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HISTORIC NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF COARSE GOLD WIRE GOLD CRYSTALLINE GOLD MASSES OF GOLD AND SILVER, BOULDER CHAFFEE CLEAR CREEK CUSTER DOLORES EAGLE GILPIN GUNNISON HINSDALE LAKE COLORADO HARDROCK MINES

Boulder county, Lamont tunnel, Uncle Sam vein, Boston and Silverton company, wire silver. 1902
Boulder county, Baltimore Belle lode, Baltimore Belle mtn. 3 miles W Jamestown, rusty gold.
Boulder county, Baltimore Bell mine: AREA 40.1236 -105.4196
Boulder county, Orphan Boy mine, free gold wire gold. 1892
Boulder county, Orphan Boy mine, beautful cabinet gems. 1892
Boulder county, Orphan Boy mine, pea sized to wire gold. 1892
Boulder county, Orphan Boy mine: 40.03225 -105.4375
Boulder county, Nellie Bly mine, Orphan Boy hill, wire gold. 1892
Boulder county, Nellie Bly claim: AREA: 40.0336 -105.4316
Boulder county, Advance mine, between Gold Bug and Baby mines, wire gold and coarse gold in quantities. 1892
Boulder county, Indian Chief, Eagle Rock, wire gold. 1876
Boulder county, Melvina mine, Gold Hill district, ore mottled with free gold.
Boulder county, Melvina mine, 20$/lb gold. 1901
Boulder county, Melvina mine, 1lb of ore worth 75$ in yellow metal. 1901
Boulder county, Gray Eagle mine, 2 miles from Gold Hill, beautiful wire gold. 1873  
Boulder county, Gray Eagle mine, 40.0789 -105.3921  and  40.0793 -105.3935
Boulder county, Gold Hill and Gold Run gulch, Scott Lead, specimens wire gold, Lewis Lead, coarse gold. 1860
Boulder county, Corning tunnel, Gold hill, wire gold.
Boulder county, Corning tunnel: 40.0723 -105.4003
Boulder county, Prussian mine, Gold Hill, 500' E Cold Springs mine, gold wires lumps incrustations. 1882
Boulder county, Prussian mine: AREA 40.0703 -105.4133
Boulder county, Cold Springs and Red Cloud mines, rich free gold.  
Boulder county, Cold Springs and Red Cloud mines: 40.0679 -105.40734
Boulder county, Hoosier mine, W side Hurricane hill, near Gold Run, entire vein wire silver.
Boulder county, Princess mine, Central gulch, leaf gold. 1883
Boulder county, Princess mine, Central gulch, below Colfax, leaf gold.
Boulder county, Buckeye lode, 0.5 mile W Golden age, gold showing to naked eye.
Boulder county, Buckeye mine: 40.1257 -105.3735
Boulder county, Golden Age mine, bunches coarse free gold.  
Boulder county, Golden Age mine, 1.7 miles N 22 E Jamestown, very rich specimens free gold, specimen gold.
Boulder county, Golden Age mine, metalic gold appears, at intervals, in all parts of the mine.
Boulder county, Golden Age mine, 40.1266 -105.35945
Boulder county, Golden Age middle: 40.1248 -105.3592
Boulder county, Golden Age lower: 40.1228 -105.3584
Boulder county, Louis lode, joins Golden Age vein, 10$/lb. 1894
Boulder county, December mine, a few hundred feet NW Golden age, rich free gold in galena, to 100,000$/ton.
Boulder county, December mine, near Golden age mine, some ore like Golden Age mine.
Boulder county, December mine: 40.1280 -105.3575
Boulder county, x, 500 feet east Golden Age shaft, 40$/day. 1894  
Boulder county, Black Rose mine, Jamestown area, rusty gold to 300 oz/ton.  
Boulder county, Black Rose mine: AREA: 40.0943 -105.4051
Boulder county, Romance mine, 1.5 mile N Golden Age mine, rarest specimens gold 100$/pan.
Boulder county, Romance mine, NW Golden Age mine, leaf gold.
Boulder county, Romance mine, near Princess mine, rarest specimens gold. 1883
Boulder county, Romance mine: AREA 40.1360 -105.3564
Boulder county, Longfellow lode. 40.1339 -105.3638
Boulder county, Longfellow mine: 40.1336 -105.3636
Boulder county, Longfellow lode and Romance mine, Goldenage area, 20 miles N Boulder, leaf gold. 1877
Boulder county, Orofino mine, Balarat, 25,000$/ton ore. 1893  
Boulder county, Orofino mine: AREA: 40.1583 -105.3967  
Boulder county, Pleasant View mine, on road E Sunshine, wire gold and wire silver. 1892
Boulder county, Pleasant View mine, Sunshine, wire gold wire silver. 1892
Boulder county, Pleasant View mine, east Sunshine, wire gold and wire silver. 1892
Boulder county, Pleasant View mine: AREA: 40.0601 -105.3647  
Boulder county, Sunrise G.M.C. AREA: 40.0608 -105.3614 to 40.0571 -105.3660
Boulder county, Sunshine G.M.C.: AREA: 40.0602 -105.3627
Boulder county, Grand View property, Sunshine, rusty gold and sylvanite. 1900
Boulder county, Inter-ocean mine, Sunshine, native gold specimens. 1882  
Boulder county, Inter Ocean mine: AREA: 40.0636 -105.3675
Boulder county, Slide mine and Franklin tunnel, wire gold.
Boulder county, Snowbound mine, Gold Hill, noted for picture rock, massive wire gold.
Boulder county, Snowbound mine: 40.0724 -105.3838
Boulder county, Winona mine, S extension Slide mine, coarse leaf and wire gold. 1878
Boulder county, Emancipation mine, beautiful wire gold 20$/lb. 1925
Boulder county, Emancipation mine, Salina district, wire gold plainly visible.
Boulder county, Emancipation mine: AREA: 40.05396 -105.63835
Boulder county, U.S.Treasury mine, some fine wire gold specimens.
