Amity or Camp Bird extension, Ouray County, Colorado

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Ouray Count.,

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Ouray,

Golorndo.

'i'hl s »r ooe rty is located at an elevation hig-ncr than 12,000 fe et , just to the east of tile f'amous Camp B'i r-d l:ine,

Ouray County. Colorado. Some of uno of f ice r-e and l£:ric;0st stock-ho1..:-81'8 of "'Ll:1U Ami tv COill0f111V UTS oif'Lc e re of 1.:.1ho Vi.nd i.c nto r

Con[-::;Qlicl[~ted Gold. rJ ..ninr; C(J~il~)[lny. An e xam inot Lon of the ,")ro:)~i··ty was made dUl~inE; Aurz:v.st, 1920, by 1.Il'. d.E. :Lya.n and riyse Lf for

the Vind.icator Corrf"H1l1~l. He wc r o shovn over the prO"0crt;y by LIr.

I.:ark ~lhistle, of Ouray, a former superintendent of the company,

and a Lao a s t cckho Lde r ,

The fJIli t~r Company was organized at the time of thc i-e ncwe d

activity caused by the d

ts

c ov ery of gold ore by Thomas Je.lsh on

tho dumps of the C,"m;::>BinI p ro ne r t.y ,

wu

Lon nr ope r t.y had prior to LhI s ttrae 1)een Dined on ly for silver-lead ores.

1.11ho Amity »r-ope r uy consists of 0.. group of ·::;'OL:'O 22

c Lo i.ms . Under a court ruling the ore on two olcho Amity claims,

the ]'raction and Connect ing Link, belongs to the Amitil Corrpany

on all veins having

a northwest-southeast

diTGction,

~~ile ~l

veins having an east-west direction 011 this portion of the

prop-erty may be fo.Il.owc d and mined by tho Camp Bird Compan'l.The

Camp Bird vein is an e as t-we c

t

vein, and if CD ntinuous as far

east u.s the Ani qT:Jroperty could not be nune d by the AmiLy

Com-pany exc eotLng to the east of the Oonnecting IJink c Le im , 'rho Csmp Bird has never ne en definiOcoly id.ontified

as such east

of the Ca~p Bird

prODerty.

There

are differences

of cp LnLuns as to the Loc ation of the vein OIl its e aotorn

ex-tonsion, a Lt hcugh a study of tne s urf'ao e indicates that the

main portion of this vein at Leaet c ont Lnuc e to the east,

3'i,ring-ing Dlightly to 'Gho north (about ten degrees), and continues

for a long distance in the direction of the

Ci"ty

of Ironton. ;rhoro [ll'O also s na.l L vein outc r one indicating that in addi tion

to 'the main c oucinuat Lon of the

Cc:tilln

Bird

vein

just mont Lone d , there is al:3o one 01' more SHlo..lJ.cr veins spli t-'cing off fl'Of~ -'che

larp,er vein and ha vi.ng rnare near 1:,' the COUl' Se 0 f the C~?Jnp 13ird

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-2-The most important vein developed on the Amity

pl'O})er-ty' is the TJonnment vein. iJ:lhis is a no r'tnwe

st ,

southeast vein, havi ng a wi.dt.h of four or five feet, e..nd containing considerable

lead, zinc and iron, wit.h but slnall quantities of silver. One

or two c ar Ioads of oro have been shipped fr om the Monument v eLn ,

but ..vi t hcut. pro £'it •

The pr o co rt y is developed. by two tunne is, the Ilo nume n't ,

on the Camp Bird side of the divide, and the Windsor, on the

Ironton si de. '.rho Monument tunne L has a tot.a , longth 0f ab out

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it.,

1200 feet of wnich is a drift along the Ilonumerrt vein,

~he other 900 feet consisting of a crossout to the south, ~lich

was driven in an endeavor to find the Carnp Bird vein. When the

Lloriumerrt tunnel was

first

started,

it was tile

intention

of the

uanagcrnen t to drift on the Itonumcnt vein until its

intersec-tion \7i.th the Camp Bird vein Vias reached. As t.he tunnel advanced.

