358 GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT. 
UNDERGROUND WATER. 
A considerable quantity of water finds its way into the mine through the open 
portions of the C. K. & N. lode and through cross fissures, but is kept down by 
natural drainage into the El Paso mine. By working above the water level main¬ 
tained bj^ its larger neighbor the C. K. & N. mine is able to avoid pumping. 
GAS. 
An abundant flow of gas, in part carbon dioxide, issues from some of the 
fissures of the C. K. & N. lode, so that a candle held to such an opening is imme¬ 
diately extinguished. Owing to the connections with the El Paso and Old Gold 
.shafts, the mine was well ventilated and the gas was causing no particular incon¬ 
venience at the time of visit. 
PRINCE ALBERT, GOLD DOLLAR, ZOE, AND MABEL M. MINES. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The Prince Albert, Gold Dollar, Zoe, and Mabel M. mines "are all situated on 
the southeast side of Beacon Hill, near the contact between the granite and the 
phonolite. The Prince Albert mine includes the Prince Albert, Beacon, and Eureka 
claims and is owned by the Prince Albert Mining Company (Limited), incorporated 
in 1895 with a capital of 83,000,000. It represents a consolidation of the Prince 
Albert, Beacon, and Ida Etheleen companies. Both the Prince Albert and Beacon 
mines began shipping ore in 1893 and attracted much attention to Beacon Hill. 
In 1896 the Prince Albert was shipping 20 tons of $40 ore a day. Most of the 
work in the last few years has been done by lessees. 
The Gold Dollar mine lies immediately northeast of the Prince Albert and 
with the Mabel M. mine is controlled by the Woods Investment Company. The 
Zoe mine occupies a narrow strip of territory between the Gold Dollar and Mabel 
M., with a maximum stoping length along the lode of about 60 feet. The Gold 
Dollar, Zoe, and Mabel M. properties are all portions of the Arequa town site and 
were not laid out as mining claims. The Gold Dollar mine began to ship in 1897 
and the Mabel M. at about the same time. Both are now operated by lessees. 
UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT. 
All of the mines lie approximately on a line running N. 35° E., the principal 
drifts having nearly the same trend. The workings of the Prince Albert mine are 
practically all at the northeast end of the property, near the Gold Dollar line. 
They comprise several shafts and adits, some irregular levels, and extensive stopes 
and open cuts. The deepest shaft is 250 feet and most of the workings are within 
100 feet of the surface. Beneath the Prince Albert workings proper the ground 
has been explored at a depth of about 300 feet by the Gold Dollar adit. 
The Gold Dollar shaft is a little over 420 feet in depth, with six levels. Of 
these, level 4, 221 feet below the collar, is the most extensive and connects directly 
with the Gold Dollar adit from Arequa Gulch. The Zoe shaft is an incline, of 
which the bottom level is level 5 of the Gold Dollar. The Mabel M. shaft is about 
475 feet deep, with five main levels. The total length of ground exploited in the 
four mines is about 1,500 feet. 
