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Avon Mill
Banta Hill Mine & Mill
Bobtail Mine
Bonanza & Freedom
California Mine
Chase Mine
Eureka Mine & Mill
Fifty Gold Mines Mill
Frontenac  Mine
Gold Coin Mine
Gold Collar
Grand Army
Grand Central Mine
Gregory Buell/U.P.R
Gunnell Mine
Hidden Treasure Mill
Humphry Concentrator
Iron City Mill
Meade Mill
New York Mill
Old Town Mine
Pease Kansas Mine
Pewabic/Iron Mines
Pittsburg Mine
Polar Star & Eagle Mill
Prize Mine
Randolf Mill
Rialto Mine
Rocky Mountain
Roderick Dhu
Saratoga Mine
Topeka Mine
Tucker Mine & Mill
Wheeler Mill
Whiting Mine

There were numerous mines and mills serviced by the Gilpin Tram and the Colorado Central.   Many are listed below.   Photo's, plans and models can be found for some using links.

Gilpin Historic Society

Mills

Year Location Capacity Equipment
Avon   Nevada Gulch, east end of Nevadaville. 200 tons (1)

60-100 tons (2)

Amalgamation and concentration.  1 jaw crusher, 30 stamps with outside amalgamation plates, 6 Gilpin County bumpers, 1 Wilfley table.
Banta Hill Mill Banta Hill
Bonanza Mill 1881 Chase Gulch    
Brooklyn (Field)   North Clear Creek, 1 mile northwest of Black Hawk   1 jaw crusher, 10 stamps with outside amalgamation plates, jigs, and Gilpin County bumpers. (2)
Casto   Winnebago Hill, north of Teller House, Central City 30 tons (2) Amalgamation and concentration.  1 jaw crusher, 10 stamps with outside amalgamation plates, 1 classifer, 2 concentrating tables, 1 Horn slimer. (2)
Chamberlain (Public Sampling Works)        
Clear Creek Mining and Miling Co. Black Hawk Concentrate mill waste, 48 canvas tables, 2 Frue vanners, 2 Wilfley tables
Climax 37 tons (1) 25 stamps (1)
Eagle (Empire)   North Clear Creek 70 tons (1) 35 stamps (1)

Amalgamation and concentration, 25 stamps, Gilpin County bumpers (2)

Fifty Gold Mines Mill/ Bobtail Mill   North Clear Creek, mouth of Gregory Gulch 115 tons (1)

350 tons (2)

75 stamps (1)

Amalgamation and concentration, 80 stamps with outside amalgamation plates, concentration tables.  (2)

Freedom/Oliver Chase Gulch Amalgamation and concentration, stamps, amalgamation plates, tables (2)
Frontenac Mill   North Clear Creek 3/8 miles east of Black Hawk 250 tons (2)  Concentration, 1 jaw crusher, 3 sets rolls, 3 trommels, 3 jigs, 3 cone thickeners, 9 Flood classifiers, 20 Card tables, 4 Deister tables. (2)
Gilpin County 75 tons (1) 75 stamps (1)
Gilpin-Eureka   Prosser Gulch, 3/4 mile west of Central City 50 tons (1) Amalgamation and concentration, 1 jaw crusher, 1 set rolls, 10 stamps with outside amalgamation plates, Pierce amalgamator, 2 Wilfley tables, 2 Callow cones, 1 Deister slimer, 1 Frue vanner. (2)
Gold Coin Nevada Gulch, south of Nevadaville Amalgamation and concentration, 25 stamps, 18 amalgamation pans (2)
Gregory Buell/U.P.R   Gregory Gulch, east end of Central City 150 tons (2) Amalgamation and concentration.  1 jaw crusher, 45 rapid-drop stamps with outside amalgamation plates, 5 Gilpin County bumpers, 3 Wilfley tables, 1 Standard table. (2)
Hidden Treasure (New California)   North Clear Creek, 1/4 mile north of Black Hawk 115 tons (1) 85 stamps (1)

Amalgamation and concentration, 40 stamps, 2 outside amalgamation plates, 2 Wilfley tables (2).

