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<br />~TITLEANDINCORPOAATION..
<br />The .title of this proporty Se held by the0olornflo Superior
<br />Mining Co. inoorpornted tinder the inwe of the State of Colorado with
<br />- 1,000,000 aharae Of Oapbtal Stook par veins ~1;OO.osoh.
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<br />Jacob 0~anpira, President, Ookato, )dine, '
<br />J: E. Porthem, Viee- President, Ely, Mina,
<br />J, 3. Joaborg, 9eo'y. Trooe., .Manook, Mich.
<br />Ieeao Nevala,. Manager; Tollnride, Colo.
<br />. . _ '[I3TORY.
<br />The date of the original location !e not given.
<br />Tho property win operated perlodioally aid •,vith varied -
<br />euoooee-for soveral yoara by the Black Hear MSaing C~yany.
<br />In 1914, The Oolorado Superior Mining Qo. woo organlaod affi oporatioas
<br />began la Novembor, 1914. Sinao thon,lt has boon operated On a larger
<br />earls"than formerly,and Se erne a etoady produoor bidding Yair to become
<br />ono Of the blg~eat minor in tho Tolluride dietriat, "
<br />TOPOGR~PRY CEOLQ;Y ORE OCCURAHCE. ,
<br />The dlatrlat woo aovorod by tho United 9tatoe Geologlonl
<br />3urv~, abd.io well doeorlbod In the following profoesional papore,
<br />Oroee a PFlYingtan, 1,
<br />Olnrko T. ti. 0.
<br />Lokee, 143. -
<br />DEVELOPMM2iT.
<br />The main opening So a oroeeoat tunnel 1000 foot in length.
<br />At a point b00 foot from tho ontranoo, n shaft was sunk on tho vain to
<br />the depth of 460 feab. Throe iovele wore driven on the vela from the
<br />shaft oonaietiag of 1000 foot on lto. 2 loyal, 2300 foot on No. 3 level
<br />on$ H00 foeb on 2to. 4 loyal. Tho Sovole era: 160 font aparb, oonneoted
<br />ao follows: eotroeoa h and 3 only the shaft, betrooea 3 and 2 ono upraleo,
<br />betnoen E and 1 .two upraioea. A ruiso was drivoa from No. 1 the tnnnol
<br />level to the aurfaae making two outlets from the mina. p11 work Se
<br />oarriod on nt the"praoant,tlmo•on Noa. 3 and 4 Sovois.
<br />MSHfIOD OF MIASNG',b TIMHRRING.
<br />Oompreaeed air mno2iino drillo are used o:oluaivoly and the ore
<br />io mined by ovorltand etoping. Tho atopeo oro serried up without timbaro
<br />by allowing nboub E~3 of the ore to romnla in the'etopea nnt11 the ore
<br />is remove4 when ib, mqy n11 be drawn ofP. Owing to the vein hoeing a
<br />dip of 66 degrooa and o bad hanging wail, it mqy bo Qiffioulb to eontinuo
<br />mlaing by the above motti0d; Rogut atlon ohutoo oro built of intorvale Ot
<br />30 toot along the Iovoie built in botroeoa ttivo atolls. Tho oro la drawn off
<br />blu'augh thoao ohutoo Snbo care, trevmnod to bins at the ahnftt hoiotod in a
<br />bucket to the tunnel 1ovo3i dumped Into n bin, rotondod into oaro and
<br />trwmnd by htmdn pownr to the bins Sn the aorlnl tramrvoy terminal.
<br />Tho uyatom of timboring omployod ie equnro note im4 utul3a,
<br />ohiofly the Iattar. Round tlaboro turo wood and oro frwnod by hnffi,at the
<br />mina. When I violtod the property, the timber in the mina wan Sn n fair
<br />oondibioa. Vontiiatlon wan fairiy goad and the oyatom ompioyod wan
<br />natural affi olootrio farm. 8unitation woo goad.
<br />Tho 13ghb1ng oystom employed Sa olootrloity on the math level
<br />and oarbldo oleawhore in the mina.
<br />Tho avorugo tonnage par month 10 3600 with an average aeogq of
<br />$26.00 par boa= is traaaportod over an aoriat tramayv to the 8mugglor-
<br />Uniaa Miil about two mlloe dlatonb whore ib So troutod at a aoob of x1.26
<br />par. ton, Leod oonoontrotoe nro shipped to the Amorioan 9mo1b1ng & Refin-
<br />ing Oompar~y, Durango, Oo1o. Zino oonaontrntoa nro ahippod to the United
<br />Htatas Zino Oo.,Bionde, Oolo.
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