, 1879-08-22
SAN JUAN.
THE Animas Forks Mining Camp
Z .;---lts Concentrating Mill.
Chicago Mining Companies and Their
rospeots---Six Prominent
Organizations.
lndlsidnal Chicago Eutttprlses.~0ulslaa Corpora
tions and Clalms---The BONANZA
Tunnel.
swf.dt Ct~rssnnndsnts ~ The Trttt,ne.


!, spsesat cs~r.snondenes os The Trtnans.
ArIuta EonYa Hnn ,tuau TO- Eplo, Aug,
+, t,N1,a,,r. t-,,, ,,l,st nm .on. anil hcora.
~, :, x,sahs,,. a,o =. ~, ,,rn,..t ,,,rtr,.
ns 10 o'uoaoy oou "a ~. "'s".ss '.e..u a't =. !.
A'u'p :" .'.' ""o's s.' o 49,. =.
Renteu very plsassut1t oH as!!al' plntc*u ~
Iahlc-land within lew yards OF the forks Of
The heud-watets Of tho AniEnas River. The
tnwn nroner routntr, n nnnu1ntton of about
IN" r ,.. s......a,,. h,,.,,,,.-o.,,,
~ 10 aale psosPs.uus u"s.uss.sdas aa.,,'s nv.
- purchase their supplies. It cornprlses three
general stores, two hotels, two saloous fone
tr,th h.,t,..d.t,h,a.> two .xsa..of3rps ana
"sa ,,iso,..,,.,,, 80, .,,a .a..
naeatmAe1e1. qua nlaeae'n'Iu-a"ue' o.'o eo"-
ccntrntlnR-altll. There Is some talk OF starting
q Ounce. hntsc: 80 It may be set down that the
Fora will soon he in ophsession of all the etcet-
A.. ,,,s, % =" ~ sraIa w n ro,,,de5 ncr,,d ~,
civilization In the cities OF tic East. nultc
number Of substantial Improvements have been
made here this season, BY thu erection Of sew
ero, tuo.s,ory frome hn,latnp., Tn In occnntcd
Is puh'nese-housca una note1s' III p'aca ol ''e
log cabins which up to this time havo been used
for thnt purpose. The lumber furnished Tor tue
erection Of tbeac buildings was supplied ~
saw.miil about mile below town, which does
,h-c,r, bn.;nesa.
~1-''1" 49,.
aAH eo"s "sAsA'tA'Asts'A'Ais
owned and operated bT the Mineral Mountain
Mining Company, is one OF the principal features
cf 4h,s bnsv tsnr. nnf> i1esrrycs tnorc extended
,,,. ,han ~, tttn,,oa tIr,, will n.r,nf, ,,,r IN
aot'ss ~, r"oo ~, '''"'eu n''. W. 1..,..
ENe. Ane Hill-cohstatAs o1 "o' n'ahe
eruslef. two acts Of rolls. a1lti four EfEs-fs for
lie purpose of ecparat!nE the mineral In Its
-,t,, forn anil s,ota fror, .br c,,urtz a,,1 win.
st,s a.1t,, .,er1,,,, With ,rl,,e,7 +, :. found h
the ore. IhIs Raneuc'mattcr Is, e5 sefles ~
wQshtnvs and Bhaktnre, run of, aud called the
st tn1l!nceu: while the mineral, consisting Of
r,-l,,, Ia o,o,. ,nttno+c,r blrndcA wifi, Tim
'ui'ous pae' ",1'A ,,,., :.
s"sc' n'a eo'u' 10 sa'eo' 1"a 49,. ,s.'. s,n
tfases' =, tu's p'osesS' o's .uut, III, .on ~
ahd np"atds 10 tne 1on' tna1 VIII mol oea' tac
expense Of shipment, ran be treated at a profit,
rs from ten 10 twcuiy tous of ore car be re-
tpcer Ia orr ton of Concentrates. tint wtl, ay.
eFaee III 'a'ue 'so'a eloo ~ ~ s''ooo' a"o .ns ~
M expense Of cnly abont a. ner Ion OF ore.
To ono bark fu the Eastern States, reading
about the mauy discoveries Of Immense bodies
~ -,h .,Iror.,ro ~ .oanx o. !, eI,rcr ,rn,,d
u i.su e"'e''o'o' ~ .eee 90 = ... "o
soop 10 ~ eo.i1''o, 10 e"ups, " '., o"s ~ =.
s@"tnE u's e'loa.'n i!o'' 'u.s s.s"oas ,.. - 20
leu 10 ochese IL WILL nc z very 'o!e 7er'es VI
ycass before tile production will bc 1t! sufficient
quantities 10 affect lis eotnneteta! Vniac. L 10
Only w 8lOHs IRU0F1OuS, Aihl uclHlbltliL tl1tlt \
tl.ut the ore can bc Wrrstcd from its native bed
aud tho oprrasion is ATTENDED, oy s.iell great ex-
pense that onlr tnen o! mra'ls md iHoneyci cor
gofat!ohs can oe III nhv atGFce ttuiS successful
VI so''s7 11si1 40 eAeepef a"%
THIS IS TIE HuIH'
The stories that are sHt u!0at IN rcEnrt 10 tic
yast nllreral resources Of this Sun Juan country
are nut, IN 1ny op!nson, exaggerated lit tc least,
taken as whole; but, IN many, vcry many, lnd!-
vidual cases. l atn tree to runieaB think they
mr.. For Instance. hayc read numerous arti-
cles descriptive Of manv companies duii. busi-
ness In thss v1cInltg, In which ure
Rlvcn, 40 the value nf the protluct
ot ttt!r Wlnes, sums which. divided By from ten
to 100, would give result mote NEARLY the true
value, There arr but lew cnn,pau,es operating
in thiB vicinity owning lniNes tint nrc producing
lnrga unG rlch bodies Ut mineral, or cscn pro.
auctfiE mineral IN paying 41ant,t'es Most ~
sa',,,s nv ILL., IT, ',s'I'h , a' w. ,',, ~
oeals se'"s, "'Sn w.. H. ', p.se enu os' 1 w
Gnrsia,a , ;a afa;,s II a H.. n @
, @ uI ~ ,n,na ~ @ III. -. ,,,, @
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