Mary McKinney Mine, Anaconda, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USAi

Regional Level Types
Mary McKinney Mine	Mine
Anaconda	Village
Cripple Creek Mining District	Mining District
Teller County	County
Colorado	State
USA	Country

The Mary McKinney mine is situated on the south side of Squaw Gulch, opposite the town of Anaconda. Adjacent mines are the Anaconda and Peggy on the north, the Morning Glory and Doctor-Jackpot on the east, and the Katinka and Aileen on the south. The property comprises the Mary McKinney, Mary McKinney No. 2, Republic, Mayflower, Le Clair, and Thurlow claims, and covers about 34 acres. It is owned by the Mary McKinney Company, of Colorado Springs, incorporated in 1892, and capitalized at $1,000,000. Up to the beginning of 1889 the mine was worked by lessees, the first shipment of ore being in 1893. Early in 1899 the company began operations on its own account, and erected the present shaft house. The first dividend was declared in October of the same year.

The main shaft, 609 feet deep, is on the Republic claim, about 1,000 feet from the south end of the property. There are four other smaller shafts, of which the only one now in use is the Burke and Fry shaft, in the northern part of the mine, operated by lessees.

There are five main levels, which at the shaft are approximately 135, 210, 280, 380, and 485 feet below the surface. These extend through the Republic and Mary McKinney claims in a general north-northeast direction, practically from one end of the property to the other. In the southern part of the mine the drifts are of simple linear plan, following the Mary McKinney and Le Clair lodes, which intersect at a small angle. In the northern part of the mine, however, the workings are more complex, owing to the less regular character of the fissuring and to the existence of a number of so-called "flat veins". The Ophelia tunnel passes through the northern end of the mine, 15 or 20 feet above level 4.