424 GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT. 
the shaft, and from the lowest levels pitches into that property; on the 514-foot 
level at the boundary line it is up to 15 or even 20 feet wide. The same shoot 
has been opened in the Golden Cycle on level 9, 400 feet below the 605-foot Christ¬ 
mas level. 
LILLIE MINE. 
The Lillie claim adjoins the Vindicator property on the southeast and occupies 
an area of 7 acres. It was operated by the Lillie Gold Mining Company (Limited), 
of London, but is now the property of the Vindicator Company. The total pro¬ 
duction approaches $1,300,000, and the dividends paid amount to about $400,000. 
The development consists, besides several small shafts, of a principal shaft 1,526 
feet deep, with twelve levels turned, as shown in fig. 54. The elevation of the 
collar is 10,222 feet; level 12 connects with the deepest (1,200-foot) Vindicator 
level 16 at an elevation of 9,009 feet; the shaft was sunk 300 feet deeper. The 
workings, while occupying only a small horizontal space, are extensive, and the 
old stopes on practically every level above 12 connect with the Vindicator drifts, 
the line being but 175 feet distant from the shaft. To the southeast the drifts 
extend only 200 feet; but on level 8 an exploratory drift reaches 600 feet from 
the shaft in this direction. The mine has not been operated for several years. 
The water is held at the same level as in the Vindicator. There was little oppor¬ 
tunity for examination of geological features, which, however, are similar to those 
in the Vindicator. The prevailing rock is latite-phonolite, while breccia is apt to 
appear on the northeast side of No. 1 vein. 
The Lillie has two main veins, named No. 1 and No. 2. No. 1 is the principal 
one and really forms the south end of the persistent lode which traverses the 
Findley, Hull City, Vindicator No. 2, and Vindicator shafts, holding a direction of 
N. 60° W., and at intervals sending out branch veins which diverge toward the 
north. The Lillie No. 1 is very nearly vertical, as shown in fig. 54. No. 2 vein 
branches from it 50 feet south of the shaft and lies on the southwest side; at the 
Vindicator line it is about 100 feet from No. 1. 
The main vein had one very large ore shoot, which at the surface was 200 feet 
long and at a depth of 550 feet pitched into Vindicator ground, and here continued 
to a depth of 900 feet, at the same time lengthening its horizontal dimension. 
Some of the Lillie stopes were up to 20 feet wide. On the branch (No. 2) vein 
very rich ore occurred at the intersection with No. 1. Beginning 200 feet below 
the surface, the shoot on No. 2 continued with a length of 200 to 300 feet to a 
depth of 800 feet and then entered the Vindicator property, in which, however, it 
did not persist very far. The developments below the 800-foot level are said to 
have shown very little ore in the Lillie. 
GOLDEN CYCLE AND THERESA MINES. 
PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT- 
The Golden Cycle Mining Company owns a roughly rectangular area of 25 
acres adjoining the Vindicator and the Christmas on the southeast side. It is one 
of the large mines of the district, notable for its output of medium-grade ore. The 
