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TAB R 1-FE_A TUR F T iST <br /> Ee�ture Number Feature Descriplion <br /> 15 Iviill remnants-machinery mounts and leveled area <br /> 16 Privy-Excavated by bottle hunters <br /> 17 Hidden around boardinghouse <br /> Loun 1-Portah <br /> This feature is the 8 ft high by 6 ft wide portal opening for the Gold Prince Mine located at <br /> the south edge of the site(Figure 5). The feature has been recently reopened and the entrance <br /> fenced in preparation of the mine for permanent closing by Sunnyside Gold Co <br /> 6). The portal is located on the slopeat the south Corporation(Figure <br /> edge of the site and is associated with a tram <br /> load-out feature. A two track gravel road extends to within 12 ft of the o <br /> in heavy use by recreational 'e traffic. Pegg, and is currently <br /> jeep Maps on file with the Sunnysidc Gold Corporation show <br /> the extent of thus underground workings from 1929, 1947, and 1951. The extent of the <br /> underground workings arc not considered in this evaluation, but information regarding them is <br /> available. This was a well worked mine that was periodically worked from the 1880s to 1950s, so <br /> there are many thousands of feet of tunnels and shafts present. <br /> This feature is the remains of the Gold Prince aerial tram load-out that was the terminal <br /> end of tram way that originated at the large Gold Prince Mill in Animas Forks. The facility is <br /> located 30 ft north of the Gold Prince Mine portal on a north facing slope at the south end of the <br /> site(Figure 5). Ore from the mine was moved by ore cart to the aerial tram and to <br /> within the site to the north. This facilitymay have on milling facilities <br /> Y originally operated to transport ore from the <br /> mine to the milling facility directly below. The structure is presently in ruins and covers an area <br /> 100 ft long and 50 ft wide(Figure 7). The original aerial tram load out structure is visible in two <br /> historic photographs of the mine from 1907, and reproduced in The Rainbow Route(Sloan and <br /> Skowronski 1975 pp 228-229). The structure was wood frame with a corrugated tin roof This <br /> structure was completely dismantled when the aerial tram was removed in the late 19oo During <br /> What appears to be the 19503 mining activities at the site the remains of this structure were heavily <br /> modified for what appears to be remodeling for use as a truck to <br /> used in this modification, and there is also newer milled lumber i�nt g ng area The IntConcreegrity <br /> block was <br /> original use of the structure has been so seriouslycompromised ��' The intgrity of the <br /> remains. <br /> promised that none of the original structure <br /> FCaturc -Bll�lding ing <br /> This feature is the remains of a building including an area of floor joists set on granite <br /> bedrock, and a cellar or privy area on the east edge of the site(Figure 5). The floor joists measure <br /> 2 X 8 inches and cover an area 20 ft long and 15 wide. An excavated area adjacent to the floor <br /> joists is 10 ft square and 3-4 ft deep and appears to represent either a cellar or <br /> privy. The exact <br /> fimction of the building that was located here is not known, but there is a small wood frame <br /> structure depicted in a 1907 photograph(Figure 4)of the area. In this photograph the structure is <br /> covering the excavated area, suggesting this area was a cellar or privy within the building. <br /> 14 <br />