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<br />Blue Bell Tun.••2.
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<br />,.:,,The„title. is rested in the S1ue;Hell,Mining~Co~ppany. Sot E I~~I,'I
<br />inoorporated.; Manager,: S, D . Coffia~,, r ,:- -.-- :, i RI ' ~L
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<br />;, The property,ie.workedrunder;lease by, the Argo~.7,gaeing,, ~i ~~ 'i~
<br />Compeay. Sot inoorporated ;;Manager:;H. B..Sa11,;Fort Smith,,.,., ~ 'j'
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<br />Arkansas. Superintendent: John Hawk, Empire, Colorado. h.'
<br />. ,. H I3~TORY•. ~ ~'f~;
<br />The date of original;looatione and openings is;,aot,knotivn. ~~ i~I~?
<br />All. work done npon,ahie~group w@e•irregular,uatil:preeent oper- ~ ~~~I
<br />atione were etarted,;by;the leeeeee,in the epmmpr oY,;1912._Sinoe I~ }
<br />the reopening.thewpTk~has,,bpen,op~ttinupue.:, ~I' ~~
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<br />, . ', ., ~ ~ T~OPOORAPHY`. u, ,~i,l.
<br />..The 8lne Hell Tunnel.ie,sitnate at the head of the.,north (,~.;
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<br />cork of South Clear Oreek, has an altitude oY 9,600'. and ie ~~I~i,
<br />near the ,foot of n rough,,steep,mountain..The,~orppk,,flowe within ~i~li
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<br />200' of the portal of the tunnel and there.ie a:,plentiful sup- !'
<br />ply. of timbe;,ia;the vioinity. A;good Ragon;road;ia,.built from ,
<br />the mine to ,Empire, 0olorado, a.distanoe,of~fourteea milpe.;, lli,
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<br />A ~good.ggologioal ;euxwey ,h@sbeen made of the ,dietriot,... ~~ ~ ~~ ~~
<br />The oharaoter,of country„ropk ie granite aad.thp ¢pplogioal,,, ~~II;{
<br />period .ie Arohean.,. ~ :.. : ;,~ ~. ! ; .; r.- 114' f
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<br />O,R,E B 80 • O R:E; BODIES
<br />.The ,oharaoter of .ora, bodie@ ae., fissure, veiu9., .The,; number
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<br />of.vpina le.,npt, kaonu but, the strike of all ie paet,,,end,weet ~
<br />and dipping to the nort{y.. ~0ae,,large .rpia has .been iatereeoted . ll~ ~
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<br />by thp,,tunael cad a1}Le •e,ia;hae bepn,opened,for,a,,disteaoe tc ~~~I
<br />60q,!,., The,;height,,3e,.300'~. Tjse .veia,varipe.an width,Yrom 1 ,__
<br />~,7,1,;,with. an~ave;,aggAidth,of.6'.,;The, eaplooing.rooke are .granite '
<br />sad eohiet and the_ geagne -ie talo. ,. ,. i ., , ~7ii.~
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