Editing Lake City, Colorado (section)

==Golden Fleece Mine==
In 1874, [[Enos T. Hotchkiss]] filed a claim five miles south of Lake City which led to the development of the [[Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado)|Golden Fleece Mine]]. Results from preliminary work in the mine were promising, and [[assay]] determination indicated the property was rich in high grade [[Telluride (chemistry)|telluride]] and gold ore at a short distance below the surface. But in November 1876, work on the Hotchkiss mine came to an abrupt halt when Hotchkiss was severely injured from a 30-foot fall down a mine shaft. After lying idle for many months, the mine was sold at a [[sheriff's sale]]. With new ownership, a rich vein of gold and a large vein of rich telluride ore were discovered in 1892, with one carload valued at more than $19,000. By 1904, it had produced $1,400,000 in silver and gold ore. The ruins of buildings at the Golden Fleece mine are still visible today.<ref>{{cite book|title=Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity Colorado, Containing Portraits and Biographies of many well known Citizens of the Past and Present together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States'' (portraited person: Charles H. Davis)''|publisher= Chapman Publishing Company|location= Chicago|date=1898|pages= 791–792}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Holmes, Richard Walker  |author2=Kennedy, Marrianna B. |title=Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico)|publisher= Van Nostrand Reinhold|date=1983|pages= 180–185|isbn=  978-0-442-28038-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Engineering and Mining Journal |title=Colorado|volume= 145 |issue=2 |date=1944|page=102 |issn= 0095-8948}} ([[CODEN]] ENMJAK).</ref>