602 MINING INDUSTEY. 



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68, 600 



a. Shipped to Newark. 



b. Worked by Huepeden & Company. 



c. Worked by J. O. Stewart. 



Aegentine. — The Argentine district is near the head-waters of the left- 

 hand fork of the stream, and about five miles from Georgetown. This was 

 the scene of exploring work several years ago, and a number of lodes were 

 opened, from which rich ores have been taken, although no very extensive 

 developments have yet been made. The International, Harris, and Belmont 

 are perhaps most developed, and are being opened at present. The character- 

 istic features of these veins are, in many respects, similar to those already 

 described. They are said to carry very rich ore, but the pay-seam is gener- 

 ally small. The mines are at a high altitude. Metallurgical works, consist- 

 ing of a Dodge crusher, Ball pulverizer, one Briickner cylinder, for chloridiz- 

 ing-roasting, with two Hepburn pans and two barrels, for amalgamation, were 

 in process of construction during the past summer. 



The hills that border the valley of the main branch of South Clear Creek, 

 below Georgetown, possess a number of veins that have received more or less 

 development, and some of them are being worked with encouraging results. 

 A description of them, however, would involve the repetition of much that has 



^ According to statements made by Mr. Carpenter, part owner and manager of the 

 mine. 



