16 RESURVEY OF CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT. [BULL. 254. 



the dividing range separating the deep trenches of Cripple Creek, 

 Squaw Gulch, Arequa Gulch, and Wilson Creek; the first, called Gold 

 Hill, rises directly east of Cripple Creek; the second is Raven Hill, 

 being continued to the southwest by the lower spur of Guyot and 

 Beacon hills; the third is Battle Mountain, continued by the almost 

 equally high salient of Squaw Mountain. 



The important mines are situated in this region of sharply accentu- 

 ated topography. As has been several times emphasized, the volcanic 

 area practically coincides with the hills and ridges just described and 

 is surrounded on all sides by granitic rocks. 



Globe and Ironclad hills and Gold and Raven hills consist chiefly of 

 heavy masses of breccia, and were scenes of great activity during the 

 early years of the district. Near Poverty Gulch, just northeast of 

 Cripple Creek, is the Abe Lincoln, not a large mine, but still actively 

 worked with satisfactory results. Higher up are the Gold King, with 

 dividend records of $150,000, and the C. O. D., with a reported pro- 

 duction of $600,000 and dividends of $150,000. Both were idle in 1904 

 and have attained their eighth or ninth levels. 



On the summit of Globe Hill are the Stratton properties of Ply- 

 mouth Rock and Globe mines, in which extensive low-grade mineraliza- 

 tion without many sharply defined veins seems to be the rule. 

 Adjoining is the property of the Homestake Company, including the 

 Ironclad mine, where direct cyaniding of oxidized surface ores is now 

 carried on in a mill erected on the property. 



Gold Hill is crowned by the Anchoria-Leland mine, with a produc- 

 tion of over $1,000,000 and dividends of $198,000. The shaft is 1,100 

 feet deep. The adjoining Moon- Anchor has paid dividends of $261,000, 

 and the Half Moon (Matoa G. M. Co.) has a gross production of $650,000 

 to its credit, but is reported to have paid only a small amount in divi- 

 dends. None of these mines is being worked at present, except on a 

 small scale by lessees. 



On the western slope is the Midget mine, actively worked at present, 

 with a depth of 800 feet, a total production of $662,000, and dividends 

 of $195,000. The Conundrum, in the same vicinity, is likewise worked 

 with good results to a depth of 600 feet. The Midget, like the mines 

 described above, follows a vein in breccia, while the Conundrum is min- 

 ing on a "basalt" dike in granite, close to the contact of the breccia. 



In the deep gulch between Gold Hill and Raven Hill are situated 

 the Anaconda, Doctor-Jack Pot, and Mary McKinney mines, all work- 

 ing on sheeted zones forming lodes in the breccia. The Anaconda pro- 

 duced about $1,000,000, chiefly from upper levels, and is now idle. 

 The Mary McKinney is one of the most successful mines worked at 

 present in the district. Its depth is 600 feet. The Doctor-Jack Pot 

 has $4,000,000 to its credit and likewise a handsome dividend record. 



