Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-09
GREAT Is
SAN JUAN

and below will be found interesting
reading for our subscribers who are
interested in the progress of the great
San Juan. What benefits Silverton
and San Juan county does much for
Durango, and our people are graft
fed over the promising outlook as
evidenced by the resume published
Saturday and today:
On the divide between Ouray and
San Juan counties is the Uncle Sam
group. owned by B. w. Riggs and
others. Shipping oIe is being piled
on the dump and it is probable TIM
shipments will be made this winter
via Gladstone.
The Big Five tunnel is cross-cut
enterprise, now in 500 feet, having
aY;ady. The Big Five company owns
mines elsewhere in the state.
The Sunlight Mining company, j.
j. Yeckles at the head, is operating
in Mastodon gulch, and has shipped
during the past year several cars OF
good ore. The building OF mill this
year is contemplated.
Sam Martins Minnie gulch prop
critics are now under operation fer
shipments. The property is in the
hands of receiver. 1t shipped some
Former mismanagement almost
wrecked a promising enterprise.
The Eureka Exploration company
is among the active pushers for de-
velopment. e. c. Van Diest and j.
H. Moreland are the representatives
of the company, which is composed
of Iowa people. They have the
Scotia, Frederick and Silver Wing, all
having considerable workings. The
Frederick has shown values OF from
500 to $25 per ton. The Silver Wing
has netted $50 per ton. The com
pany contemplates running 250G
foot tunnel on the Alaska vein to cut
the Ridgway and other veins to cut
will be very active this year.
The Emma tunnel driven from Gun
ningham gulch into Galena mountain,
is in 14o0 feet. cutting number of
veins showing concentrating values.
The veins already cut are some OF
the Robinson, Perrung and Zang
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completion of the enterprise will be
put in this season. A reduction
plant will probably be erected this
year. The property is said to have
shipping ore.
AT the head of Minnie g,llch is the
Slide mine with one hundred feet of
tunnel, and this work will be con-
tinued to cut an ore chute from which
it is presumed great quantity of
float in the slide rock below came.
This float which has shown value
of $40 will be shipped.
The Boston and Silverton Mining
and Reduction company has the Yu-
kon tunnel into Boulder mountain
1000 feet and is pushing ahead
Their Lamont tunnel is in 430
feet. going after the Uncle Sam vein
They have 75-ton mill at Cement
creek. The Yukon tunnel is calcu-
lated to cut the Uncle Sam vein at a
depth of $500 feet.
Needle mountains bonanzas, not
far distant from Silverton, are the
properties Of the Aztec Mining com
pany. the Mammoth Tunnel company,
The Water Fall and Bluff and Btl-
lion. Mountain Mining companies
The Aztec company has installed an
electric plant. Tne Emerald Lake
owners will build a mill in the spring
The outlook for the Needles is bright
er than for years.
The Royal Mining company owns
the King group Of seven claims on
Ss,lt ntof
systematically blocked out by many
hundreds OF feet of work. The oper.
ating company expects to construct
an ore chute and build mill. The
values OF the ores are from $25 to
$40 per ton.
The Scotia, a free gold specimen
gold mine. operated by George Wai-
den and VIM. Wymer. ships its pro
ducts in so to 500 pound lots and the
lessees are making money.
The Menominac on the east slope
of Boulder mountain, has been placed
under bond and lease to a Denver
syndicate for 10000 for period of
three years by Mrs. Horatio Page
ct al. Others properties of b. O'Dris-
coll and John Essley are also under
bond. The new leasers will com
mence work March list.
The Wabuse Mining company has
90 claims and over 700 feet of tun-
neling showing vein 16 feet wide.
1t is considered that there is now
enough ore in sight to pay back the
purchase price, $4,000. Over one
thousand tons of ore is piled up at the
mine for shipment. A test made
by the Kendrick smelter shows an
average vSue of SIS per ton.
The Midland group owned by Nei
gold brothers, on Galena mountain,
has shipped several hundred tons
of ore to tue smelter within Il shoit
time, the average value being 1923.
1t demonstrated that this is a great
milling property.
The Idaho group has been under
steady development nearly two years
and starts into the new. year with n
good strike recently made. Thou