MINEBK00378

• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 6
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: D

TITLE
Tho •title ie vested in the Company'in feo, ~ ~~~~~~ "~--
The company to incorporated under tkta laws of the state of Colorado with a
capital stock of one millionahares~parvalue'~1.OO~each.yful7. paid and non-
assessable.
Principal office located on 2nd floor 19cPhee building~Denvor~Colorado.
P,ranch office located at Taller }Iouse~Cet9t'rdl City~Cdl'ortidoi
Offices of Company '
S.A.JooophirProaidont and ®oneral tL~utager~Denver~Colorado.
);lmer H.Lawall~Treneurer~Scranton Perm.
James C/.Corham.rCecretary~Denver~Colorado,
Iaiarshall D.Draper.rSUp't.~Central City~Color+ldo.
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The );ast tlotneray was first discovered in 16C0 and operated later by U.S.Benator
Jerome ]3. Chaffee and Loon Smith who are credited with taY.ing out Dome fi300000
from tkte aurfaco tvor};inga.
The property ren~.ined idle for some time until 1897 when a local pool consisting
of 1'(m.P93tche1l and others started up tho Chaffee shaftoperating with a whimttaking
out soiio vory Yich ore :The loetserrf'nal'd-oUt thoir~~lea6e'mititd'bdndF$o"$he abovo
company in d.900 when operat.ionn woro diractod from the nn°tin flotdcruy ahaftfto the
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oast. A plant of machinery eras inntalled~mining and ~developmont'begtut vrhich hnn con-
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tinned to tho prooant timo,
TOPOCRpPHY.
The proporty lots an altitude of about 9000 foot.
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The surface in slightly hillypthe npox of {ite~voin running along a ridgo divid-
ing 7.alce gulch from Runnoll gulch.
All timber hnn boon removod in tiro r,nnt and na orator flown in oithor of~the
gulchon ai; thin point.
Oood vrngan roads connootn mine with Cantral City and Dlacl: IimvY.~tm th rail road
points.