Hubert
Humphrey Concentrating        
Iron City (Frontenac, Rose Quartz)   North Clear Creek, 3/4 mile east of Black Hawk 50 tons (1)

75 tons (2)

25 stamps (1)

Concentration and subsidiary amalgamation, 1 jaw crusher, 25 rapid-drop stamps, Flood classifiers, 5 Card tables, 2 Deister tables, regrinding pan, 2 Callow cones. (2)

Meade (Gunnell Gold M&M Company Lower Mill, Fullerton Lower) 60 tons (1) 40 stamps (1)
Midas
New York Black Hawk 115 tons (1)

150 tons (2)

75 stamps (1)

Amalgamation and concentration, 70 stamps, 20 Gilpin County bumpers (2)

Penn (Pennsylvania, Cashier)     75 tons (1) 75 stamps (1)
Polar Star   North Clear Creek, mouth of Chase Gulch 60 tons (1)

49 tons (2)

40 stamps (1)

Amalgamation and concentration, 40 slow drop 500-pound stamps with amalgamation plates, 8 Gilpin County bumpers. (2)

Randolph Black Hawk 75 tons (1)

100 tons (2)

50 stamps (1)

Amalgamation and concentration, 50 stamps, 10 plates, 10 bumping tables, water power.  In 1914 operating part of mill consisted of crusher, Challenge feeders, 10 750-pound stamps (53 drops a minute) amalgamation plates, 2 Gilpin County bumping tables, 6 Wiltley tables, electric power. (2)

Rocky Mountain Concentrator (A.M.P.)   North Clear Creek, 1 mile east of Black Hawk 75 tons (1) Concentration (2)
State Ore Sampling Works        
Tucker   Chase Gulch, 3/4 mile northwest of Black Hawk 50 tons (2) Concentration, 1 jaw crusher, 1 set rolls, 3 trommels, 5 Hartz jigs, 10 stamps, 3 Wilfley tables (2)
Vendome 60 tons (1) 30 stamps (1)
Wheeler (Martin)   North Clear Creek 1 mile northwest of Black Hawk   Amalgamation and concentration.  25 slow-drop stamps with outside amalgamation plates. 5 Gilpin County bumpers. (2)

 Mines

Year Claim Location District
Aduddell Mine 1868 150x3000 Elkhorn Gulch Russell
Banta Hill Mine Banta Hill
Bobtail Mine Gregory
Bonanza Mine 1881 1000 Chase Gulch Gregory(?)
California Mine 1870 50x100 Quartz Hill Nevada
Chase Mine Russell (?)
Eureka Mine Prosser Gulch
Frontenac Mine Elkhorn Gulch Russell
Gold Coin Mine 1880
Gold Collar Mine Gunnell Hill Eureka
Golden Fleece
Grand Army Gunnell Hill Eureka7
Grand Central Mine     Gunnell Hill  
Gunnell Gold Mining & Milling Co. 1859   Gunnell Hill Eureka
Iron Mine (Ironact)     Russell Gulch Russell
Old Town     Russell Gulch Russell
Pease Kansas Quartz Hill Nevada
Pewabic Mine 1865 50x1000 Pewabic Mountain Russell
Pittsburg Mine     Lower Russell Gulch Russell
Prize Nevadaville Nevada
Rialto Central City
Roderick Dhu Quartz Hill Nevada
Saratoga Mine 1864 150x2000 Willis Gulch Russell
Topeka Mine     Russell Gulch Russell
Tucker     Chase Gulch  

Source: 

(1) The Gilpin Tramway Quarterly, No. 8

(2) Bastin, E.S., and J.M. Hill, 1917, Economic geology of Gilpin County and adjacent parts of Clear Creek and Boulder counties, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 94

 

 

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