18 RESURVEY OF CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, [BULL. 254. 



this belt is the intrusion into the breccia of thick masses of trachytic 

 phonolite and syenitic rocks. 



With few exceptions the veins of this belt strike north-northwest. 

 We may begin the description with the system of linked veins, 3,000 

 feet long, covered by the Isabella and Victor mines. The last-named 

 mine, on the southern end of the system, is situated just below the 

 western slope of Bull Cliff. It has been worked to a depth of over 

 1,000 feet, has produced about $2,200,000, and has paid dividends 

 amounting to $1.150,000. The Isabella has attained a depth of 1,127 

 feet, produced $3,200,000, and paid dividends of $600,000. Both mines 

 lost their pay shoot in depth. 



The small but rich cross veins of the Empire State, Burns, 

 Pharmacist, and Zenobia connect this vein system with that of the 

 Stratton mines on Bull Hill. South of the Burns begins the great 

 Vindicator vein system, traced southeasterly for a mile through the 

 Findley, Hull City, Vindicator, Lillie, and Golden Cycle mines. The 

 Hull City and the Lillie have each produced over $1,000,000, the Vin- 

 dicator and Golden Cycle over $2,000,000 each, all with correspond- 

 ing dividend records. The Lillie is deepest, having attained 1,500 feet. 

 Next in depth is the Vindicator, 1,200 feet. All of them, except the 

 Lillie, are still actively worked. In the whole system water has been 

 and is still a source of trouble. The deepest mine evidently drains 

 all the others in this vicinity. 



The Stratton properties on Bull Hill, with the Logan, Orpha May, 

 and Pikes Peak veins, on which maximum depths of 1,200 and 1,500 

 feet have been attained, are now worked only to a slight extent, 

 whereas in the early days of the camp they were highly productive. 



This vein system is continued southward in the Last Dollar mine, 

 now working at a depth of 1,270 feet. The production exceeds 

 $1,000,000. South of the Last Dollar the veins enter the Modoc 

 ground, a mine worked for a long time and with gratifying success. 

 The Blue Bird, an old-time producer, is situated a short distance west 

 of the Last Dollar. 



South of the Modoc is the Battle Mountain vein system, crossing 

 from the granite into the breccia, with general northerly or north- 

 northwesterly directions, and distinguished by heavy production 

 and ore bodies of imposing size. None of the veins are of great 

 length, and the whole system extends scarcely a mile along the strike 

 of the veins. The veins can not be directly connected with others 

 already described, though, in its general trend, the system heads 

 toward the Dexter, Blue Bird, and Moose veins. 



Beginning on the southwestern side, we first come to the Gold Coin 

 mine, the veins of which are in granite; one of them is successfully 

 worked at present at a depth of 1,200 feet. The total production 

 approaches $6,000,000; the dividends paid exceed $1,000,000. North 



