.. ~ •
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__. __. ". TOPOGRAPHY: "'
This property ie situated upon every steep mountains
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eide_at an elevation_of.about:31,300..feet.._. It..is _
canneoted_hy a goad wagon road with the town of ~
Mgntezuma and with the C. & S. railroad et Keystone _! _
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Statlon, at which point the ore lA loaded for ehipmen~.,._
GEOLOGY AND ORE OCOURRENOE ~
This dietriat is oovere$ by Hayden'e Geological
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Survey.. The fbrmatlon here.preeent ie_ grnnlte and ._ __
gneiss. The voina are'fissuroe the gangue is heavy
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pnr_ and tho minerels ooouring. a,re_zinc sulphide, ......_~......._
lead sulphide and gray copper, with.nativa_and ruby_
silver appearing nt_odd timoa. ~
The two principal veins nre'known as No. B:_nnd.No'7.
No..6 strikes N.W. by S.E., whilo 'No. 7 atrikae.N.E.- .
by S.V1. and..both voine dip.to_the westerly_.point at_
steep anglos and usually carry a streak o!_oro from _
4 to 18 inohoa wide,.
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