Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-12
MINES AND
MINING IN
SAN JUAN
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SAN JUAN

r Ben joHky was IN SiBYerton
Wednesday looking mp burro train
10 pack the ore that has been mined
Ia The Queen claim. King Solomon
aountain. during the winter months.
An additional building 10 the Silver
nko min win be constructed and
rsayas tables installed Work on the
foundation for this Improvement will
he started this week.
Tuesday the workmeD on the Queen
g'itv Cement creek. shot into the vein
IN the short crosscut tunnel and ex-
nnsed fine body of lead-silver ore.
The Queen CITY Is being worked un-
der lease and bond by w. W. Parshail.
Tho RUBY Basin Mining company
has six men employed running tun-
mel which IN nearing the s0o-foot
marx Several veins have already
been cut. but as the Jay and Tornado
veins are considered the more i'm
pprtant. nothing viii deter until they
are reached
II Is stated on good authority that
many Of the nuggets found in tho
Brooklvn are as large as ones thumb.
The Brooklyn II situated on the south
. fti1N ~ iAfNA hbhHi'llt hiH' ~ "a b''
iuricnl phenomena the free gold being
found In the tnlc Of assure vein and
washed out by ordinary sinicing.
Work is being prosecuted by Elmer
Goodwin and partners on their tunnel
above the Ariadnc claim. Cement
creek 10 cut the Independence vein
The tunnel is now In about 100 feet
and II is thouhgt that another 40 feet
viii rui the vein For the past 30
feet The tunnel has been In big blind
lead but nothing is expected Of It
unlcRe good streak Of ore is encount.
erred At tho further wall which has
not yet hoon reached The Independ.
ruce vein on the surface showed a
good drlzcd streak Of $40 ore and n
this holds good AT the i00-foot depth
where the tunnel wall strike the chute
I the hoys viii have bonanza.
Returns were had this week from
q small shipment made by the Stray.
pr brothers. from their claim near
l the Burro bridge. The ore WIS taken
from tho surface and ran about s2b
per ton Since returns were had the
boys started a tunnel that will be
] ANfNNN ANN N'fA ~ lNhhNl w 'h' NV
ore chute ~ some depth Already
about 20 feet has been run.
This week Charles Carlstrom sold
u half interest in the Last Hope
nhoy" the Grand Mogul to Ross x
Walker. Of Silyorton. The Last Hope
q JOINS the Adelphia and is on the big
/ Tribune vein An is.foot shaft on the
vein tisolo loHos good sized streak OF
ore with heavy percentage Of lead
aud running ! 35-l00 ounces In gold.
hut the water drove Mr. Carlstrom
out nnd the claim viii now be work
ed hy Ross q Walker and Mrs Cot.
ton bv tunnel
\ considerable deal was recently
made IN the Bear Creek section when
the Little Giant claim owned by the
Big Jim Gold Mining company. was
bou1od 60 John Goodfellow OF Mime
som and Wilbur + Reed Of Montana
fnr y substantial figure The deal
WIS made through the efforts OF OK.
state Treasurer Albert Nance, one OF
the Bill Jim company who is now in
the Bear Creek district with his par
~ having gone In by way of Creede
The Little Giant corners in the south
west with the Good Hope claim and
iR Supposed 10 be on the came vein
Altogether about $50 feet of work has
been completed on the Little Giant
and some exceptionally rich gold ore
has hoen taken out The shipments
have probably aggregated in small
lots about two carloads and we are
reliably informed that the average re.
turns per ton have been In the thous
hnds while work will no doubt be-
vigorously prosecuted on the claim
hy tho new owners. their plans In de.
tail are no. known here at this writ
ing
ON Thursday OF last week fine
body ot ore was opened mp in the Sil-
yer Wing mine above Eureka The
Scvoal pieces brought TO Eureka dur.
nR the paat week were said to be TAX.
IN from vein over foot In width.
and assays show so to 20 per cent
lrpd on" The best feature Of the
strik" is In the fact that the chute
was cut At great depth from the sur
face and bids fair to hold out weli n
length The Eureka Exploration
D company An also uulnN considerable
work ON the Frederick mine and has
ordered considerable new machinery
for the silver Wing mill for the low
gr'dc product that Is in abundance in
7 tho Fredorica
[ This week another 50o.foot contract
was lot on the Highland Mary proper.
ty 10 run tunnel from the Cunning.
ham TO cut the Lookout vein when
/ Ut" tunnel has reached a proper point
over the Highland Mary tunnel an
upnige of about $50 feet viii be made
/ from the latter to connect with the
new tunnel tn establish air circua-
/ ton. Andrew Rertilno a Co are
I the contractors In addition to this
work nfteon carpenters were sent up
Tuesday Co begin the construction of
the mill the tlmbcrs for which have
recently been framed In this city and
are now hoine hauled to the millsitc
under contract by James Brown and
lnHSv Nash Frank Schuyler has
'Hr-c OF the work OF construction
LET the GOLD DUST twins do your work"