ransome.] LODES OF GALENA MOUNTAIN AND VICINITY. 173 
ore were shipped, and in 1800 about 150 tons. Ore under $20 in value 
is thrown on the dump. The crude ore is taken down on pack ani- 
mals to Middleton and shipped to Durango by rail. It costs $0 per 
ton to transport il to the smelter. The total product of the mine has 
been about 160,000. 
Gold Nugget claim.— In Maggie Gulch are numerous lodes and 
veins, nearly all of which have been superficially prospected. The 
Gold Nugget is one of the oldest of these prospects and has produced 
about -1510,000, chiefly from a single rich pocket near the surface. The 
value is in gold and silver, and the ore is the so-called "brittle sil- 
ver," probably in this case argent ite. The strike of this vein is K 10° 
E. and its dip about 60° to the east. It is a strong, solid, white vein, 
containing some caleite and barite with the quartz. The country 
rock is andesite. 
Little Maud claim. — This is on a strong vein about 12 feet wide, 
striking N. 20° E. and dipping southeast about 77°. The vein is 
frozen to the walls. The country rock is andesite. The ore is similar 
in character to that of the Ridgway, consisting of the so-called 
"brittle silver" with pyrite in a quartz gangue. It has thus far been 
found near the hanging wall, but the pay streak appeared to be 
changing to the foot wall. About 40 sacks of high-grade ore had 
been taken out in 1800, but none shipped. 
As a whole the veins in Maggie Gulch, including the Ridgway, 
differ markedly in the character of their ores from those hitherto 
described in Silver Lake Basin, Cunningham Gulch, and on Galena 
Mountain. They do not contain noticeable quantities of galena, and 
are mined for gold and silver only. The important ore mineral is 
the so-called "brittle silver," which usually is finely disseminated 
through the quartz. As usual, it is not brittle silver (stephanite) at 
all, but either an argentiferous galena or a mixture of galena and 
argentite. Common pyrite is also usually an abundant constituent. 
As far as observed, veins carrying ore of this character all strike east 
of north. The value of the ore is about equally distributed between 
gold and silver. The ore is usually of a high grade, but has not 
been found in large bodies. It is generally in irregular bunches and 
streaks in prominent, generally barren lodes. Except the Ridgway 
mine, there are no workings in the gulch which can be regarded as 
anything more than prospects. 
Hamlet mine. — This mine, about three-fourths of a mile south of 
Middleton, although hardly in Maggie Gulch, may be conveniently 
referred to in this place. This is a silver-lead-coppsr mine, which 
was worked intermittently from 1883 to 1887. Most of the work was 
done during the last two years, when the mine shipped several hun- 
dred tons of chalcopyrite and galena ore. The strike of the vein 
is N. 50° W. and the dip 80° to 85° to the northeast. The ore is 
galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite in quartz. The country rock is a 
