Granite Mine (Independent Granite), Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USAi

Regional Level Types
Granite Mine (Independent Granite)	Mine
Cripple Creek Mining District	Mining District
Teller County	County
Colorado	State
USA	Country

The Granite mine, owned by the Granite Gold Mining Company, of Denver, capital $1,000,000, is situated on the northern edge of Victor, between the Portland and Monument mines on the east and the Ajax, Dead Pine, and Gold Coin mines on the west. The workings are embraced within the generally north-south Granite claim. The mine is operated under the leasing system.

The main shaft, 1,000 feet in depth, is situated on the eastern edge of the claim, 250 feet from the northeast corner. The first level below the collar of the shaft is the so-called level 5, 445 feet below the surface. Level 6 is 150 feet below level 5. Then follow levels 7, 8, and 9, 100 feet apart, and finally level 10, 80 feet below level 9. The workings lie mainly south of the shaft, comprising on most levels a main north-south drift, reached by a westerly crosscut from the shaft, and various spur and parallel drifts with their connecting crosscuts. Level 6 is the most extensive, connecting on the west with the Dead Pine mine and on the east with the Portland mine. A drift on this level also passes under the Monument shaft. About 380 feet from the south end of the claim is the South shaft, about 200 feet deep, connecting with three short levels.