MINEBK00979

• County: San Miguel
• Volume: 14
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: B

T I T L E. - _ 5~1
The title is vested Sa the Lewis 1[ine Company, incol or-
pted wader the laws of the State of Massaohu8etta. C ~pi
tai stock 150,000 affirea par value #100.00 each.
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Principal office located at Boston, 3tass. ~~
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Branoh office at Teiluraide, Colorado.
T. L. Livermore President and Treasurer 14 Ashburton
~leoe, Boston. ltnea.
Barris Livermore Seca. 53 State Street, Boston, 2[ass.
T. L. Livermore Jr. Manager, Telluride, Colorado.
B I S T D R Y.
Data of original location Aug. 29, 1881
Date of original opening 1891
Date of abandoning 1892
Date of reopening 190Q.
T O P O G R A P H Y.
This group is located on a flat covered with grass very
mar the top of the mountain with an altitude of 12500
Peet. The water supply is good. The head waters of t ha
San Miguel flow within 20 feet of the shaft. The surface
of the mountain is maooth and covered with grass in Summer.
There is a road known sa the State Road to Silvertonand
a trail to Telluride a distance of 10 miles to both
towII9.
G E O L 0 6 Y.
A good geological suraq hea been made of this district.
The diaracter Of country rock is,AndeBite Breccia with
a Porphyry cap.
ORES AN D ORE B OBI ES.
The character of ore bodies are f~saure veins. There are_
two veins that have .been worked upon. The Lewis has been
worked very extensively, the strike of these veins sre,
on the Ltwie H.K& 5.;. the Snowstorm Eeat and west and the
dip is east snd west 75°. The vein varies in width from
one to five feet, length opened uD 1100 feet, height 375 ft.
The charaot.er of enclosing rock is breecin. There are no
faults In the veins. The ore shuts in the Lewis is eon-
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tinuoua eo far ae 1Qiown. The character of vein-rilling
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