Historic Patented Mining Claim * San Juan Mountains Colorado

• SIZE: 9.97+/- acres
• APN#: MS# 70
• LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Silver Wing patented mining claim
• STATE: Colorado
• COUNTY: San Juan
• GENERAL LOCATION: about 13 miles North of Silverton. up burns Gulch.
• DRIVING DIRECTIONS: From Silverton take County road 110, which is now county road 2 towards Eureka and Animas Forks. Follow the Animas River until you come to Burns Gulch. Turn right (east) onto Burns Gulch Road. Follow this road until it levels out, about 1 mile
• GENERAL ELEVATION: 11,000-11,500
• GENERAL INFORMATION: Historic mine on the property. Must hike to property from the Burns Gulch road until a road is put in through the Emma & Merrimac. Great for prospecting, camping. possible rustic cabin. Seasonal Access. NO MINERALS with this parcel. Just the land
• TYPE OF TERRAIN: sloping- steep
• ZONING: alpine/mining
• POWER: No.
• PHONE: No.
• WATER: no. must install well or holding tank.
• SEWER: No. Only needed when/if you build.
• ROADS: Must hike from burns gulch road
• PROPERTY TAX: $85 a year  
• CLOSING/DOC. FEES: $89.  
• TIME LIMIT TO BUILD: none
• ASSOCIATION DUES: none
• PLAT MAP:  MAP
• TITLE INFORMATION: Free and clear 
• FINANCING INFO and PURCHASE INFO

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From the December 24, 1964 edition of the Silverton Standard & the Miner:

A LONG WALK.

It’s a long walk from the Silver Wing to Howardsville, even if the night is “clear and kinda pretty.”

M.H. MacQuarrie and Paul Smith of Silverton made the walk last Saturday evening when a slide just below the Silver Wing cut off access by road and forced the pair to take to walking to get home.

No radio communication is available at the mine up the Animas Canyon, and the two had to walk to Howardsville, about eight miles away, in order to phone Silverton to get help.