Boulder county, Senator Hill mine, Magnolia, 1,200 oz/ton gold. 1883
Boulder county, Brunswick Lode, a few miles W Jamestown, tellurium with rusty gold, 1700$/ton.
Boulder county, Big Blossom mine, 1 mile from Springdale, Castle gulch, wire gold.
Boulder county, Big Blossom lode, Castle gulch, tellurides and gold of richest kind 200,000$/ton.
Boulder county, Big Blossom mine, lower: 40.1177 -105.3581
Boulder county, Big Blossom mine, upper: 40.11905 -105.3551
Boulder county, Blossom mine No.2, white quartz with wire gold. 1877
Boulder county, Earl mine, wire gold in quartz. 1894
Boulder county, Earl lode, Castle gulch, N Springdale, specimens on exhibit, 10$/lb.
Boulder county, Earl mine, next to Big Blossom & Grand central mines, specimens 10$/lb.
Boulder county, Grand Central mine: 40.1185 -105.3577
Boulder county, Loveland mine, Lefthand creek, rusty and wire gold. 1896
Boulder county, Loveland claim: AREA: 40.0846 -105.3913
Boulder county, American Star No.2, Left hand creek, wire silver. 1892  
Boulder county, American Star No.2: AREA: 40.0836 -105.3867  40.08725 -105.38145   
Boulder county, American Star mine, Left Hand canyon, rusty gold inch wide. 1893
Boulder county, American mine, Sunshine, wire gold from all levels.
Boulder county, American claim: AREA: 40.0666 -105.3678
Boulder county, American lode, mile NW Jamestown, Horn gulch, free gold ore up to 320$ ton.
Boulder county, American mine, Grand Island, knitting needle sized wire gold and marble sized nuggets. 1875
Boulder county, Almakee mine, masses of gold.
Boulder county, Alamackee mine: 40.0672 -105.4060  
Boulder county, Tillie Butzel mine, shows free gold.  
Boulder county, Tillie Butzel mine: AREA: 40.0754 -105.3677
Boulder county, John Jay mine, tellurides. 40.1005 -105.4308
Boulder county, Smuggler mine, tellurides.
Boulder county, Smuggler mine, by Mountain Lion mine, wire silver. 1881
Boulder county, O. and N. mine, near the American mine, close to town on the NE, wire and leaf gold. 1909
Boulder county, Telluride tunnel, Four mile, wire gold.
Boulder county, Advance mine, Free Gold Hill, between Gold Bug and Baby mines, wire gold.
Boulder county, Osceola mine, Sunshine, 0.7 inch vein solid gold, leaf gold.
Boulder county, Poorman mine, Poorman Hill, rusty gold 200 oz/ton.
Boulder county, Poorman mine: 40.0299 -105.3378
Boulder county, Poor Man's lode, Caribou district, beautiful wire silver.
Boulder county, Blue Bird mine, W North Boulder Creek, 2.3 miles W Nederland, films native silver, small wires gold.
Boulder county, Sunshine Mining Company, native silver and gold, wire gold.
Boulder county, Valley Forge Mine, Salina, tellurides. 1894
Boulder county, Little Chief mine, Copper Rock, free gold specimens. 1892
Boulder county, Vault mine, Springdale, shows free gold. 1896
Boulder county, Up to Date and Eureka mines, mile NW Caribou, native silver 6 by 8 inches.
Boulder county, Up to Date tunnel Darnell No.2 vein, mile NW Caribou, native silver.
Boulder county, St.Joe mine, tellurium and 8 inches of free gold. 1890
Boulder county, Cyclops vein, Silver Hill, wire silver.  
Boulder county, Dardanell No.2 vein, Caribou, silver intergrown with sulfides.
Boulder county, Bald Prarie mine, Sugarloaf, specimens showing native gold.
Boulder county, Consolidated Virginia, SugarLoaf, wire gold. 1884
Boulder county, Forest lode, Sugarloaf, wire gold in tellurides. 1873
Boulder county, Milan mine, Sugarloaf, specimen gold ore displayed 1$/lb. 1897
Boulder county, Doss mine, S Hoosier Hill, SugarLoaf, 0.7 mile SE Melvina, quarter inch of thin wire gold.
Boulder county, Doss mine, 0.7 mile SE Melvina, thin wire gold.
Boulder county, Dose mine, Four mile, near Melvina lode, ore streaked with wire gold. 1876
Boulder county, White Raven mine, Ward, wire silver. 1916
Boulder county, White lode, wire silver. 1878
Boulder county, Puzzler mine, Ward, 250000$ pocket. 1893
Boulder county, Puzzler mine: 40.0510 -105.5058
Boulder county, Pandora vein, Pomeroy mtn, fist sized wire silver. 1891
Boulder county, x, by Pandora mine, Pomeroy mountain, mile NW Caribou, several hundred lbs native silver. 1881
Boulder county, Pandora mine: 39.9927 -105.5767
Boulder county, Cash mine, Gold Hill, wires, lumps, and encrustations of gold.  
Boulder county, Cash mine: 40.0619 -105.4001
Boulder county, Cash and Franklin tunnel, S Gold Hill, wire gold 30$ chunks.
Boulder county, Snowbound mine, noted for wire gold.
Boulder county, Mountain Lion mine, Oriental, fine specimens wire gold. 1881
Boulder county, Yellow Pine mine, Crisman, Grand Republic area, wire silver.  
Boulder county, Yellow Pine mine, Crisman, wire silver. 1914
Boulder county, Yellow Pine mine, Crisman, masses wire silver. 1914
Boulder county, Yellow Pine mine: AREA: 40.0294 -105.3717
Boulder county, Logan mine, Sugar Loaf district, Grand Republic, native gold.
Boulder county, Logan mine: AREA: 40.0314 -105.3763
Boulder county, Logan mine: AREA: 40.0330 -105.3736
Boulder county, Hoosier mine, palm sized leaf and wire silver. 1869
Boulder county, No Name mine, wire silver. 1880
Boulder county, Nil Desperandum co., Sunshine gulch, ore in safe, 700oz/ton gold and 1,000oz/ton silver.
