Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-08-01
SILVERTON NEWS.

SlLVERToN. July 29.-(Special to
The Herald).-A mining camp pre-
sents many eccentriclties. more than
most any other kind Of camp. Sill
verton has two of these in two Chin
esc restaurants. One is called the
French Restaurant and the other
the English Kitchen" In one re
spect alone, Silverton is like Durango,
only more so. In the evening there
are from twenty to fifty times more
people on the streets of the mountain
city than during the day. The best
way to find somebody is to stand still
Somebody told you that.
The Miners Union hall will be the
most attractive building In Slverton
unless start is made soon to excel
1t. The walls are nearly finished to
the first story. Building of residenc-
as continues and rents here would
make Durango tenant jump sideways
If he were earning the average Du-
range wage scale. These people up
here are earning and handling more
money than Durango people and they
are living Just as well at about the
same cost Judging from the prices of
necessities quoted here.
Do you know that 1t is Just as well
to say In cold type that it is most re.
| regrettable that thousands and thou.
sands of dollars paid out by American
| Industries go out of the country never
to return. and that while this is go
inp there thnnGDn1c nf H.
Americans content to earn a few dol
lars month or. indeed. nothing at
| all? Every other country under the
sun rakes and combs America day by
day for American mine and mill manag-
ers, and tho country is not making
them fast enough. The best man in
either line In America today can se-
cure more money for his services than
he receives here. and the only thing
that ordinarily that keeps him in this
country Is his family.
Shame to the American who Is with
| ont sufficient ambition to compete with
the people OF other countries for the
plums that American industries offer.
Americans make the best mine and
mill men in the world. but very large
percentage of the places offered to
them are filed by anything but Amer.
leans. Most of the un-progressive.
do-nothing Americans probably have
heard about the fellow in Kansas who
came so near being covered up in dig.
ging well, and do not care to take
any desperate chances.
San Juan county is Just now pre-
senting many golden opportunities.
These are not alone for the rich man
or investor: the progressive miner and
mill man never had better opport,i-
nifty to advance and build mp with the
progress of great enterprises. Skill.
ed men are In demand. and the young
man who expects to be an actor in the
affairs of men during the next fifty
years has a chance here to enter min
ing. milling or electricity. or all No
other fields during that time win pre-
sent such brilliant opportunities.
San Juan county is earning wide
spread distinction for the magnitude
of her great mining and milling enter
prises. New appliances and meth
DDS for greater value saving and
cheaper mining and milling are al
most daily introduced here or there
about the district
Among the new enterprises of vast
proportions are the Lion tunnel and
the enterprises Of the Minnie Gulch
Mining and Tunnel company. both op.
Grating along the upper Animas river.
The former was led bv George Bur.
rows. who died at Salda last Satur.
day from injuries received from the
| wrccking of Rio Grands train few
| davs before This enterprise contem.
plates 5000 feet OF tunnelng in an ex.
| cellent mineral district
The Minnie Gnlch company is guild
ed again nv Sam c. Martin. the man
who conceived in its territory G650
acres) one Of the largest enterprises
known to the history of mining. In
| all this vast area there are three prin
cipal groups on which large develop
ment has been performed The Tom
| Moore group has 1900 feet of tunnels
and has shipped In test lots about $50.
900 worth Of ore. This Is one of ths
large low grade veins.
Tho Copper King eroup has severa
large workings. and the Minnie Gulcf
group. the largest. has tunnel from