MINEBK01200

• County: Park
• Volume: 17
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

• Hill Top No."3.
zinc and''iran'in''a lime gangue. The ore ie sorted into
two olaese,e (i e) lead are which rune appraximately;6/100
oz: gala, 20 oz'. silver and 20~ lead and ie shipped to the
Denver Smelters,' and zinc ore whioh averages about.38°/,
zina and is shipped to Iola, Raneae.. A monthly tannage'
aP about 200 tans is made.
WORKINGS.
The main shaft which is 4•x 8 in the clear is 540 feet
deep with a•level at a depth of 480 Peet dnd_a level at the
a
Ibattam of the shaft. On esoh level there are several
hundred feet of drifts, upraises and et apes, while an
incline shaft from a paint same dietanoe Pram the main.
shaft resahes to a depth of 600 feet.
The workings aro oannected with the Last Chanco Shaft,
at a paint 66 feet Pram the surface, the Dollar of whioh
shaft•is 200 feet lower than the aall~f the main shaft.
Goad ladders are maintained in the Last Chanoe Shaft but
there are no ladders in the main shaft.
At the present the old dumps an the prspgrty era being
handled and sorted for the high grade aarbanate of zino
they oontain. -
EQUIPMENT.
The equipment an the property oansiets of shaft house,
ore house, engine room, blaakemith shop, powder house,
basrding hauee, offioe and stable. At the mill there are
also basrding hauee and•bunk house.
The engine roam oontains an 8 x 10 - 36 H.P. engine
and Friction hoist, a 40 H.P. bailor, whioh is oarrying
80 lbs. pressure, and-the usual equipment of gages,,
indioatore, eto.
The shaft ~a equipped with Leadville Type sago with
ohaire and olutohee. The hoisting aablo is 3/4 in. etoel
oable, whioh has been in'uee Pour years but io well oovered
with cable dressing and eeome to be in goad shape.
Tho ehiove ie 30 in. iron ehieve and le situated 26 feet
abovo the Dollar of tho shaft. The boll oord ie woven wire