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to the cleanly fractured edges of the schists. The latter are slightly 
impregnated with pyrite, hut show less alteration than the rhyolite 
breccia. The differences in the country rocks have not affected the 
vein or ore in anyway recognizable by the eye. Pay ore was evidently 
sloped in both. From a scientific point of view it is much to be 
regretted Unit this mine is not now in operation and open to inspection. 
Pride of the West mine. — This was one of the earliest mines in the 
district to ship out ore. The first lot was token out by pack animals 
to Del Norte, on the Rio Grande, and there sold, in 1874. It was 
from tho upper workings, and is said to have contained handsome 
masses of wire silver. The total product of the mine has probably 
been near $100,000. In the Mini report for 1884 the mine is credited 
with a total product from the upper tunnel (level 3) of 1,500 tons, 
with an average value of $65. This would give a total of $97,500 up 
to the end of 1884. The product since that time has probably not 
been large. Work of a desultory character only Mas in progress in 
1800. The general course oi the Pride of the West lode is N. 32° W. 
■The genera] dip appears to be to the southwest at about 80°. Local 
variations, however, are common. The country rock is a greenish, 
indurated tuff, belonging to the Silverton series, and probably latitic 
in character. The upper and older workings are situated some 500 
feet above Cunningham Creek, near the croppings of the vein, which 
arc here from 20 to 25 feel wide. A crosscut tunnel of about 80 feet 
gives access to the lode, which has a threefold character. Next the 
hanging wall, where cut by the crosscut, lies about 3 feet of appar- 
ently fair milling ore. upon which no stoping has been done. This 
is succeeded on the northeast by 15 feel of quartz, carrying abundant 
pyrite and chalcopyrite. A division plane, carrying a little gouge, 
Separates these two portions of the lode. Northeast of this wide mass 
of quartz, and next the foot wall, is the main "pay streak" of the 
mine. This ore body is a stringer lead. Its thickness, where stoped, 
was apparently about 15 feet al the most, and usuall} 7 considerably 
less. There are no true walls. Stringers from the lode penetrate the 
foot wall irregularly. For a distance of several feet the latter is 
traversed by stringers generally parallel to the lode. The lode has 
been stoped from the main level, and from a level GO feet below, 
reached through a winze. 
The ore is chiefly galena, occurring in stringers and bunches, with 
more or less quartz gangue. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite are 
also present. The richer pockets, however, carried rich tetrahedrite 
(freibergite), and sometimes wire silver. 
A tunnel has been run at a point on the road about 100 feet above 
Cunningham Creek, for the purpose of cutting the Pride of the 
West lode at a greater depth and at a more convenient point for work- 
ing. Many hundred feet of crosscut and drift were run, without, 
however, finding any pay ore. Much of this rock was on the Silver 
