COLORADO DIRECTORY OF MINES, CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MINES AND MILLS, AND THE MINING AND MILLING CORPORATIONS OF COLORADO. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTIES THOMAS B. CORBETT FIRST EDITION DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS PRINTING COMPANY 1879 MINE COUNTY PAGE A Ouray 290 Aberto San Juan 350 Accidental Hinsdale 246 Adams, Ben Clear Creek 128 Adams, Frank R. Hinsdale 246 Adda Boulder 71 Addie May San Juan 350 Adelaide Lake 265 Adelaide Consolidated Silver Mining and Smelting Co. Lake 286 Adelia Clear Creek 128 Adelia San Juan 350 Adeline Gilpin 194 Adelphi San Juan 350 Admiral San Juan 350 Adrian Clear Creek 128 Aduddel Gilpin 194 Advance Clear Creek 128 Aetna Clear Creek 128 Aetna Gilpin 194 Aetna Gilpin 194 Aetna Lake 265 Agassiz Lake 265 Akron Mining Co. Clear Creek 129 Akron Tunnel Clear Creek 129 Alabama Clear Creek 129 Alabama Gilpin 194 Alabama San Juan 351 Alama Lake 265 Alamakee Boulder 71 Alaska Gilpin 195 Alaska San Juan 351 Albion Custer 185 Albro Clear Creek 129 Alcrona Boulder 71 Alexander Placer Summit 405 Alexis Ouray 290 Alger-Kansas Gilpin 195 Alice Boulder 71 Alice San Juan 351 Alice San Juan 351 Alleghany San Juan 351 Allen Mining Property Clear Creek 129 Alma Custer 185 Alma San Juan 351 Alma, Branch Works Arapahoe 69 Alma Branch, Boston and Colorado Smelting Co. Park 343 Alma Pool Association Park 326 Almaden San Juan 351 Alpine Clear Creek 129 Alpine Park 326 Alpine Silver Mining Co. Lake 265 Alpine Tunnel Co. Hinsdale 246 Alps Boulder 71 Alps Clear Creek Co. 129 MINE COUNTY PAGE Alps and Mackie Gilpin 195 Alta Custer 185 Alta Lake 265 Alta San Juan 351 Altoff San Juan 351 Alturas Boulder 72 Amazon Clear Creek 129 Amazon Gilpin 195 Amazon Ouray 290 American Hinsdale 246 American San Juan 352 American and Ajax Boulder 72 American Boy San Juan 352 American Chief Clear Creek 130 American Eagle Boulder 72 American Eagle Clear Creek 130 American Eagle Hinsdale 246 American Eagle Lake 266 American Flag Boulder 72 American Flag Gilpin 195 American Flag Ouray 290 American Flag Rio Grande 345 American Mining Co. Clear Creek 130 Americus Boulder 72 Americus Gilpin 195 Amie Lake 266 Amna Lake 266 Anderson, Maggie Lake 266 Anderson Prospecting Co. Clear Creek 130 Angelina Ouray 290 Anglo Saxon Clear Creek 130 Animas Forks Concentration Works San Juan 404 Animas Forks Mining Co. San Juan 352` Anna San Juan 352 Annie Laurie San Juan 352 Annoka County Clear Creek 130 Aorta Tunnel Clear Creek 130 Apache Ouray 290 Arapahoe Gilpin 195 Arctic San Juan 352 Arctic San Juan 352 Arctic San Juan 352 Argenta Summit 405 Argente Park 326 Argentine Clear Creek 130 Argentine Co. Summit 405 Argentine Mining Co. Lake 266 Argentum Co. Clear Creek 130 Argonaut Clear Creek 131 Argus Clear Creek 131 Arkansas River Placer Mining Co. Lake 266 Arlington Boulder 72 Arlington Gilpin 195 Arminius Custer 185 MINE COUNTY PAGE Ashtabula Gilpin 196 Aspen San Juan 353 Aspinwall Mining and Milling Co. Clear Creek 131 Astor, W. B. Clear Creek 131 Astor, Extension Clear Creek 131 At Last Park 326 Atchison Boulder 