Boulder county, Nil Desperandum group: AREA 40.0738 -105.3607
Boulder county, Mineral Slide mine, Magnolia, 183$ chunk of gold. 1913
Boulder county, Slide mine, wire gold still found. 1876
Boulder county, Slide mine: 40.0682 -105.4016
Boulder county, Slide mine: 40.06861 -105.40111   
Boulder county, Magnolia mine, Big hill, free gold visible. 1875
Boulder county, Magnolia claim: AREA: 39.9846 -105.3992
Boulder coutny, US Treasury mine, wire gold specimens. 1876
Boulder county, Kismet mine, Silver creek, wire gold. 1900
Boulder county, Rocky Mtn. Mammoth mine, Magnolia, 878 oz/ton gold. 1883
Boulder county, Rocky Mtn. Mammoth mine: AREA 39.9850 -105.3974
Boulder county, Ni Wot mine, Ward district, Columbia vein, free gold ore. 1882
Boulder county, White Raven mine, wire silver 100$/ton. 1917
Boulder county, No Name mine, chunks silver. 1891
Boulder county, No Name mine: OK: 39.9819 -105.5829
Boulder county, Potosi mine, Caribou, wire silver. 1890
Boulder county, x, Caribou, four tons ore covered with silver nuggets. 1874
Boulder county, Caribou mine, N Caribou hill, wire and leaf silver.
Boulder county, Caribou mine, native silver. 1871
Boulder county, Caribou mine, chunks silver. 1891
Boulder county, Caribou mine: 39.9825 -105.5816
Boulder county, Boulder County vein, Boulder County hill, 2 miles Nederland, large flakes silver and wire silver.
Boulder county, Boulder County mine, S Boulder County hill, gold, flakes silver.  
Boulder county, Boulder County mine: 39.9779 -105.5561
Chaffee county, x, Lost Canyon mountains, veins small but exceedingly rich, several nuggets.
Chaffee county, Cammilla Gold Company, Alpine tunnel, wire gold. 1904
Chaffee county, Crooked creek, 3 miles from Buena Vista, NE Crooked creek, beautiful specimens wire gold. 1898
Chaffee county, Swiss Boy mine, native and wire silver.
Chaffee county, Swiss Boy mine, Mount Hope, wire silver. 1884
Chaffee county, Sundown mine, Sherrod, Buena Vista, native silver, 1000 oz/ton. 1904
Chaffee county, Good Indications mine, Buena Vista, specimens gold. 1986
Chaffee county, Swiss Boy mine, mt Hope, wire silver.
Chaffee county, Commadore Foote mine, wonderful wire silver. 1908
Chaffee county, Rarus and Warrior mine, Hancock, great deal wire silver. 1883
Chaffee coutny, Mercur-Mercury mine, Klux, Buena Vista, 10 oz gold/ton. 1897
Chaffee county, Orton claim, Whithorn district, oxidized ores pan wire gold. 1898
Chaffee county, Decorah lode, Grizzly creek, wire silver. 1887
Chaffee county, Drew mine, Gold hill, Chalk creek, wire silver. 1882
Chaffee county, Gold Hill claim, Turrett, visible wire gold. 1897
Chaffee county, Dundena or Cleveland mine, Free Gold hill, 9 lbs gold in first 40 feet.  
Chaffee county, Stratton mine, E Buena Vista, visible gold. 1905
Chaffee county, Deerhorn tunnel, Turret mountain mining district, flakes of leaf gold in quartz. 1898
Chaffee county, Minnehaha mine, Green gulch, native silver.
Chaffee county, Mouse mine, Monarch, wire silver. 1910
Chaffee county, Independance mine, by Sedalia mine, wire gold and nuggets. 1909
Clear Creek county, Baxter mine, wire silver. 1881
Clear Creek county, Cash lode, Virginia canyon, very handsome specimens native gold.
Clear Creek county, Cash lode, Virginia canyon, occasional pretty specimens native gold. 1872
Clear Creek county, Patten mine, Virginia canyon, several wire silver specimens.
Clear Creek county, Lilly mine, Virginia canyon, native gold 47 oz/ton. 1907
Clear Creek county, Bellevue lode, 7 inches is solid ore, streaked throughout, 1,000 oz gold/ton.  
Clear Creek county, Brazil mine, Freeland, native silver.
Clear Creek county, Sunburst mine, Georgetown, 600 oz silver/ton.
Clear Creek county, Pickwick lode, summit Saxon mountain, fragile wire gold. 1878
Clear Creek county, Little Mattle mine, Pike-Rowe lease, Idaho Springs, leaves wire gold and small nuggets. 1906
Clear Creek county, Coin lode, Georgetown, native silver in abundance. 1868
Clear Creek county, Caledonian lode, specimen wire silver. 1870  
Clear Creek county, Polar Star mine, Georgetown, wire silver.
Clear Creek county, Polar Star mine, wire silver. 1873
Clear Creek county, Mountain Ram lode, Georgetown, large amounts native gold and silver. 1882
Clear Creek county, Terrible mine, Georgetown, sparkling with ruby and native silver.
Clear Creek county, Double Header mine, Georgetown, lode on McClellen mtn., pin head size free gold.
Clear Creek county, Indiana group, Georgetown, McClellen mountain, leaf gold. 1903
Clear Creek county, Kelly tunnel, Georgetown, many specimens of massive and wire gold. 1902
Clear Creek county, Kelly tunnel, Georgetown, wire gold, 100 oz/ton. 1902
Clear Creek county, Cashier mine, Georgetown, a specimen native silver. 1870
Clear Creek county, Capital mines, rich ore, free gold 30 oz/ton. 1908
Clear Creek county, Capital mine, Georgetown, coarse gold. 1917
Clear Creek county, Capital mine, Aetna lode, 1000 cubic feet wire gold ore. 1915
Clear Creek county, Hidden Treasure mine, Empire, 3/4 inch pure gold.
