The ore is mainly gold telluride, in a gangue of quartz together with pyrite and a variety of minerals characteristic of hot-water solutions.
"The Economic Aspect of Geology"
C. K. Leith
A prospector, therefore, who uncovers a new field where the gold is in the pyritous or the telluride form has ten times more chance of attracting capital than one who finds lumps of native gold lying around loose.
"The Boy With the U.S. Miners"
Francis Rolt-Wheeler
At two o'clock, the sky having cleared, I hired a team and sleigh, and we drove up the high-climbing mining trail which leads toward telluride, a drive which in itself was worth a thousand-mile journey, an experience to be remembered all our lives.
"A Daughter of the Middle Border"
Hamlin Garland