RE: FRANKLIN MINING -- FMNJ --
The Old Franklin Gold, Silver &
Copper Mines & Mill -
To All -
Don't underestimate FMNJ backbone -
The Great Franklin Mines -
Rich Old Mines -
the Gold made U.S. Rich from the start -
Ex. 1. Note. Seaton Mines -
at the bottom of
FMNJ old Gold Mines list -
History 2nd, in the serie -
of Old Franklin Gold Mines -
Seaton Gold Mine - Vein -
outcrop on north side of road.
A 3-ft. (91 cm) vein of pyrite,
with sericitization and silicification,
strikes N55°-60°E and dips 45°-54°NW.
An incline shaft has been driven several hundred feet
down this structure.
The microcline-bearing gneiss wall rock strikes
northeast and dips an average of 45°NW.
The dump is on the left after passing the outcrop.
Col. A.R. Seaton of Kentucky discovered -
The Seaton Mine -
for which Seaton Mountain is named on July 4, 1860.
The Seaton boasted the first silver production
in Colorado.
The ore was sent by oxen teams to St. Joseph,
Missouri, then on to New York by rail, and from there
by ship to Wales for processing until 1867
when Nathaniel P. Hill's Boston and
Colorado Smelter was built in Black Hawk.
The ore was then milled at Idaho Springs,
near Soda Creek, and the
concentrates were shipped to Black Hawk for smelting.
The Seaton Mine -
shaft is over 400 feet deep and served -
six different mine levels.
One stope in the Seaton -
was reportedly 380 feet long and over 300 feet high.
In 1903,
the mine averaged 300-400 tons per month,
requiring a work force of about 40 men.
From the Seaton's -
deepest level (the 6th) the mine finally connected
with the Foxhall Tunnel
(or 7th level), and ore was then mined through
this second portal.
Three different methods of communication -
were used underground in the Seaton -
electric bells,
speaking tubes
and telephones.
In 1906, the Seaton Mine -
had a shaft house with a gallows frame,
a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop
and a horse stable at the shaft collar.
A second blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop,
a bunkhouse with an office and
storerooms, a powderhouse, and ore bins
were located at the Foxhall Tunnel,
vertically below the mine.
The Seaton Mine -
was one of the more valuable properties in the county
and was worked steadily from 1860 to 1872 and
then intermittently until 1922.
It was the first Colorado Gold Mine -
that changed from rich Gold ore at the surface -
to also rich silver ore at depth.
Prior to 1899 the Seaton Mine - produced $600,000.00
worth of metals.
Between 1902 and 1922 -
it produced over $6.4 million!
Six thousand tons of smelting ore
shipped in 1902 contained 9,000 ounces of Gold.
The Seaton Mine -
vein was mined through the Argo Tunnel
in Idaho Springs at a vertical depth of 1,200 feet,
where it also had rich ore.
4.4 Junction with road to upper part of Gilson Gulch.
Turn right, DOWNHILL.
The open shaft on the right -
is on the Queen lode.
It is very dangerous.
On the left of the road are the Tropic
(Trojan) shaft (highest on hillside),
the Rickard, Pine Shade and Sunny Side shafts.
The Pine Shade -
and Sunny Side -
were individual mines -
on the eastward continuation
of the Seaton vein.
The Tropic Mine -
was described in 1880 as one of the most steadily
profitable mines on the mountain.
Its owners, Gen.
J. I Gilbert and Joseph Reynolds
had sunk the main shaft 180 feet reaching
the first level of ore at 32 feet.
That vein was opened for a distance
of 570 feet easterly.
Fifty feet lower the second level
was opened 210 feet westerly and 390 feet
easterly.
The next and lowest level was 80 feet below
the second and had a 60 foot drift west
of the shaft.
The average height of the stopes in
the two upper levels was from 10 to 15 feet.
The shaft was going deeper after
a 50-horse powerhoisting
engine arrived.
There were twenty men employed in the Tropic,
16 in the stopes and 4 above ground.
Monthly output of ore was about fifty tons.
The ore vein -
averaged a foot to eighteen inches in width.
At the bottom of the shaft,
the vein was eighteen inches of nearly solid ore,
consisting of galena,
gray copper,
yellow copper,
and iron pyrites.
The first-class ore brought $100 to
$180 per ton.
The second-class ore milled out
from $90 to $100 per ton
and the concentrating ore ranged
from $40 to $50 per ton.
The first class ore assayed
at ¾ of an ounce of gold,
170 ounces of silver per ton
with 4 to 6% copper.
Note.
Don't underestimate the oldtimers
real miners - who made -
U.S.A. Great.
Franklin Gold Mines -
should be proud to be one of
the first Great Mines -
FMNJ - will soon rediscover
what great assets are in the
FMNJ Mines safest safetybox -
if You know of any old -
Franklin Mines - history -
please contribute -
the history often repeat itself -
Tia.
http://tinyurl.com/zdggd
.