Clear Creek county, Hidden Treasure mine, Leavenworth mountain, rich ore. 1872
Clear Creek county, Silver Bluff lode, head Chicago creek, native silver.
Clear Creek county, Baltic lode, Columbian mountain, wire silver. 1878
Clear Creek county, Mayflower mine, native silver. 1883
Clear Creek county, Vulcan lode, specimens of very fine wire gold. 1878
Clear Creek county, Joplin adit, Gambetta vein, Republican mountain, gold in liberal quantities.
Clear Creek county, Hopewell and Pay Rock mines, Republican mountain, daily wire silver. 1873
Clear Creek county, Evert and Lebanon mines, Republican mountain, wire silver.
Clear Creek county, Lebanon mining Company, Republican mountain, beautiful forms of wire and native silver. 1877
Clear Creek county, Lebanon mine, Georgetown, Republican mountain, much wire silver. 1907
Clear Creek county, Dives lode, Republican mountain, fantastic buches of wire silver. 1873
Clear Creek county, Davies Lode, Republican mountain, fantastic shapes of wire silver. 1873
Clear Creek county, Silver Dale tunnel, Leavenworth mountain, wire silver. 1878
Clear Creek county, Rocky Mountain tunnel, Leavenworth mountain, 30 sacks native silver ore. 1882
Clear Creek county, Metropolitan mine, Steaton mountain, native silver. 1883
Clear Creek county, Everett mine, wire silver.
Clear Creek county, Mattie mine, Chicago creek, native silver. 1883
Clear Creek county, Donaldson vein and mountain, 700 oz gold and silver/ton.
Clear Creek county, Donaldson mine, coarse gold 33,000$/ton. 1913
Clear Creek county, Baltimore lode, clouds of native wire silver. 1871
Clear Creek county, Tariff lease, Ute creek, wire gold 1/4 inch thick. 1883
Clear Creek county, Dixie mine, Ute creek, crystalline gold.
Clear Creek county, Comstock and Lawrence mines, Ute creek, specimen free gold 150$ chunk. 1883
Clear Creek county, Portland no.2 shaft mine, samples of better than 25 oz/ton.
Clear Creek county, Portage lode, Chase Gulch, quartz and wire gold. 1867
Clear Creek county, Golden Edge mine, argenite sprinkled with coarse gold. 1914
Clear Creek county, Golden Eagle mine, Ruth lease, liberally sprinkled with coarse gold.  
Clear Creek county, Big Horn property via Cymric adit, 0.8 miles SE Lawson, fair content wire silver. 1910
Clear Creek county, Big Bend mine, Saxon mountain, native silver and silver glance.
Clear Creek county, Big Bend group of mines on Saxon hill, native silver.
Clear Creek county, Roepper property, Bard creek, Beshears, free gold.
Clear Creek county, Independance mine, Wilcox adit, fair quantity of wire silver.
Clear Creek county, Grass valley tunnel, Soda creek, streaks gold silver copper.
Clear Creek county, Almaden vein, Fall river 0.5 mile below Woodpecker gulch, wire silver common.
Clear Creek county, Brazil group at Freeland shaft 2, S side Clear creek 0.5 east Dumont, native silver.
Clear Creek county, Queen Elizabeth mine, opposite Treasure Vault mine, 68 oz/ton gold. 1921
Clear Creek county, Treasure Vault vein, Virginia canyon and Buttermilk gulch, 0.8 mile N Idaho Springs, gold films 0.2 inch.
Clear Creek county, x, mine at head Virginia canyon, several 1/2 oz gold chunks. 1868
Clear Creek county, Hopewell lode, wire silver.
Clear Creek county, Red Jacket mine, a specimen leaf gold. 1880
Clear Creek county, Red Jacket mine, leaf gold 50$ specimen. 1880
Clear Creek county, Pay Rock mine, by Hopewell mine, native silver.
Clear Creek county, Colombia mine, pans gold free, gold specimens.
Clear Creek county, Coming Nation mine, Soda creek, large amounts wire gold. 1902
Clear Creek county, Quito mine, Idaho Springs, considerable wire and leaf gold. 1907
Clear Creek county, Quito mine, NW side Chicago creek, free gold panning the ore.
Clear Creek county, Terrible vein, ruby wire and wire silver. 1873
Clear Creek county, Yellow jacket mine, York district, large amounts native silver.
Clear Creek county, Wankeegan mining comp. assays of specimens, 4000 oz/ton.
Clear Creek county, Franklin shaft, wire silver.
Clear Creek county, T.H.Lowe mine, Downieville, some specimens curley wire native silver. 1868
Clear Creek county, Fred Rogers mine, finest wire silver. 1878
Clear Creek county, New England lode, wire silver. 1872
Clear Creek county, Phillips property, at Fall river, handsome native silver.
Clear Creek county, Joe Reynolds vein, W Silver creek, flakes native siver.
Clear Creek county, War Dance mine, rich gold ore, 130,000$/ton. 1933
Clear Creek county, War Dance mine, Idaho Springs, blue quartz heavy with wire gold. 1936
Clear Creek county, War Dance mine: 39.7827 -105.5016  
Clear Creek county? Alaska mine, wire and crystal silver. 1883
Custer county, Bassick mine, Silver Cliff, wire gold. 1904
Custer county, Bassick mine, wire gold. 1879  
Custer county, Bassick mine, 2 miles from Rosita, Tyndal mountains, shows wire gold. 1879
Custer county, Bassick mine: 38.1274 -105.3328
Custer county, Toledo mine, by Bassick mine, wire silver. 1892
Custer county, Hector mine, Querida, wire gold and silver specimens. 1916
Custer county, Hector mine: AREA: 38.1276 -105.3244
Custer county, American Flag mine, near Bassick mine, shows gold.  
