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raises, the 5th level connection with the Hunter shaft, construction of a mill and the re-timbering of the <br />Hunter escape shaft. <br />Historically, the Comstock and the Hopemore and Hunter shaft properties were worked as separate <br />mining entities within the Ibex mien complex. The ores from the Hopemore and Hunter Shaft were not <br />concentrated by milling but were shipped off site for processing. <br />The Hopemore shaft was worked as part of the Ibex mines commencing in I <br />was sunk in 1907 to reach the 7th level of the Ibex No.4 mine. Ore bodies in <br />limestone) lie on the hanging wall side (southwest) of the Ibex No. 4 vein/T <br />large magnetite skarn replacement body in the Leadville dolomite. Thl �T -ac <br />(east) side of the Ibex No. 4 vein was mined via the Hunter Shaft. <br />Reference <br />Topper, R, Karen Spray, William Bellis, Judith Hamilt6ffi--'-Peter °8kkman' <br />Colorado, Special Publication 53, Colorado Geological S*u' Y- anii-'i6x Di <br />Department of Natural Resources, Denver, Colorado, 210 <br />Lockland, LLC <br />Hopemore Shaft <br />Leadville, Colorado <br />is ass6'&ihted With a <br />nlnmite Dirt c e <br />' footwall <br />Groundwater Atlas of <br />of Minerals and Geology <br />January, 2013 <br />