MINEBK01172

• County: Lake
• Volume: 12
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

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(Owner or Company:-The Ibex wining Company.
'Inoorporatod under the lawn oP the State oY Colorado.
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'.Capital Stock:-$IO0.000.Shares,par value:-$ L o0.each.
Principal office located at Leadville.Colorado.
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!A.V.Hunter, President & Treasurer. Leadville Colo.
1iJohn F.Campion.General ldanager " " '
Chas.Cavender. Secretary. " "
'Date of oxiglnal location:-I87g. ~
Date of original openings:-I87g. ~~
Altitude:-II.500.feot.
Zlator supply:-South Evans Gulch. ~
'Ho timber:-Good roads.
'There is a good geological siucvoy of the district. j
Tho country rook consists oP traclTlto,alid quartz porphyry tchiah
is traversed in various directions bY:iences of mineral matter,
the strike being north oaat,by south weat,r~ith a general dip to
,the west.
Character of vein filling la quartz,and porphyry,the enclosing
walla is trachYto.
Practically all ores mined goal to the amaitera,the very low
grade ores goes to the low grade dump for future treatment.
Th3 veins vrodun~ cold,silver,Copper,Zino,Iron,and Manganono.
The aanaya,a~id analyses are of too varied a character to form an
eatimnto.
Tho power plant consists of six horizontal tubular boilers of ZO
horse powor,oarrYinB a atoa:n pressure of q0 pounds to the square
inah,tho water used being taY.on from South Evans Gulch.
Doiloro was i~tapootod in Ootobor 1909.Thoro are few.' steam eng-
ince on the proporty,throo being in uno,and are "W ebator,Camp,
and Lena holsters,"a loo tno air oo:aprosaors,and one electric
light plant,dL oct current, 40 H.P.
All hoisting er-;inea ere equipped with poeitiva indieatora in
plain view of englneors.Engineora operate engines at anglno.
^. he age of engineers are ao follows:-I 3G Yeara,Z-32 yeara.I-28.
/aura,I-~i2 ycara,the minims ezporienoo o.• engineare ie IO Years
Hone are addicted to the woo of 2ntozlcnting liquorn,
the ehafthouaen consist of Erato buildings nround gallons Ere: ®,