Custer county, P and O mine, rich tellurium similar to Bassick mine. 1903
Custer county, P and O mine: 38.1287 -105.3334
Custer county, Rock of Ages mine, 8 miles Silver Cliff, Grape creek, visible rusty gold. 1899
Custer county, Evening Star mine, native silver to 2500 oz/ton. 1903
Custer county, Polonia mine, Rosita, wire silver. 1884  
Custer county, Polonia mine: 38.1027 -105.3326
Custer county, Lost Hope mine, wire silver. 1891
Custer county, Skek mine, Querida, ore half gold. 1924
Custer county, Index mine, Game Ridge, Rosita, 300 feet of wire silver. 1890
Custer county, Invincible mine, Rosita, wire silver. 1875-6
Custer county, Maine mine, wire gold and silver. 1877
Custer county, Ella Lee mine, N Humbolt mine, Rosita, gold and silver nuggets. 1890  
Custer county, Sleeping Pet mine, Rosita, wire and native silver. 1890
Custer county, Racine Boy mine, Silver Cliff, native silver. 1892
Custer county, Racine Boy mine: AREA 38.1418 -105.4401
Custer county, Gem mine, native silver. 1897
Custer county, Geyser mine, leaf gold. 1896
Custer county, Geyser mine, Silver Cliff, 3 inch streak wire silver and some native gold. 1894 1908
Custer county, Geyser mine: 38.1386 -105.4425
Custer county, Ben Eaton mine, 1.5 mile W Rosita, Democrat mountain, wire silver boulders of ore with leaf silver. 1886
Custer county, Ben Eaton mine, AREA 38.4115 -105.3629
Custer county, Dirigo mine, large chunks galena with wire gold. 1880
Custer county, Little Bernice M.C. a specimen wire gold and silver. 1902
Custer county, Little Bernice M.C. similar to Bassick mine ore, wire gold and silver. 1902
Custer county, Valley View mine, E Silver Cliff, Little Bernice mining company, tellurides of gold. 1902
Custer county, Bull-Domingo mine, Silver Cliff, lots of wire silver, again. 1891
Custer county, Bull-Domingo mine, Silver Cliff, large amounts wire gold. 1880
Custer county, Bull-Domingo mine, native and wire silver. 1897
Custer county, Bull-Domingo mine: 38.175 -105.4415
Custer county, Humbolt-Pocahantas mine, native silver. 1874
Custer county, Humbolt-Pocahantas mine: AREA 38.1028 -105.3327
Dolores county, Pro Patria tunnel, by Buckhorn mine, Newman Hill, free gold to 14,000$/ton. 1915  
Dolores county, Newman Hill: 37.6850 -108.0242
Dolores county, Rico area mines, nuggets gold and native silver in some veins. 1890
Dolores county, South Park mine, Rico, wire and native silver.
Dolores county, South Park mine, wire silver. 1884
Dolores county, Sundown mine, Dolores mountain, wire silver to 2,200 oz/ton. 1881
Dolores county, Sundown mine, Rico, ruby native and wire silver. 1881
Dolores county, Jumbo No.2, Rico, gold plainly visible, 14,000$/ton. 1915
Dolores county, Puzzle Extension, Dolores, wire silver. 1881
Dolores county, Puzzle extension, Rico, wire silver.
Dolores county, Swansea mine, Dolores, wire silver to 1,700 oz/ton. 1881
Dolores county? Pochantas mine, by Black Demon mine, specimens native gold 62,000$/ton. 1881
Eagle county, Jericho claim, near Eisle, Fulford, hen's egg sized wire gold.
Eagle county, Elsie mine, Fulford, ore held together with wire gold. 1895
Eagle county, Twilight and Morning Glory claims, Fulford, nail sized wire gold. 1915
Eagle county, Twilight and Morning Glory claims, S Fulford, wire gold specimens. 1915
Eagle county, Johnson mine, Fulford, 10 oz gold/ton. 1899
Eagle county, Gold Dust mine, Fulford, visible gold 2,000$/ton. 1897
Eagle county, Lucky tunnel, Fulford, handsome specimens free gold. 1905
Eagle county, Lucy mine, Fulford, New York mountain, speckled very heavy with free gold. 1866
Eagle county, Alice mine, Nolan basin, wire gold in large amounts. 1893
Eagle county, Little Chief mine, Red Cliff, wire silver. 1891
Eagle county, Little Gold Dust mine, Fulford, specimens 50% gold. 1898
Eagle county, Horn Silver mine, Red Cliff, ore filled with wire silver. 1922
Eagle county, Maud S. mine, native and wire silver. 1901
Eagle county, Lady Belle mine, Elkhorn, considerable wire silver. 1916
Eagle county, Lady Belle mine, Eagle Brush creek district, native silver.
Eagle county, Brush creek district, native silver.
Eagle county, Kentucky Boy mine, Taylor hill, free gold in large amounts. 1890
Eagle county, Bleak House mine, two cars wire silver, 2$/lb. 1891
Eagle county, Hunk-A-Doory mine, Holy Cross, large chunk gold ore. 1916
Eagle county, Portland mine, Battle mountain, Black Diamond group, jewelry ore. 1895
Eagle county, Ground Hog mine, Battle mountain, wire gold nuggets, wire silver. 1892
Eagle county, Ground Hog mine, wire gold and wire silver 3,000 oz gold/ton, 6,000 oz silver/ton. 1892
Eagle county, Ben Butler, Pacific and Ground Hog mines, occasionally high grade ore. 1899
Eagle county, Ben Butler, native gold and silver, 60,000$/ton. 1887  
Eagle county, Ben Butler mine: 39.5253 -106.3933
Eagle county, Kentucky Boy mine, Taylor hill, ore shows free gold in large amounts. 1890
Eagle county, Bleak House mine, Rock creek, 50lb ore with wire silver. 1905-6
Garfield county, Silver Crown mine, wire silver. 1890
Gilpin county, County in general, most famous in world for wire and crystalline gold. 1897
Gilpin county, Heater(Haster?) mine, quartz and leaf gold. 1889
Gilpin county, Hunter mine, a specimen of leaf gold. 1889
Gilpin county, Hunter mine: OK: 39.7973 -105.5112
Gilpin county, Hidden Treasure mine, 100$ gold nugget in conglomerate. 1903
Gilpin county, Wire Gold Mining and Milling Company, Black canyon, free gold from surface workings.
