MINEBK00838

• County: Gilpin
• Volume: 15
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

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O R E•S & ORE BODIES .
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The aharaater o'f ore bodies 18 fissure-veins:' The atrike~
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is northeast and eouthwest•~and the dip' is to' the 'south. There '~
are no Ysults in the vein. Tha `enalosine rooke'aie` granite
and sahiat and the gangue ie talo. There'ie one ore shoot°150';
in •length. The 4ein-varies do width frotri 1` to ~b'~; with' an i
average width of'3'~. Length, 450'; height; 600'. The o$araoter'
of vein filling is izon'sulphides,`quartz'and•uraniurl'with I'i
uranium predominating. pith depth the.pernentage of uranium
deoreaeea and that oY gold inareasee. About one-hall of the vet
filling Ys of a conoentrating nature and'the balaiCoe smelting
- ore the•latter'tieing shipped to Penntiolvania and otbtbr poihte
Por treatment. 'The avorage'tionthly produotion'of'ore Y'e b0 `' I,
tone'wlth an average value~of',~40 per`ton.'Tlie average per-' ~'
- abntage ofuranium is 4o"bat part of'the'ore'runa se'high as
90~ pure uranium' and Se~ easily worth .~~2b pbr pound•:' In •afldit=
ios to values in gold and silver "the ore also barriea~small
• pbraentagos of eilver;`C'opper, lead• and zino: ~ "~
SIIRFACF. PLdRT .
Ae work is serried on through shafts on b'oth~the'Beloher.
and German Lod'ea a sepaidte pleat of maohiaery'has been'in=
- etaliod on eeah shaft. The shafts are 300' apart: " `" ~I
Gorman shaft: '., , ~ ~,'?.n'-
The eurfaoe'plant•ooneiets o3 a 70-hp Beturri=tubular,'
boiler and a 10"'x'12",'Double-o;/lindbr, Flet~~riot~on;'steam i
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hoist, mafle by Kennody'and,Yleroe of DenVer,'Colorado.'Aleo; j
e 4-drill, Rand Air oompreaeor. • ~ -~ "
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9oit ooal is uaed,•for_fue],,;tho pressure oarried 1e 60~
sad tho water used in the boilor is taken from the mine. The
boiler•hae Stot been`inopeoted. ' - i
' The hoist '~is b~iuirroa witri a'poai'tive' indi'odtor~ i'n`plain
view of the engineer Nho operato• nt tho engYrie':'Tho dngino~r"•~
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