Parcel A , 32.18 acres, is adjacent to the Alma Placer Mine consists of open space, aspen and pine forest. There is significant value in the property derived from the untapped Gumaer Placer Mining Claim granted in 1889. Significant sand and gravel has been mined from the adjacent mine with similar production projected for Parcel A. In the 1930’s, a gold pit was excavated producing traces of pure gold. The Columbia #1 Ditch runs north south through the parcel and power lines are located along the sawtooth ridgeline above the Placer Mine.
Parcel B, 14.79 acres, is located to the east of Parcel A and rises nearly 120 feet to an elevation of 10,600 feet. The parcel and its pine forest is conveyed with its own water source; a natural spring is located in the lower portion, The two parcels are separated by a 66 foot wide strip of land owned by the City of Colorado Springs for an existing subgrade water pipeline (Red Hill Feeder Canal).