Summit County, in north-central Colorado is bounded on the west by the crest of the Gore Range, on the northeast by the crest of the Williams River Mountains, and on the southeast by the FrontRange. Summit County ranks first in Colorado in placer gold production and tenth in the State in total gold production. 1,010,670 ounces of gold has been produced through 1959. Mineralization in the Breckenridge area consists of both placer deposits and primary lode deposits. The placer deposits near Breckenridge were some of the richest in Colorado. Virtually every creek bed and dry gulch in the area contained gold. A few of them (like French Gulch, Illinois Gulch, and Georgia Gulch) were legendary producers. Lode deposits consisting of gold and silver-bearing polymetallic sulfide veins are also found in the Breckenridge District. By far, the most important of these occur on Farncomb Hill. On the western side of the hill, veins containing native gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena are hosted within a Laramide quartz monzonite intrusion. On the southern side of the hill, the same ore minerals occur in a shattered and brecciated portion of the intrusion and in the surrounding Cretaceous shales. Other lode deposits occur on Gibson Hill, Humbug Hill, and Mineral Hill. Summit County summitcounty Gibson Hill Placer Grub-106 $6500.00120 Acre Claim. Location Section 29 T-6, R-77W, 6th Pric. Meridian. gibson-hill-placer-106 French Creek Placer Grub-204 $7500.0020 Acre Claim. Location Section 35 T-6S, R-77W french-creek-placer-204 Little Mountain Grub 203 $7500.0020 Acre Lode claim Location: T7S R77W Sec 6 Little Mountain is located just South of downtown Breckenridge off Hwy 9 between CR10 and CR789. This is the outskirts of Breckenridge with some residences in the vacinity. Access is easy with nearby paved and dirt roads. Claim overlaps patented pieces at edges which makes is just under 20 acres. This property is an unpatented claim located between several pieces of patented property (private) with easy access including a trail goes through the property. Nearby restaurants and stores make this an appealing property for someone that wants both a proven claim but without the need to traverse rustic and steep 4WD roads. Since it's so convenient to town, someone local could easily take off from work a few hours early and be on this claim in 15 minutes. You simply don't find easier access than this claim little-mountain-203 Lincoln Placer 107 $9500.00100 Acre Placer claim Location: T-6S. R-77W Sec 34 lincoln-association-placer-107 Farncomb Hill-Grub 101 $15,000.0020 Acre claim. T6S R77W Sec 36 Farncomb Hill-Guffey 103 $10,000.0020 Acres T6S R77W Sec 35 farncomb-103 Farncomb Hill- Guffey 104 $10,000.00 farncomb-104 Farncomb Hill A $15,000.0020 acre lode claim farncombhillA Farncomb Hill #1 Placer $15,000.0020 acre placer claim fahi1pl2 Humbug Placer #2 Placer $7500.0040 acre placer claim humbugplacer2 Humbug Placer $7500.0040 acre placer claim humbugplacer FH-B $15,000.0020 acre Lode claim fhb Gold Run Placer $7,500.0040 acre Placer claim goldrunplacer Grubstaker.com Call: 303-277-1578 Email us at: grubstaker@msn.com Copyright ©2003 Wallie Robinson. All Rights Reserved.