73 Atchison Mining Company’s Mill Boulder 125 Atlantic Clear Creek 131 Atlantic Clear Creek 131 Atlantic Ouray 291 Atlantic Park 326 Aurum and Argentum Mining Co. Gilpin 196 Ayrshire Tunnel Clear Creek 132 B. Ouray 291 Baalbec Lake 266 Badger Summit 405 Badger Gold Mining and Fluming Co. Summit 405 Badger State Boulder 73 Badger State San Juan 353 Baker Clear Creek 132 Baker Gilpin 196 Baker Rio Grande 345 Baker, Extension of Winnebago Gilpin 196 Balarat Boulder 73 Bald Eagle Clear Creek 132 Bald Eagle San Juan 353 Bald Eagle San Juan 353 Baldwin San Juan 353 Ballou Placer Summit 405 Ball’s Placer Clear Creek 132 Baltic Clear Creek 132 Baltic Clear Creek 132 Baltic Park 326 Baltic San Juan 353 Baltic San Juan 353 Baltimore San Juan 354 Baltimore Tunnel Mining Co. Clear Creek 132 Bank of England Clear Creek 132 Bank of Lake City Hinsdale 247 Banner Ouray 291 Barber, Frank San Juan 354 Barlow Silver Mining Co. Hinsdale 247 Baron Boulder 73 Barret, Hall and Company’s Placer Park 327 Barrett Placer Park 327 Bartlett Mountain Mining Co. Summit 405 Bass Park 327 Bassett, Well Clear Creek 132 Bates Gilpin 196 Bates, Nos. 1 and 2 West Gilpin 196 Bates and Baxter, Nos. 1,2 and 3 East Gilpin 196 Bates-Hunter Gilpin 196 MINE COUNTY PAGE Bates Mill Boulder 125 Battle Flag Ouray 291 Bavarian, Muskegon and Dunderberg San Juan 354 Baxter Clear Creek 132 Bay State Boulder 73 Bay State Ouray 291 Bay State and Colorado Mining Co. Boulder 73 Bay State Mill Clear Creek 182 Bazee Gilpin 197 Beaver Ouray 291 Bedford County Gilpin 197 Beecher, Henry Ward Clear Creek 133 Begole Mineral Farm Ouray 291 Belcher Boulder 73 Belcher Lake 266 Belcher San Juan 354 Belcher San Juan 354 Belden Boulder 74 Belden Tunnel Gilpin 197 Belfast Custer 185 Belgium Lake 266 Bell Isle San Juan 354 Bell West Summit 406 Belle, Mary Ouray 291 Belle East Summit 405 Belle Fountain Park 327 Belle of Colorado Lake 266 Belle of the East Hinsdale 247 Belle of the West Hinsdale 247 Belle of the West Ouray 292 Belle of the West San Juan 354 Belle of the West, No. 2 Hinsdale 247 Belle Wether San Juan 354 Bellevieu Tunnel Clear Creek 133 Belleview Boulder 74 Belvidere Ouray 292 Ben Franklin Custer 187 Bendigo Boulder 74 Benton Clear Creek 133 Benton, Tom Hinsdale 247 Berdell and Witherell’s Sampling and Smelting Works Lake 286 Betsey Ouray 292 Bettie Boulder 74 Big Bear Ouray 292 Big Blossom Boulder 74 Big Casino Hinsdale 247 Big Casino Ouray 292 Big Giant San Juan 355 Big Gun Clear Creek 133 Big John Boulder 74 Big Thing Boulder 74 Big Thunder Gilpin 197 Bilk Summit 406 Billings Gilpin 197 MINE COUNTY PAGE Billings Gilpin 197 Birdie Emma Boulder 74 Bismark Boulder 75 Bismark Ouray 292 Black and Brown Bear Ouray 293 Black Cloud Boulder 75 Black Cloud Gilpin 197 Black Cloud Mill Boulder 125 Black Crook San Juan 355 Black Diamond Ouray 292 Black Hawk Lake 267 Black Hawk Mill Gilpin 241 Black Hawk Tunnel Gilpin 198 Black Hornet Hinsdale 247 Black Prince Boulder 75 Black Prince Ouray 293 Black Prince San Juan 355 Black Quartz Gilpin 198 Black Swan Ouray 293 Black Warrior Summit 406 Blakely, W. S. San Juan 355 Blacksmith