MINEBK00595

• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 16
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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,TOPOGRAPHY - Coatin.
and the tracks are laid to within three miles •f the mine but
all •r• is hauled direct to fdaho Springs in •rder to sa4e
the cost •f handling ore twice.
GEOLOGY .

A good geological survey has been made et the. district.
Tho character et oonat~ry rook is granite sad schist and. the
geelegigal period is Arohega.
O R E S & O R E B O D I E S.
The ere bodies are true-tigsurss. There ~r• eiz kaown~ .
veins in this group ell similar in character., Th• strike i•
nertheaet sad southwest and the dip is to the north. There
are tear ere ahoote; •ne 300' oa the Oldbnz`y, vein and three
on the Great l/eetern vein ae tollowt, viz: 40'; 90't 120'. .
The enclosing rooks ere granite and sohiet and the geagne is•
sohiet and ae-inults in, the veins. The vsia varies in .width=
from 1' to 8' with as average width of 4'. Length 1,600';
height 700'.
The character of vein filling ie iron eu].phidss and
quartz and the metals are geld, silver, copper, lead and zinc.
Only about 8~O of the vein filling is smelting ors end the bal-
eao• •f vein is of a oonoentrating nature which i^ treated at
the Oempaay's mill near the portal of th• tunnel, The s~srage
meathly preduo~ion of ore ie 1.000 tons and the average value
of •re per ten.ia X24.
9 II R F A C E P L A H T,
The surface plant coasi~ts et n 3-drill. Leya~r Air
oemprereer; lb h.p. E].eotrio hoist; E - b0 h.p. Electric me-
ters;,t• rna affil nad oempreseer; 30 h.p. Eleotsio meter to inn
crusher; b h.p. $leotrio.moter to
rna pump.
-The ~-elat is e~aipped with n positive indicator in plainll
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