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and was carried down to the mill on a light and primitive wire-rope 
tramway. The ore is a low-grade galena-sphalerite ore, resembling 
in general character that of the Yellow Rose. Some freibergite has 
also been reported. 1 
Wheel of Fortune mine.— This lode occupies a strong and persistent 
fissure, with nearly northeast-and-southwest strike, crossing Canyon 
Creek just east of the Revenue tunnel. It thus crosses such lodes 
as the Yellow Rose and Hidden Treasure nearly at right angles, and 
is the most prominent member of several approximately parallel lodes 
which may be seen traversing the southern slope of Potosi Peak. 
The Wheel of Fortune was located about 1877, and has produced 
some very rich ore. According to Mr. Krisher, now foreman of the 
Revenue Tunnel, the mine, prior to 1880, shipped some ore to Black 
Hawk containing 20 ounces of gold and 8< >< > ounces of silver. In 1879 
the mine had about 500 feet of drift and shaft, and was said to have 
produced $20,000. Most of the work was done in the early eighties. 
During the latter six months of 1882 the mine shipped about 62 tons 
of ore, averaging 170 ounces of silver and $8 in gold per ton. 2 The 
ore appears to have been irregular or pockety in its occurrence, and 
is said to have contained freibergite and stephanite, 1 with galena and 
ruby silver. In 1809 the mine was being reopened after several years 
of idleness. 
The local strike of the Wheel of Fortune lode is X. 30° E. 7 and the 
dip 65° to the northwest. The country rock is San Juan breccia. 
The lode is chiefly a stringer lead, but it grades on the one hand into 
a breccia zone and on the other into a fairly regular sheeted zone. It 
has been faulted along a nearly vertical transverse fissure, the south- 
ern portion of the lode being thrown about 15 feet to the west. There 
has also been movement along the foot wall, as shown by clay seams 
or gouges. The croppings of the lode extend strongly up into Silver 
Basin, and the coilntry rock for a distance of 100 feet or more south- 
east of the lode shows pronounced sheeting unaccompanied by per- 
ceptible faulting. There was no opportunity in 1899 for studying the 
ore in place. In 1900 the mine was reported to be shipping ore, but 
was not visited. 
Bimetallist mine. — This property, situated on Potosi Peak, and 
probably on the same lode as the Wheel of Fortune, has produced 
from $40,000 to $50,000 from a single rich pocket near the surface. 
The ore of this pocket ran usually about 10 ounces of silver and 1 
ounce of gold. Chemical examination of a specimen of this ore shows 
it to be a silver-copper sulphantimonic arsenite (tetrahedrite?), in 
which the gold is probably combined with the silver. Small portions, 
however, were very much richer. The workings were idle in 1899 
and were not visited. 
1 Tenth Census, Vol, XIII, 1885, p. 84. 2 Report of the Director of the Mint, 1882. 