Gilpin county, Silver Plate mine, Nevadaville, famous for specimens silver, nuggets, 900oz/ton. 1906
Gilpin county, Topeka mine, 1st prize free gold ore. 1909
Gilpin county, Topeka mine, Central city, 20lb ore worth 400$, nuggets gold. 1897
Gilpin county, Topeka and Ryan leads, coarse and fine wire gold. 1860
Gilpin county, Topeka mine, 500lbs ore with 2050 oz/ton gold. 1899
Gilpin county, Topeka and Ryan leads, Russell gulch, fine coarse and wire gold. 1860
Gilpin county, Topeka mine: 39.7822 -105.5352  
Gilpin county, Peck and Thomas mine, Gregory gulch, pyrite thickly studded with native gold. 1868
Gilpin county, Franklin lode, ore covered with native silver.
Gilpin county, Cyclops mines and vein, Silver hill, wire silver.
Gilpin county, Cyclops mine: OK: 39.8143 -105.4920
Gilpin county, Gold dirt mine, lode nugget worth 90$.
Gilpin county, Bon Ton mine, Russell gulch, half inch and masses wire gold. 1898
Gilpin county, Leavitt mine, wire gold.  
Gilpin county, Leavitt vein: 39.7990 -105.5073
Gilpin county, Portage lode, wire gold.
Gilpin county, Portage lode, A.C.Bennett, wire gold in quartz. 1867
Gilpin county, Galetea mine, wire gold. 1897
Gilpin county, Ruby lode, Clear Creek, native silver. 1868
Gilpin county, Cook mine, wires gold on calcopyrite.
Gilpin county, Cook mine: 39.7968 -105.5000
Gilpin county, Aurora mine, wires and grains on quartz.
Gilpin county, Aurora mine: 39.7860 -105.5093 or 39.7858 -105.5105
Gilpin county, Prize mine, S side Nevada hill, wires of gold on galena.
Gilpin county, Prize mine: 39.7981 -105.52593
Gilpin county, Richie patch, Cash creek, wire gold.
Gilpin county, Perrin lode, E Russells gulch village, wire gold.
Gilpin county, Perrin Lode, Russell's Gulch, wire gold. 1862
Gilpin county, Perrin mine: GOOD: 39.7818 -105.5315
Gilpin county, Alaska mine, Black Hawk, native silver sacked.
Gilpin county, Ridgewood mine, free gold 1,000$/ton. 1900
Gilpin county, Mountain City mine, S Nevada Mountain, near Kansas-Burroughs lead, foot long quartz with leaf gold. 1860
Gilpin county, Secreto lead, Gregory and Mountain City area, visible gold wire gold. 1860
Gilpin county, Secreto lead, specimen leaf gold. 1860
Gilpin county, Gregory-Bobtail mine, Central city, two feet wire gold. 1897
Gilpin county, Gregory Bobtail mine, Central city, wire gold. 1897
Gilpin county, Gregory lode, Bates hill, large amounts wire and nugget gold. 1880
Gilpin county, Gregory lode: 39.8021 -105.4992 and 39.8012 -105.4987  
Gilpin county, Bobtail mine, streaks yellow gold. 1892
Gilpin county, Bobtail Gregory Bates Briggs+German mines, needles metalic gold.
Gilpin county, German mine: OK: 39.7897 -105.5338
Gilpin county, Bates vein: 39.8016 -105.5013  
Gilpin county, Briggs mine, metallic gold and silver.  
Gilpin county, Smith and Parmelee company, Gregory, crystalline lumps and wire gold. 1870
Gilpin county, Smith and Parmelee: AREA: 39.7993 -105.5018
Gilpin county, Golconda discovery, between Fall river and Spring gulch, beautiful specimen of native gold.  
Gilpin county, Coaley lode, Silver gulch south Blackjack mine, sulfides studded with native silver.
Gilpin county, Coaley lode, many speicmens native silver. 1868
Gilpin county, Coaley mines, wire silver. 1870
Gilpin county, Gilpin mine, wire silver. 1870
Gilpin county, Centennial mine, Yankee Hill, ore half gold. 1896
Gilpin county, Whale mine, Yankee hill, armed guards, wire gold. 1893
Gilpin county, Whale mine, Yankee Hill, guarding rich ore. 1893
Grand county, Teller mine, Horse gulch, Kremmling, 1,500$/ton gold. 1912
Gunnison county, Magna Charta mine, native gold and wire silver. 1892  
Gunnison county, Magna Charta mine: AREA: 38.5701 -106.3749
Gunnison county, x, Pomeroy mountain, Alpine tunnel, free gold and wire gold. 1904
Gunnison county, Camilla G.M.C., Alpine tunnel, Pomeroy mountain, 158,000$/ton wire gold. 1904
Gunnison county, Maid of Athens mine, Mineral farm basin, native silver.
Gunnison county, Chung mine, Mineral point, wire silver.
Gunnison county, Bullion King mine, wire silver. 1879
Gunnison county, Hudson mine, Rock creek, between Schofield and Crystal City, wire silver.
Gunnison county, Black Queen mine, Crystal City, wire silver. 1886
Gunnison county, Black Eagle incline, Mineral point, native and wire silver. 1891
Gunnison county, Hudson mine, Crystal city, Rock creek, wire silver to 1,000 oz/ton. 1889
Gunnison county, Chung mine, Mineral point, wire silver. 1884
Gunnison county, Buckeye Boy property, Mineral point, specimens to 1,000$ gold. 1888
Gunnison county, Oakes mine, Ruby district, large amounts wire silver. 1882
Gunnison county, Little Chief mine, ruby and wire silver. 1880
Gunnison county, 10th Instant mine, Lucona vein, Brush creek, Gothic, half ton ore with wire silver. 1887-1890
Gunnison county, Luona mine, Gothic, wire gold. 1880
Gunnison county, Sylvanite mine, Gothic, thin wire gold. 1891
Gunnison county, Sylvanite mine, Beartown, masses wire silver. 1883
Gunnison county, Sylvanite mine, 3 miles NNE Gothic, 40lbs of wire silver. 1884  
Gunnison county, Sylvanite mine, Elk mountain, Maroon creek, wire silver daily silver. 1887-1902
Gunnison county, Sylvanite mine, Gothic, wire gold. 1891
Gunnison county, Sylvanite mine: BIG MINE: 38.9976 -106.9562
Gunnison county, Moss Rose mine, Gothic, wire silver. 1901
Gunnison county, Gothic mountain area, wire silver.
