MINEBK00624

• County: Boulder
• Document: Manager
• Suffix: A

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aarry A. Lee, Commissioner,
Bureau oY Minos,
C I T Y
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DENVER. CAW.. 3/~/g9

I wish tq thcanl; yoi for referring the enclosed inquiry to our-
res, timed rro vtish that s-e night be able to relievo ;~rni of t'ri.s
ity of ansvroring in dotail. Our eastern friends are not at call
ra of t:~o b-.irctens tlio;r Intt unoii our publio otPicials by soruiing
tT_oso inquirios. But :aen liko yourself oust neoessarily softer
evils o1 pxoninonao.
We hsrdly think iT, neoessaxy 'to ~o raic7~ into .letail roglydisk;
ente~riso, 1z you ; oursoli are in ~ gonoral tv~}y ttQti.lirx with
r vrork. Whtit is anllod the Big Fivo Lninos is a gold rziniag onter-
iso of rbout *ottr ,~o*t.^s C^ovrth. We began in Woficl district as the
rocs o_* t7a Devi Drop zzino i.•z t!io sgring oS '95, and finding tlutt to
a lAxgo nnd. vnlunblo prorerty -nr1 tooling aoniidonoo in the gon-
outlooY. o_* t`•w riatriot, :ye steadily loquirod othor proportloa
hand lvovo oxtondod otu* norls until now thorn is inoluod in our entor-
in both old rsc: nosy torritorf, v~Z3t is kaoam to bo tha coat
portion of tho diatriot. Anong tho olc: ninon Mhioh Me ara
nor o~+ering nay bo raontioned t7.o NL Wot, Columbia, and California,
~vlhoae rooorda aro wo1117zov+t: and mithnntiontod by all persona tnnilior
,Math gold niniag in tho Stato. Our plcet o* otiorationa nay bo brief-
ly acid to bo an ortonaivR turu.ol syators, by ~ltirh tho :~lnea rcorction-
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od are to be opened oxtensivol; to oo7.aiderabio do.+tl~. A1ro~,.1; Mo