Mine characteristics:

• Very old property first worked in 1881
• Joins Excelsior claims east, 2km east of the 4.5 Billion pound copper resource ore body.
• 315’Declined shaft, new ladders installed to the 3 1/2 level , stope access is The fifth level is accessible via stopes to the 4th and to the 5th level. An internal shaft goes ~ 100' below the 5th, vertical shaft with steel ladder. Working are in very competent rocks and open.
• The property has the strongest mineralization in "kidney" like stopes north of  the Gunnison fault (zinc-lead shell of mineralization). Early shipments averaged 38.5% lead, 49 oz/t  (1689 g/t) silver 1.6% Cu  05 oz/t  1.7 g/t gold  The TA mine is located  South 60º East  3.5 miles of the "famous" Republic Mine ( nlargest mine)  The Johnson Camp District produced  1.1 MM tons  grading 6.2 million lbs Cu, 75 MM lbs Zn;  0.59 MM lbs. Pb; 646 K oz/ Ag; and  202 oz Au. 1964 Cooper Silver USGS report
• Kennecot Aerial Magnetics, reduced to the pole have interesting result over the TA Mine.
• The Cooper Silver USGS 1964 report, reports silver halide minerals at the 5th level, silver sulfides acanthite have been collected from the surface dumps (see minerals sheet , below). Acanthite recently found as an oxidation remnant of Ag rich Galena? (4th level)
• The top of this deposit is oxidized (315’), deep drilling might intercept Lead, zinc, silver & gold sulfide ore replacement deposit “kidneys” at depth similar to the JCM Republic Mines to the west.
• West of Smith Cabin Cambrian upper Abrigo Fm. altered and hard, > silica & iron (some magnetic}.
• 800'+ drill hole needed to test the more favorable Abrigo host rocks see in the Republic of JCM.
• 4 un-patented claims held since 2014
• Water: on the 5^th level in a small sump full in wet years

Description from https://www.mindat.org/loc-22752.html
Mineralization consists of secondary lead, copper and zinc minerals, galena, and oxidized iron and zinc sulfides in tabular pyrometasomatic replacement bodies, streaks, bunches, and lenses in faulted Paleozoic limestones. Host rock units are the Escabrosa Limestone and the Martin Formation Devonian dolomite with some shale and sandstone. Ore control was favorable beds for replacement and fault fissues. Ore concentration was tabular replacement and fissure filling some enrishment. The ore zone is tabular at 27.43 meters long and 9.14 meters wide (0.13 meters thick), striking N25W and dipping 35NE. Other smaller bodies of ore were also mined. Alteration is the oxidation of ore to the deepest levels. The zinc minerals occur more often in fissures; lead minerals tend to be in replaced areas. Silver minerals are not identified, and may be argentiferous galena; some horn silver. The Martin and Escabrosa formations strike N25W and dip 35NE. Faults and fissures in the Escabrosa limestone and top of the Martin formation trend from NW to NE. The beds strike N25W and dip 35NE. Streaks of ore were found along these fissures. Tabular replacement deposits occur 80 to 120 feet stratigraphically above the base of the Escabrosa. The ore is oxidized to its lowest levels.