Gunnison county, Lewiston mine, Tumichi district, large amounts wire gold and silver. 1881  
Gunnison county, Lewiston & Sleeping Pet mine, Buckhorn gulch, wire gold wire silver, walnut sized chunks. 1881
Gunnison county, Lewiston mine, Tumichi, large amounts wire gold and silver. 1887
Gunnison county, Lewiston mine: AREA: 38.57278 -106.37778
Gunnison county, Anna Mountain mines, some fine specimens of native silver and free gold.
Gunnison county, Anna Mountain mines, occasional specimens native silver and free gold. 1882
Gunnison county, Cumberland mine, nugget and leaf gold. 1882
Gunnison county, Cumberland mine, daily specimens nugget and leaf gold. 1882
Gunnison county, Cumberland mine: AREA 38.6205 -106.5754  
Gunnison county, Cortland group mines, Gold Brick mining, wire gold and wire silver same chunk. 1897
Gunnison county, Cortland group, Gold brick, wire gold and wire silver. 1897
Gunnison county, Cortland mine, wire and leaf silver. 1901
Gunnison county, Cortland mine, Gold brick, specimen minerals, masses of wire gold and wire silver. 1897
Gunnison county, Cortland, Messenger, and Magnet mines: AREA: 38.5894 -106.5790  
Gunnison county, Magnet mine, Ohio city, ruby wire and native silver.
Gunnison county, Magnet mine, by Messenger mine, wire gold and silver. 1898
Gunnison county, Hathaway mine, Cochitopa creek, masses rock free gold.  
Gunnison county, Illinois mine, finest wire silver. 1891
Gunnison county, Agatha mine, wire gold and wire silver. 1898
Gunnison county, Ben Franklin mine, Pitkin, ore sacked silver 5000 oz/ton. 1897
Gunnison county, Gold King mine, North Cross mountain, gold plainly visible. 1905
Gunnison county, Gold King mine, Tin Cup, gold plainly visible 15,000$ ton.
Gunnison county, Gold King M.C., N Cross mountain, gold plainly visible 15,000$/ton. 1905
Gunnison county? Volunteer mine, wire gold and silver in large amounts. 1882
Gunnison county, x, 2.5 miles NE Waunita, wire gold to 10,000$/ton. 1903
Hinsdale county, Woodstock mine, Yellow stone gulch, 10 miles Lake city, 200 lbs ore worth 300$, wire gold.
Hinsdale county, Wookstock mine, Lake City, Yellowstone gulch, 20$ wire gold on dump. 1896
Hinsdale county, Ruby Queen and First National mines, Palmetto, wire silver.
Hinsdale county, John J. Crooke lode, star and wire silver.
Hinsdale county, Luke Lynn, near Capital city, free gold and wire silver. 1902
Hinsdale county, Excelsior mine, just N Capital city, native copper and silver.
Hinsdale county, Gallic Vulcan mines, N Fork Henson creek, mile from Capital city, native gold and silver.
Hinsdale county, Hidden Treasure mine, Lake City, Henson Creek, upper workings considerable native silver.
Hinsdale county, Roscoe Conklin lode, Cimmeron creek district, flour and filiform crystal gold.
Hinsdale county, Isoide claim, Burrows park, 100 oz gold/ton. 1902
Hinsdale county, Golden fleece mine, Lake city, dime sized native silver. 1892
Hinsdale county, Golden Fleece, Lake city, tellueides-ore half gold.
Hinsdale county, Golden Fleece and Scotia mines, Picayune gulch, 6,000$/ton gold. 1908  
Hinsdale county, Black Wonder mine, Lake city, hand sized native silver ore. 1892
Hinsdale county, Black Crook mine, Lake city, considerable native silver wire silver.
Hinsdale county, Crooke lode, star and wire silver. 1876
Lake county, Mount Champion mine, Lackawanna gulch, 100 lbs specimens spattered free gold. 1915  
Lake county, Mount Champion mine: 39.1265 -106.5200
Lake county, Gordon mine, Mount Elbert, W Twin lakes, crystalline and wire gold 60,000$/pocket. 1896
Lake county, Gordon mine, 3 tons of wire gold ore, double eagle sized gold leaf-wire. 1896
Lake county, Gordon mine: 39.0861 -106.40259
Lake county, Gold Bug mine, 12 miles above Twin lakes, rich gold ore. 1891
Lake county, Goldbug & Florence mines, Independance Pass, rich gold specimens. 1896
Lake county, Goldbug and Florence lodes, Independance pass, rich gold specimens. 1896
Lake county, Little Gordon mine, high grade. 1896
Lake county, Little Joe mine, NE Gordon mine, Gordon vein, very high grade gold. 1892
Lake county, Little Joe mine, by Gordon mine, better than Gordon mine gold. 1892
Lake county, Little Joe mine, Twin Lakes, ore 3/4 gold, specimens, 200,000$/ton. 1895
Lake county, Doctor mine, Twin lakes, gray copper carrying wire silver.
Lake county, Golden Fleece mine, Twin Lakes, Bull Hill, 1,200$/ton gold, sacking ore. 1905
Lake county, Lake Gordon-Tiger mine, Twin Lakes, picture rock 300$/ton. 1915
Lake county, Ella Beeler, some native silver.
Lake county, Ella Beeler mine:  AREA 39.2323 -106.2332
Lake county, St. Kevin mine, wire silver. 1886
Lake county, Robinson shaft, wire silver. 1887
Lake county, Red Hook mine, wire silver. 1887
Lake county, A.Y. and Minnie mine, Leadville, wire silver.
