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J.D. Irving

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Geology and ore deposits of the Leadville mining district, Colorado

Adequate treatment of so large and so extensively developed a district as that of Leadville necessitates a voluminous report, in which the practical questions of prime interest to the commercial world can not be systematically answered until the data on which they depend are discussed. Many readers will no doubt wish to turn at once to the chapter on ore reserves, which will give them an appraisal of the district, without bothering with geologic detail. For those who wish a brief general account, a summary of the principal chapters of the report is presented below.

Colorado

Economic resources of the northern Black Hills

The mining district of the Black Hills comprised within the Spearfish and Sturgis quadrangles was surveyed geologically in the summers of 1898 and 1899 under the direction of Mr. S. F. Emmons. The following pages present a brief summary of the geologic features, more especially with reference to ore-bearing formations. These are confined to the Algonkian and Paleozoic strata and their associated eruptives.

South Dakota, Wyoming