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• County: Clear Creek
• Volume: 12
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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Little Mattis - 3.
ORBS & ORE BODIES - Contin.
The average width oP the vein is b', varying in width Prom E'
to 14'. The length ie 3,650 and the heigho ie 6b0'.
The oharaster oP vein Pilling is iron anlphidea,.gnarty
and porphyry and oontaina gold, silver, lead, Zino and oopper,
About b~ oP vein Pilling ie smelting ore averaging $46 per ton
in valve. The. other 96p.oP vein Pilling is free milling ore
averaging ~8 per ton in valve. The: latter ie,treatod.at the .
oompany'e stamp mill deeoribed Snrther.on.nnder "Rednotion
~orka". The oharaoter o2 eneloeing rooks is.porphyry, epar•and
mioa. The gangue ie porphyry and spar. There. are no faults in
the coin worth montioning.
3IIR.FACB pLAIIT
The enrfaoe plant oonaiate oP one. b' x lo', return tnbn-
lar boilers made by Stroehle and .Son„ Alaok gawk, Colorado; one,
6-drll, Norwalk air oomproaeor; one. doable oylinder, Sriotlon
sear, steam hoist, made by Jaokeon MPg. Co., Denver, Colo.
she boiler was last inepnoted ~laroh 27, 1910~and ie in
good oondltion. The watbr need in the boiler is takon Prom the
mine anu tho pressure oarried ie 1u0~. SoPt.ooal Se used for
fne~,
The hoist is equipped with a poaitive.indioator in plain
view oP the engineor who operates at the onglne. The engineer
is EH years of age with lU years of experience and ie sot addic-
ted to the nao of intozioating liquors'.
. The shaft home ie a iramo building with iron root, 40' s
80'. This building is orer the main working ehn2t an(i is about
40' dit,tunL from the portal 02 the tunnel. A snail frame bnlld-
iag, 14~ z 14}', need for a storage house, is 1ti0' south of the
ahai't home. Sonthnest of the storeroom, lb0' Blatant, is a
Sreae building originally need for a boarding home but now
abandoned. The brunch office-building, E0~ z 30', situate oae-
half mile east of the mine ie built of wood and shingle-covered.