San Juan 355 Blazer Ouray 293 Blue Bird San Juan 355 Blue Grass Ouray 293 Blue Jacket Clear Creek 133 Blue Jacker Ouray 293 Blue Jacket Park 327 Blue Jacket, West Extension Clear Creek 133 Blue Jay San Juan 355 Blue Jay San Juan 356 Blue Lick Ouray 293 Blue River Mining Co. Summit 406 Blue Wing Clear Creek 133 Bobtail Clear Creek 134 Bobtail Gilpin 198 Bobtail Gilpin 199 B obtail Gilpin 199 Bobtail, No. 6 West Gilpin 199 Bobtail, No. 8 East Gilpin 199 Bobtail, Nos. 3 and 4 West and No. 5 East Gilpin 198 Bobtail, Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12 Gilpin 199 Bobtail Tunnel Gilpin 198 Bonanza Boulder 75 Bonanza San Juan 356 Bonanza Silver Mining Co. San Juan 356 Bonanza Tunnel Clear Creek 134 Bonanza Tunnel San Juan 356 Bondholder Boulder 75 Bonnie Cord San Juan 356 Boomerang San Juan 356 Boone San Juan 356 Booth Gilpin 199 Borton Gilpin 199 MINE COUNTY PAGE Boss Huerfano 262 Boss San Juan 356 Boss Boy San Juan 357 Boston and Colorado Gold Placer Mining Co. Summit 406 Boston and Colorado Smelting Co. Arapahoe 69 Boston and Colorado Smselting Co. Gilpin 241 Boston Mining Co. Summit 406 Boston Mining Company’s Mill Summit 423 Bostwick Mill Gilpin 242 Boulder Boulder 75 Boulder Canon Mining Co. Boulder 75 Boulder County Boulder 76 Boulder County Mill Boulder 125 Boulder County Mining, Tunneling, Milling, Land and Boulder 76 Town Co. Boulder Nest Clear Creek 134 Boulder Sampling and Cushing Works Arapahoe 69 Boulder Sampling and Crushing Works Boulder 125 Boulder Sampling and Crushing Works Gilpin 242 Boulder Valley Coal Co. Weld 424 Bounty San Juan 357 Bowens Mill Rio Grande 348 Bowker Gilpin 200 Bowling Green Ouray 293 Boyd Lynn Clear Creek 134 Boyd’s Smelting Works Boulder 125 Bradshaw Placer Lake 267 Bramblett Boulder 76 Brazilian San Juan 357 Brett’s Mill Boulder 125 Briggs Property Gilpin 200 Britannia Tunnel Clear Creek 134 British Consuls Silver Mining Co. San Juan 357 Broad Gauge and Extension San Juan 357 Broadway Tunneling and Silver Mining Co. Clear Creek 134 Brother Jonathan Clear Creek 134 Brownlow Park 327 Brownlow Extension Park 327 Buchanan Clear Creek 134 Buchanan Silver Mining Co. Clear Creek 135 Buck Horn Boulder 76 Buckeye Boulder 76 Buckeye Boulder 76 Buckeye Hinsdale 248 Buckeye Park 327 Buckeye Girl Ouray 294 Buckeye Mining and Tunneling Co. Boulder 76 Buckeye State San Juan 357 Buckskin Clear Creek 135 Buell San Juan 357 Buell Mill Gilpin 242 Buell Property Gilpin 200 Buenos Ayres Boulder 77 Buffalo Patch Placer Diggings Grand 244 MINE COUNTY PAGE Bugher Gilpin 200 Bugle Tunnel Gilpin 200 Bull, John Clear Creek 135 Bull of the Woods Gilpin 200 Bulldozer Tunnel Clear Creek 135 Bullion Lake 267 Bullion Park 328 Bullseye Lake 267 Bummer Hinsdale 248 Bunker Hill Custer 185 Bunker Hill Placer Mining Co. Arapahoe 70 Burchinell Placer Park 328 Burleigh Tunnel Clear Creek 135 Burroughs Gilpin 200 Burroughs Gilpin 201 Burroughs Gilpin 201 Burroughs, Extension Gilpin 201 Burrows San Juan 357 Burrows No. 2 San Juan 358 Bush Clear Creek 135 Butler Gilpin 201 Butzel Tillie Boulder 77 Byron Ouray 294 Byron Gold and Silver Mining Co.