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<br />This group is, awned by the Empire Zina Company, a car- ` I ~~~ i'.
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<br />poratian under the laws oP New Jersey, far capitalization ~ ~
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<br />_..__ The principal Calorddo efface is in Roam 703 Symes Bldg. ~
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<br />----- Denver, Calarada. and the officers of the company are as '; r~ j
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<br />--- Provident= W. C. Wetherell, Denver, Colorado. I~ 7
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<br />Secretary: A. P. Cobb, New' York City. ~ ~
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<br />Treasurer: J. H. Kaufman, Denver, Colorado. ~ ~ ~ :~~ ~. ~~'~
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<br />--"" Engineor ir. charge: R. B. Paul, Denver, Calornda. .
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<br />__ __ HISTORICAL ; ~, ~
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<br />_ 1~any aP xheee claims wore laaated about 1881 when the dis- I i ~lI ~; 1 ~s
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<br />tract qav first discaversd. and produced silver, lond and zinc ~~
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<br />ore in greater or lees quahtitiee intormittinely since that ~
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<br />time until 1D14 when the Empiro Zinc Company bought and eon- ~
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<br />eolidatod them into a large group. Tho Empire Zina Company i
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<br />is at the present time daing'a little proppocting through the ~
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<br />vtilkeebarra Shaft, which is.tho oxteht oP their oporationv in ~~~;
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<br />TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY. ; '.
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<br />_ Tho property lion on a vary steep hillside, whioh is nearly ;~ ~
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<br />broaYs off into nearly per pondiaulur c11PPo whiah form the ' I! 1
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<br />Canon of the 13aglo River. Elevation oP workings 8700 Peet. i!' t
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<br />)iaydon's Goological Survoy aovere this distrd~ot and this 4:
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<br />property ooverv the whole soriev, includin{c Ylaber 6rits,•Oap i~lj' ,~ II,I,
<br />Porphyry, Dolomite and Dlue Lime of the barboniPorous, 1 J
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<br />" Cambrian Qunrtzite, Sahiuts and 6ranit;e. I ~
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<br />" ~1'he oro ocaure as large eaplacemont hodioe in tho limoatono, i
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<br />in fissures and contaaty, in tho oumbrian quartzite and in
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<br />fissured in the ehiut and ~anito. In the WS].kevbarre Shaft,
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<br />.the only workings now in.oparationr the ors oaouru in the ;i ! j!!~
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<br />limsetone at or near the contaot oP tho oap porphyry and dips '.?I I'll
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<br />into the hill to the east, at an angle oP about 12 depreee "~
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<br />'.from the horizontal. Tho oro oonta7.ns sulphides, zino, lees ~ ~ iq
<br />sand iron, togother with tho osrbonnte of iron (siderite). ~ ~ I;
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