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THE LITTLE GIANT, 



as stated, is a gold-bearing veiu, situated on the northeast side of 

 Arastra Gulch, with a course of about north 40° west. It is well known 

 as one of the oldest mines of the region, and has yielded profits. A 

 tunnel is driven in from the southwest, striking the lode. A short 

 distance from the mouth of this tunnel crushing- works have been erected, 

 crushing the ore to a i)owder, and as such it is then treated by amalga- 

 mation. Central and Dexter are two gold-mines east of the Little 

 Giant. 



On the opposite side of the creek, Hazleton Mountain rises to a 

 relative elevation of 3,600 feet, and it is upon the north and northeast 

 face of this mountain that a number of lodes are located. 



EXCELSIOR LODE. 



Upon this lode more work has been done than upon most others. A 

 shaft 30 feet in depth was sunk, and a quantity of ore taken out, now 

 forming a small dump at the mouth of the shaft. Its course is east 

 39^ south, and the width between walls 3^ feet. On either side the 

 walls, even at that slight depth, are well defined, and composed of tra- 

 chyte, belonging, as in Cunningham Gulch, to i^o. 4. The ore mainly 

 consists of galenite, middle to fine grained, sphalerite, pyrite, chalco- 

 pyrite, and fahlerz, almost identical with the tetrahedrite mentioned 

 above. 



THE PROSPECTER 



is another lode, near the preceding one, having a strike of east 31° 

 south, and a dip of 18^ to the southwest. Wall-rocks on either side 

 are the usual trachyte, and the ore analogous to that of Excelsior. 



THE PELICAN LODE 



has a course of east 54° south, with a dip of 15° to the southwest. 

 Two shafts of 18 feet each have been sunk upon the lode. For 1,500 

 feet the outcrop has been followed and unstripped. Among a number 

 of other lodes that might be mentioned are McGregor, east 36° south, 

 with a dip of 30° southwest; Aspiu, east 55° south, having reached a 

 depth of 40 feet, a shaft sunk on the lode ; Pathfinder, east 30° south, 

 curving a little southward in its course. 



A tunnel has been driven from Arastra Gulch southwestward into 

 the north face of Hazleton Mountain, with a view to cutting some of the 

 lodes cropping out on the surface. Work is being pushed at the above- 

 mentioned mines, although but few hands are being employed. The gen- 

 eral character of ore is similar to that of the Cunningham mines, with the 

 exception of those located lower down in the canon. Other lodes are 

 located in different portions of the gulch, but I had no opportunity to 

 visit them. 



Boulder Gulch is situated opposite Arastra, on the north side of the 

 Animas, and contains one lode, the Crystal, that shows gangue-rock 

 very similar to that of the Little Giant. In so far as this can be taken 

 as an indication regarding the possible presence of the schists at some 

 depth, it is important. Gold is the main paying metal in the Crystal. 



Several localities occur, besides those mentioned, where prospecting 

 has been done and lodes have been opened. 



On Goodwin Creek, about seven miles above its junction with Lake 

 Fork, a number of veins have been claimed, and ore was taken out. On 

 the 15th of June, 1874, the 



