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<br />T I T L E <br />' Vested 1ri The Preston Gold Lining & Milling Company, organs-- <br />~, zed"under tixe laws of the state of Colorado, with a•capital <br />stock of 3.00:,000 shares of the par value of X1.00 each. <br />Prlncip3l office located at Springfield; I11. <br />8 ranch office at silver Cliff, Colo. <br />~ Thomas Cordell , President, address <br />W.J. Preston,lesaee and general manager, silver C11ff,Colo. <br />HISTORY . <br />Date of original location 1902 ; original opening 1906. <br />T O P O G A A P H Y. <br />Surface rolling with an altitude of 8,m00 feet. no water; <br />no timber; wagon road to Westcliffe. <br />i G E O L O G Y. <br />i <br />~ There is a good geological survey of the district; country <br />I rock rhyolite and porphyry; geological period tertiary. <br />ORF~ BODIES: Fissurea•with 2 veins, strike N. & 8.; dip <br />70° to east; vein width 3.~ length 300 ft, heigrit 237 ft. <br />vein filling porpY~yry and quartz.; 2 ore•arioota,wa2ls or <br />enclosii}g rock porphyry and trachyte;'orea smelting and milling. <br />Metals and minerals silver and gold gangue quartz. <br />8UAFACE PLANT: <br />Ona 80 H.P. Bo11er,Hendrie & Boltnoff make. mine <br />water used 1n boiler,preseure carried 80 lb s; boiler inspected <br />I <br />j iri 1907 and in good condixion; fuel used coal. <br />HOISTING PLANT: one 6 X 8 gear hoist Hendri~~& Boltnoff make <br />hoist is not equipped with positive indicator in plain viaw <br />of engineer ,but will be at once;age of engineer 62 years <br />with 20 years experience and is.not addicted to the use of <br />intoxicating liquors: shaft riouse, 16 X 30 frame; head `frame <br />8 X 8, 22 ft. ,high; sheave wheel 30~ cast iron; collar of <br />shaft is of sufficient Haight to prevent persons from tripping; <br />and.falling Sn shaft and is provided with good and suff icient <br />~~;~. <br />~ iJ'~''? <br />I. <br />." l <br />I;. <br />3i~ <br />~~~;h3~• ~`> <br />,;, <br />~ ' I ',' <br />:, , .. <br />'. ~ t <br />I~,': <br />