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- L2 - <br /> <br />1 The land in the permit area is open rangeland, <br />except for the county road right-of-way. It is un- <br />likely that the mine site was used for either agri- <br />' culture or dwellings prior to 1900 because of the <br />steep slopes and poor soils. The old mining town of <br />' Sunlight was located south of the creek and the mine, <br />' but no buildings remain. <br />' 2.04.4 Historical Background <br />The Sunlight coal veins were discovered by John Murray <br />' in 1880. He sold his claims to Grand River Coal & Coke for <br />t $100.00. They lay dormant until 1885, when C.F.&I. realized <br /> the value of the c oal, and also entered claims at Sunlight. <br />t The coal s ituation at Sunlight was growing tense when <br /> finally one night Perry Coryell and the Grand River bunch <br />' routed the C <br />F <br />6I then decided to siC tight <br />let <br />crowd <br />The <br /> . <br />. <br />. , <br />. <br />y <br />' the companies get through the red tape of clearing up the claims <br /> and in 1892, Grand River sold to C.F.&I. <br />' By 1902, s ix companies operated in the Sunlight area, <br /> including Western Union Telegraph, Mountain Telegraph, Colorado <br /> Midland Railroad, Colorado Supply, Cummings Mine and C.F.6I. <br />' At the turn of the century, miners at Sunlight worked for $2.25 <br /> a day. There was a general store, schools, offices, boarding <br />1 houses, homes and the Bosco Saloon to serve 600 miners and their <br /> families, who were mostly first generation immigrants including <br />' Slavs, Italians, P oles, Germans, Dutch, Irish and French. <br />1 <br />_, <br /> <br />