The Lora
(Lode/Placer)
(40 acres)
​Boulder County, Colorado
​$47,000
Sale Pending

•Primary Commodities: Gold and Silver
​•Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc• •Claim designation: un-patented Lode/Placer
• Size: 40 acre
•Location: Boulder County, Colorado
​​•Financing available 

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    The Lora Is a  documented Gold and Silver producing mineral property in Boulder county, Colorado.
 Featuring an inclined mine shaft with connecting a haulage adit developed into a mineralized outcropping, an old miners cabin with ore cart remnants from the 1950’s and a secluded access for any vehicle type.

     Ward is one of Colorado's oldest and longest lasting mining camps. The town may be much quieter than during it's boom years in the 1800s, but nonetheless it has endured for over 160 years, quite a feat for a small alpine mining town. 
  The first placer deposits were discovered in 1860, and in 1861 the famous Columbia mine was located. The Ward Mining District was organized in September of 1861.
 T  he initial settlement was called Columbia, but was later changed to Ward in honor of Calvin Ward, discoverer of one of the early mines in the district.
   A post office was established in 1863 under the name "Ward District". A school was built that same year.
   As placers ran out in the mid 1860s, attention turned to hard rock mining. The first stamp mills in the district were built in the late 1860s.
With the local mining industry maturing, the town of Ward became a prosperous and permanent settlement.

 Primary workings consist of an inclined mine shaft driven at a 15 degree angle at an estimated depth of 250' into the mountainside, with a connecting haulage adit at the 75' level driven off of a 300' drift.
 Featuring documented assay values of up to 2/opt (ounces per ton) Gold and up to 16/opt in Silver.
 
   Evidence of steel pipe and a past boiler point to a single jack drill for the original development.
 Tin chimney pipe utilized for air ventilation during original production is available near the surplus area, as well as visibly protruding from the mine portals..
  Adit-portal and shaft collar will require rehabilitation work to remove small amounts of overburden, as well as new entrance timbers needed for further exploration and development. 

 Secondary workings include prospect diggings along the seasonal gulch creek bed.
Alluvial Gold and Silver values can be located in the creek bed, with flowing water from spring runoff until mid June.

  A miners bunkhouse rests directly above the old haulage adit, estimated construction date during the 1950's, the cabin stands with four walls, though no roof.
​ Remnants of an iron cookstove/chimney, as well as a very weathered ore cart rest near the mine workings.

 Area is easily accessible with any vehicle type in the warmer months, and 4x4 recommended in the winter.
A camping and staging area is located on the southern portion of the mine, featuring space for multiple vehicles or recreational campers.
 Mine workings are located above the staging area about 900' via an old narrow mine road, suitable for hiking or ATV use.
 One of the most accessible and secluded mines in the Boulder county area, with documented Gold and Silver potential.

 An excellent location for the beginning enthusiast, up to an established mining company. 




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