Lake county, A.Y. mine: 39.2331 -106.2602
Lake county, Minnie mine, wire silver. 1884  
Lake county, Minnie mine: 39.2350 -106.2586
Lake county, Maid and Henriett mine, native silver and copper. 1893
Lake county, Venture mine, Leadville, wire silver. 1887
Lake county, Lincoln mine, some wire gold. 1900
Lake county, Bartlett tunnel, Sugar loaf mtn. wire silver. 1908
Lake county, Olive Branch mine, Ward consolidated, 6 oz wire silver. 1887-9  
Lake county, Olive Branch mine: 39.2554 -106.2682
Lake county, Dinero mine, Sugarloaf hill, visible wire silver. 1883
Lake county, Crown Point mine, Leadvile, ore covered with wire silver. 1886
Lake county, Crown point mine, Leadville, wire silver.  
Lake county, Crown Point mine: 39.2289 -106.2634
Lake county, Colonel Sellers mine, Leadville, beautiful wire silver. 1887
Lake county, Colonel Sellers mine: 39.2354 -106.2582
Lake county, Colorado Prince property, Breece Hill, large particles crystalline gold and wire gold. 1880
Lake county, Great Hope mine, very coarse gold in iron and quartz. 1895
Lake county, Great Hope mine: 39.2540 -106.2455
Lake county, Small Hopes mine, 1 mile Leadville, Stray Horse gulch, extension of the Sedalia, wire silver.
Lake county, New monarch mine, Cleveland shaft, pure gold half inch thick. 1910
Lake county, Big four mine, Leadville,  47 sacks ore valued at 100 oz gold/ton.
Lake county, Big four mine, Leadville, detectable gold some native silver.
Lake county, Big four mine: 39.2494 -106.2332
Lake county, Scooper mine, between Stray Horse and Evans gulch, rich in wire gold and silver. 1878  
Lake county, Scooper mine: 39.2529 -106.2643  and  39.2531 -106.2633
Lake county, Holden mine, rich strike. 1880
Lake county, Messrs. Breece & Company, N Printer Boy mine, 1,000 oz pocket. 1871
Lake county, Printer Boy mine, in California gulch, wire gold, 13lbs.  
Lake county, Printer Boy mine, 6 oz chunk, 110 ozs picked from ore. 1867
Lake county, Printer Boy mine, pan yields 132 oz gold. 1871
Lake county, Printer Boy mine: 39.2312 -106.2480
Lake county, Florence mine of Lillian group, Printer Boy Hill, 30 oz of leaf nugget and wire gold. 1886
Lake county, Florence mine of Lillian group: 39.2258 -106.2435
Lake county, St. Louis tunnel, crystalline gold.
Lake county, St. Louis tunnel: 39.2525 -106.2350
Lake county, Miner Boy mine, native gold.
Lake county, Miner Boy mine: 39.2512 -106.2352
Lake county, Fannie Rawlings, native gold.
Lake county, Fannie Rawlings: 39.2499 -106.2343
Lake county, Donovan mine, native gold.
Lake county, Donovan mine: 39.2454 -106.2300
Lake county, Little Winnie mine, leaf gold.
Lake county, Little Winnie mine: 39.2532 -106.2302
Lake county, Ibex and Golden Eagle mines, specimen gold. 1927
Lake county, Ibex Number 4, native copper, wire and leaf gold.
Lake county, Ibex Number 4: 39.2450 -106.2361
Lake county, Ibex Number 2, native gold in quartz.
Lake county, Ibex Number 2: 39.2459 -106.2328
Lake county, Little Johnny mine, 100$/lb gold. 1907
Lake county, Little Jonny mine, 140lb chunk of ore with 25,000$ wire gold. 1906
Lake county, Little Jonny mine, 15lb chunk of gold. 1906
Lake county, Little Johnny mine, 30 pound boulder of wire gold. 1910
Lake county, Little Johnny mine or Ibex No.1 mine: 39.2472 -106.2321
Lake county, Vinnie mine, 30lb gold chunk. 1910
Lake county, Pilot Boy mine, wire gold specimen. 1870
Lake county, Pilot mine, Printer Boy Hill, penny weight gold, ore prolific gold nuggets. 1884  
Lake county, Pilot mine: 39.2304 -106.2464
Lake county, Mammoth mine, wire silver.  
Lake county, Leopard mine, by Green mountain mine, specimens studded with free gold. 1882
Lake county, Green Mountain lode, gold larger than pin heads 1,750 oz/ton gold. 1880
Lake county, Green Mountain mine: 39.2307 -106.2263
Lake county, Prairie Dog Town mine, Mt. Elbert, poppy seed gold, also wire and leaf gold. 1896
Lake county, Uncle Sam Lode, Little Evans gulch, pyrite and free gold. 1880
Lake county, William Fay mine, Sugarloaf, 1,300 oz/ton gold. 1896
Lake county, Griffen mine, St. Kevin, much wire silver. 1917
Lake county, Hap Hazard mine, wire gold. 1900
Lake county, Dutchmans Lost mine, specimen gold. 1900
Lake county, Belle of Granite mine, Granite, leaf and cube gold. 20 oz/ton. 1896
Lake county, Belle of Granite mine, inch leaf gold 400$/ton. 1911
Lake county, Preston group, Four Mile park, wire silver. 1910

LA PLATA COUNTY ABOUT 12 REPORTS OF COARSE GOLD AND OR SILVER

MINERAL COUNTY 8 REPORTS

MONTEZUMA 8 REPORTS

OURAY COUNTY 75 REPORTS

PARK COUNTY 40 REPORTS

PITKIN COUNTY 65 REPORTS

RIO GRANDE COUNTY 8 REPORTS

SAGUAHE COUNTY 15 REPORTS

SAN JUAN 120 REPORTS

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY 65 REPORTS

SUMMIT COUNTY 75 REPORTS

TELLER COUNTY 100 REPORTS

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