Wellington Mine from the lower County Boy Tunnel. These are properly the Oro workings, with old Wellington tunnel being nearly half a mile up the gulch, to the right. The course of the vein is diagonally up the hill to the right, nearly along the line of dumps. There is no real outcrop. Beginning from the mill near the center, the dumps are identified left to right has; Main Oro adit, Old Oro adit, Oro shaft, and Siam tunnel. Breckenridge District. Summit County, Colorado. 1909 Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS home page is http://www.usgs.gov.
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