The Atlantic Cable Mine - Rico, CO - Mines on Waymarking.com

R. C. Darling discovered the mine property in March 1878, within the Pioneer Mining District near the confluence of Silver Creek and the Dolores River. Two years later R. C. Darling returned from Santa Fe, New Mexico and filed the Atlantic Cable Lode Mining Claim.

The ore was concentrated in a blanket deposit within the Leadville-Ouray limestone. The formation contained lead, zinc, copper and silver in mineralized beds ranging from less than one foot to twenty-two feet in thickness. The mineralized beds assayed at approximately twenty percent lead, twenty-two percent zinc, one and one-half percent copper and ten to fifteen ounces of silver per ton.

The Atlantic Cable Lode was patented in March of 1883, as Mineral Land Survey No. 1136. At the time of patenting by R. C. Darling and the Dolores Silver Mining Company, the claim had been developed by three shafts.

The mine was a large producer of lead and zinc ore during the years of World War II.

Owners of the mine property have been R. C. Darling from discovery to 1882, the Dolores Silver Mining Company from 1882 to 1919, the Rico-Argentine Mining Company from 1919 to 1979, and the Anaconda Minerals Company to the present.

Information from the panel at the mine.

Mine Type: Abandoned Mine Mineral Collecting: Not Known Material Mined: Non-Precious Metal Operation: Underground Mine Surface Features: Yes KNOWN DANGERS: The mine site is well fenced to prevent access to the remaining building. Any Other information: The headframe and part of the hoist house are preserved. Any associated website: Not listed

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