MINEBK00940

• County: Boulder
• Volume: 15
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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.:--The title•.ie:aeated is;W.,B'.':Plemene~~o3r8oulder., ;Ooia;ado.
The property,le-worked.uades leabe. by H:.:H:;rSillimam.'en~;•:Cam-:
pasy:oY,Jaaieetr~wn~,:OgYorado. ;HOt.aaoorporated. f .;; ,,, . ..
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.:;,The; origiasl.aooatione,sad, openiaga were_.mede~:1a;188E~e~pd
work'eiaoe.thst time hae.begn limited-.and:,irregnlar.:The ~reeent
operators began work 1a;I[aroh,.:1908. ,Work by ahp ~leeeeea: has ;!
,been oontiauone.
TOPOGRAPHY .
•~ Thd~Argo~ group oY mines .ie:bituata:.one -milq.:aorth;oY •Jamee-
!town,,0olorado and at an altitude of 7,7A0':.The.:oharaoter oY.
enriaob le eloping, and :not very rough hnd. there le; no -timber in .:
;the vioinity. Eittle. Jim Oreek flows at a dietaaoe of 26' Yrom the
~Iportol eY the tunnel. A good wagon road Se built Prom the mine
a`soioaY'',
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,.6 good:geologigal en;vey hse been made of .the.dietriot.
jThe,:oharaoter oP oouxtry rook-le-grsulte and ,porphyry snd the'
geologigai period ie 6rahenn.. t ~ . .
ORE 8 do O R E~ ~8 0 D I E 8.
' '!-., •Tbe iohsraotgr oY. ore' bodied Se: 'true-Yieeure ~.deine. There
~,sre two veins with the etrike'.aorthwaet and:eoutheaet.snd~.dlp-
ping to the south. The enoloe111g rooks are granite and porphyry
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and tMe ga,8gue 16 talo• There 3e one ore •ehoot 126' in 7.eiigth.
~ The[.veia: varigs'~la: width Yrom ~8-~:~to 12;! ,:..with.~sn~ svers~e width
•Y<<8': Length, 460' i heights 1£6~:: ~: _ . _. ~...,,
~ -r.i: The, oharaoter roY .vela filling- Ss Qunrta~ and. fluor •spar
saa~ahet.metale,rare~ gold; ailwe`r, oopper adia lead "with 1eaQ~'thb
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priaeipal;,me~sa~..::dbout ,one-fourth oi~~bhe~ Vbin~ fiiliiti~' 1'e'~Lmelt~