2001 Platte Drive,Fairplay, Colorado, 80440
The mine is approximately 90 miles west of Denver and 20 miles from Breckenridge. Access is provided by Hwy 285 and Hwy 9. The mine is approximately 2 miles northwest of Fairplay adjacent to Hwy 9. Access can also be achieved using Hwy 9 from the Breckenridge, Colorado The entrance to the mine is 1,340 feet east on Platte Drive after its intersection with Ridge Road. Based on the legal description using the nearest section corner, this entrance is also described as beginning at the NE comer of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 32, Township 9 South, Range 77 West, then S 63°39'44" East 1498.51’ to mine entrance

After 1939 private individuals and com­panies extended their prospecting into these areas, and several new placers were started, but this later work is not included in the present report. The total gross output during the period 1939-42 amounted to about $2,000,000. (Singewald, Quentin,1947.) Site geology is best described as the upper reach of the South Platte River in Pleistocene glacial moraine gravels mixed with some Quaternary gravels of recent age. Sand beds and clay beds are also interspersed with the alluvium. Depths of this material range from 30' to 100' within the permit area. These gravels overlay a bedrock of pre-Cambrian schist, gneiss and intrusive granite, which are also present in the mountains on both sides of the permit area. Free gold is concentrated within 10 feet of bedrock and in close proximity to the undisturbed terminal moraine

Placer gold mining commenced in the later 1800’s, Playfair Land Company acquired the Gloria Z Mine/Sanborn Sand and Gravel acquired in 2001 by Playfair Land Company leased the Gloria Z. Since 2001, the mine produced free gold and a variety of aggregate products.

References
Dean Misantoni, 2018, Personal Communication 2018 Layne Christensen Company -summarized well log data
Gloria Z Mine, February 2013, 112 Permit Amendment to Colorado Land Reclamation Division and Park County, Colorado;
Lane Christensen Company, July 20, 2015, Invoice and supporting exploration documentation
Singewald, Quentin, 1947, Geological Environment in Northwestern, Park County, Colorado, USGS Bulletin 955-D