The Old Franklin Gold, Silver &
Copper Mines & Mill -
To All -
Don't underestimate FMNJ backbone -
The Great Franklin Mines -
Rich Old Mines -
the Gold made U.S. Rich from the start -
Ex. 1. Note. Seaton Mines -
at the bottom of
FMNJ old Gold Mines list -
History 2nd, in the serie -
of Old Franklin Gold Mines -
Seaton Gold Mine - Vein -
outcrop on north side of road.
A 3-ft. (91 cm) vein of pyrite,
with sericitization and silicification,
strikes N55°-60°E and dips 45°-54°NW.
An incline shaft has been driven several hundred feet
down this structure.
The microcline-bearing gneiss wall rock strikes
northeast and dips an average of 45°NW.
The dump is on the left after passing the outcrop.
Col. A.R. Seaton of Kentucky discovered -
The Seaton Mine -
for which Seaton Mountain is named on July 4, 1860.
The Seaton boasted the first silver production
in Colorado.
The ore was sent by oxen teams to St. Joseph,
Missouri, then on to New York by rail, and from there
by ship to Wales for processing until 1867
when Nathaniel P. Hill's Boston and
Colorado Smelter was built in Black Hawk.
The ore was then milled at Idaho Springs,
near Soda Creek, and the
concentrates were shipped to Black Hawk for smelting.
The Seaton Mine -
shaft is over 400 feet deep and served -
six different mine levels.
One stope in the Seaton -
was reportedly 380 feet long and over 300 feet high.
In 1903,
the mine averaged 300-400 tons per month,
requiring a work force of about 40 men.
From the Seaton's -
deepest level (the 6th) the mine finally connected
with the Foxhall Tunnel
(or 7th level), and ore was then mined through
this second portal.
Three different methods of communication -
were used underground in the Seaton -
electric bells,
speaking tubes
and telephones.
In 1906, the Seaton Mine -
had a shaft house with a gallows frame,
a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop
and a horse stable at the shaft collar.
A second blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop,
a bunkhouse with an office and
storerooms, a powderhouse, and ore bins
were located at the Foxhall Tunnel,
vertically below the mine.
The Seaton Mine -
was one of the more valuable properties in the county
and was worked steadily from 1860 to 1872 and
then intermittently until 1922.
It was the first Colorado Gold Mine -
that changed from rich Gold ore at the surface -
to also rich silver ore at depth.
Prior to 1899 the Seaton Mine - produced $600,000.00
worth of metals.
Between 1902 and 1922 -
it produced over $6.4 million!
Six thousand tons of smelting ore
shipped in 1902 contained 9,000 ounces of Gold.
The Seaton Mine -
vein was mined through the Argo Tunnel
in Idaho Springs at a vertical depth of 1,200 feet,
where it also had rich ore.
4.4 Junction with road to upper part of Gilson Gulch.
Turn right, DOWNHILL.
The open shaft on the right -
is on the Queen lode.
It is very dangerous.
On the left of the road are the Tropic
(Trojan) shaft (highest on hillside),
the Rickard, Pine Shade and Sunny Side shafts.
The Pine Shade -
and Sunny Side -
were individual mines -
on the eastward continuation
of the Seaton vein.
The Tropic Mine -
was described in 1880 as one of the most steadily
profitable mines on the mountain.
Its owners, Gen.
J. I Gilbert and Joseph Reynolds
had sunk the main shaft 180 feet reaching
the first level of ore at 32 feet.
That vein was opened for a distance
of 570 feet easterly.
Fifty feet lower the second level
was opened 210 feet westerly and 390 feet
easterly.
The next and lowest level was 80 feet below
the second and had a 60 foot drift west
of the shaft.
The average height of the stopes in
the two upper levels was from 10 to 15 feet.
The shaft was going deeper after
a 50-horse powerhoisting
engine arrived.
There were twenty men employed in the Tropic,
16 in the stopes and 4 above ground.
Monthly output of ore was about fifty tons.
The ore vein -
averaged a foot to eighteen inches in width.
At the bottom of the shaft,
the vein was eighteen inches of nearly solid ore,
consisting of galena,
gray copper,
yellow copper,
and iron pyrites.
The first-class ore brought $100 to
$180 per ton.
The second-class ore milled out
from $90 to $100 per ton
and the concentrating ore ranged
from $40 to $50 per ton.
The first class ore assayed
at ¾ of an ounce of gold,
170 ounces of silver per ton
with 4 to 6% copper.
Note.
Don't underestimate the oldtimers
real miners - who made -
U.S.A. Great.
Franklin Gold Mines -
should be proud to be one of
the first Great Mines -
FMNJ - will soon rediscover
what great assets are in the
FMNJ Mines safest safetybox -
if You know of any old -
Franklin Mines - history -
please contribute -
the history often repeat itself -
Tia.
http://tinyurl.com/zdggd
.
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