it was found that the course of ·tho IIonument vein changed, more

nearly' ap1)roximating the COLH'se of "the Camp Bird vein. 1.\11i8

condition indicated that a drive to the intersection was farther

tnan first anticipated, so the c r o se cut ,,-.on"Lionecl above was

driven to tho south, in or de r to strike the Camp Bin .. vein at tnc

nearest point. ~Phe result of this work VIas disc ou r ag Lng , Pou r

veins we re found, all of which have a c our s e paralleling the

Honumerrt vein with tho exc eotLon of one. illhis exception is a

large decomposed soft vein located just to the east of tho Camp

Bird Claim. '.L'his vein is said to have little or no values.

One of t.lle other veins menti.oned above is located 40 feet no r t.h

of the south side Lt ne of the :J.lam 01Shanter Claim. 'l'hl s vein

is

said

by

L=l~.

'i'histLe

to 'o

e

two inches

wide

and to

contain

.92 ounces gold and 1.20 ounces s iLve r o er ton. !~\his vein, as

before mentioned, does not have the course of the C8j~ Bird vein.

'1he \/indsor is a straigIll c ro s s c ut tunnel 13:50 f'o et

in length. Only one 'loin of .irnpor t.anc e has been cut in t.nLs

tunnel, this one LainG at a distance of 1130 feet from t~ne

tun-nel mouth aud having the COUl'SG &YJ.dpo si,t.Lo n O~~ the i..onumen t vein. 'i'hia vein has been drifted on to the no rc.cwe st for a disuanc o oi-l? feet. 'i'he vein in the face of this drift :i..sforu i\1et./iue, e xucns iv e L; ;nille:cbli zed wi,vh .Lead, zinc and iTon. 8o,l,lple s ta~c8n

indicate e silver con·tent or two ounces p~r ton.

Of the two -Gunnels -'e1l8 ~-/il1dsOT is Lho be-uteI' -L.hl'OEc:h ·"vnich to \701~l(. Unliko the :.Ionument tunnel, the .1inc.lsor is not

caved, and ~T:,S lJCen driven

strv.icht,

VIitil go

ael

f")'rade and 81 ze • 1.,JeitilCr lias bad air u8011 the sou.:cce of tl'ou.1Jle in tho 'Ilindsor,

as at the

}Ionnment.

1.i..1

hero

al~E:

no

buj.ldinSG OJ' equirhllent

at

o~Lt11Gr -Lull,.:ol, tilt:; heavy snows and :31io.08 hav-in~s c~cush€d flat

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-3-There

yet reuains

on the l.Ionumentvein

between

the

Eonument

and Windsor

tunnels,

1630

feet

of unexplored

ground.

In this une xp Lor e d area is \the crossing of the Camp Bird vein,

as all agree that it is at one place or anothor w.lthin this

g'e:nor~J.,larea. At the face of the drift, xm{ on the l.lonument side

tIlis vein

is sDid to be seven

feet wide;

on the Windsor

it is

four feet

w

i.de , It is quite c e rta i.n -L;hc.::."t for the entire dis-Lance of 1630 foet this vein \'1~11 continue, h avinr; a wi.dt.h at least

as g:cGat on the av e rag c as that sn own in the face of the Windsor

tunnel

drift-

f

our feet.

'Vere this

cl:civeof 1630

ft. there±'ore

rnade , the Lcast that co u Ld 1)8 e xp e c Led would 1)8 a continuation

oi

the same grade ore now exposed in the tVlO faces for the

en-Lir e distance. Conputec1 in tons, t

t.a

s V18Uld be about 300,000

tons of J~lilling OTe b o uwoen \~he tun~,~el level and the

surface,

aud

c ort a r nLy could be considered all asset to the property. lJ:he Canp Bil~d vein c r cae ing s orncwhere in this distanco of 1630, feet w Li L quit o lik:ely tend to form a zone of e nri chmen't at t.r.e inter-sect ion ',:'litIl the