Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-23
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. E. o. Price accompanied Supt.
and Mrs. Downs to Denver this morn
ing. In order to attend the state
teachers meeting.
Ex-Meyor John Casey. of Silverton.
Is building some good houses In North
Durango. Durango offers Silverton
excellent opportunities for building
invegtments.
Some OF our citizens who have suf-
fered most severely by the presence
OF scarlet fever offer the assurance
that those who have not realized
what 1t means. will do so when they
get hit as hard.
Billy Hankey is down from Herr'J
saw mill removing lot of pulleys
and machinery recently purchased in
the old Standard smelter. for en!arg-
ing the power and cutting capacity If
the saw mill
F. G. Games the Pagosa Junction
deputy sheriff OF Archuleta county,
who killed Stevens, the escaped pris-
oner. charged at Aztec with horse.
stealing, while resisting arrest. Is in
the city.
The cross-cut on the Southern
Boy when completed will give nearly
200 feet depth on that rich tellurium
vein and is expected to enable the
lessees to recover considerable
quantity of paying or
A. II. Lewis will try to get his Bay
City contact property under operation
next spring. believing that he can re-
cover a quantity of shipping product
and prove good milling values for the
Immense body OF low grade.
II Is understood that Colonel Geo.
Bauer will commence sinking on the
Comstock mine early In the spring.
In the early days ore rich enough to
pay for hauling over rough roads in
wagons to Pueblo, was taken out of
the Comstock.
Mr.. g. w. Harlan OF La Plata, N.
NJ, came to the city yesterday for the
purpose OF conveying Mr.. f. C. Hills
of Clayton. n M, and Mr.. Odds of
Illinois to his section where they Will
spend the winter months They are
in search OF health. and we believe
they have found the spot
The hosts of friends of Aunt"
Sophie Buxton will he panied 20
learn that she is quite i'll at her home
In North Durango. She is being
most carefully attended to, however.
by her many loving neighbors and
friends. and this afternoon her condi-
tion is reported improved.
The Durango Federation of Labor
has hinted an entertainment of some
sort for Christmas or New Years day,
meeting that will bring the mem
! bers together for a few hours. The
federation can easily do this with
half trying. as they count nearly all
who toll In their membership.
Jesse Shields brought down some
good looking ore from his Aspen min.
ing claim near South Lightner yester-
day, He has been doing some work
scattered about at the surface on
the Aspen for several years. and he
: thinks he has a very good prospect
for getting some shipping ore when
he can do sufficient work to open It,
The Herald wishes the printing fra
ternity of Durango merry Christmas
- and happy New Year Among
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nor are there any who work harder to
acquire skill and proficiency. What
. can the printers do TO make one of
these the best day OF the year?
! A number of mining properties at
l the head of North Lightner Creek
have been surveyed for patent, and
when this process is complete 1t is
probable that plans will be perfected
!. for extensive mining there. and prob
ably also the building OF Il mill which
will treat the lower grade minerals
In those veins.
There will be big turkey shoot at
Bayfield, Tuesday. the Gath. and a
Christmas tree In the evening On
Christmas night there will be grand
ball ut Coddington's hall. And last,
but not least, a fine supper will be
served at Mrs. Desatels restaurant
Everyone is cordially invited to the
above events. People from Duran
go and Florida will be well cared for
The work which has been going on
at the Yellow Eye. near the Comstock
on the La Plata river, will be contin-
: ued until the vein is cross-cut at con
siderable depth. Good ore has been
shipped from the surface, but as sink
ing was very expensive, the cross
cut enterprise was chosen to get un-
der a great quantity of the ore and
mine 1t at much less expense than
would have been required by shaft.
The great stores OF Durango have
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