Description

THE IRON SILVER MINING COMPANY, Leadville Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, stock certificate #A8023.

Issued May 4, 1882, punch-cancelled by Company.

‘Company owned 9 claims: Iron, Iron Hat, Porphyry, Bull-s-eye, Lime, Stone, 76, Rock and Dome, situated on Iron Hill, California Gulch and extending onto Rock Hill, opposite, about 3 miles east of Leadville, California District.

Ore was composed of iron and leasd carbonates and oxides in decomposed porphyry gangue.

Developments: over 40,000 feet of tunnels, inclines, shafts, winzes nad drifts, showing immense reserves.

Production: 15 to 20 ounces of silver per ton.

{ref: 1883 Colorado Mining Directory, Corregan & Lingane, Page 419]

COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL