MINEBK00660

• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 14
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: C

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O R E S & O R E H O D I P: B- Conlin.
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.od na to the bent prooaae Por oheaply treating the low grade
oro whioh thin group aan aupPly 1n unuouully largo quantity.
Tho eharnotar oP oro Ao iron aulPhldoo, quartz and por-
phyry and the motalo are gold, silver, load and ooppar, the
prlnoipal motnl being gold. L1any aeenya and unulyoae hove 'Aeon
.made but oould not ba Sottrlcl at tho limo oP this lnspaotlon.
A11 oP the ore 1s aP a oonoentrnting nnture and hna nn avdrage
value oP .~~6 por ton.
In 1800 nnfl 1881 the eurPnoa woo eluiaed DPP and yielded
about90,000 in gold. Th1e waa takon from u blook oP ground
400' x b00' and an nvorago depth oP G'. Daneath tho eurPnoe,
workings was found the lnrgo body oP quartz d©eorlbed above.
At :th1a time n tan-otamp, amalgamating m111 vas araotad and
oonsidorablo ore was treated Dut on uooount oP the low grade
1n valuoe thin prooaee woe not Pound ProPltable. A sheet 7,00'
1n fllamoter.anfl 40' 1n depth won gunk at 1;h1® time and a tun-
na1 400' 1n longth was driven. Ao the Poot oP 1:he moiu~tnln 1s
Plat the tunnel d1d not tap the vain more than 126' Prom the
aurPaoa and nothing was gnlned. A Piety-ton oonaantrating m111 ~,
waa Drooled about ton years ago but all work alone that lima
has boon 1lmitad and nothing flePinlta 1e as yet known ns to
w}iethor this prooosa wi11 bo Dell®Pnotory.
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Mon employedt
6 P4lnora, ,hj3.00 Por ~ hour shift.
2 Trammera, 3.00 " " " "
4 M111men, 4.00 " " " "
Avsru~e numbor oP men omployofl for the your, 7.1.
Sanitary sonditlonH, tlmbozing, yontlln'S1on, eto. axe
good and suPPlolsnt. ~
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