Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-06

iieiSuieS VIII De one OF tne most
important of San Juan county's en-
terprises.
The kendrick-Gelder, the local
smelter. has converted 1000 tons of
ore into matte worth $15O,OOO. Early
next spring large improvements will
be made and the smelter will be made
one of the most complete mating
smelters in Colorado.
The Henrietta, owned by the smell
ter company, will have $175,00O ex-
pended in development and improve
ments during the coming year. Ex-
actly 5,455, ,221 pounds of Henrietta
ore was mined from the upper levels
during the year.
The Notaway Gold and Copper Min
ing company, represented by A. j..
Vivian. and VIM. b. Gamble paid
dollars for the property which was
under bond to the company. Stop
ing was begun in July and since then
ore of value of $35 per ton has been
shipped to the smelter. Tunnel No.
3. near the Rio Grande track, has
been driven $50 feet and will soon
tap the vein. Tunnel No. from
which $4,000 worth of ore has been
shipped, is 342 feet above No. 3, and
220 feet above are the main Champ
ion workings from which the com
pany is now shipping. A cable tran
will be put in to connect No. 8 with
the Rio Grande railway. Large i'm
are contemplated.
The Dakota group has been worked
by two sets of leasers and is improv-
ing. The vein is from 20 to so feet
wide and shows over thirty feet Of
quartz. "A shaft of 100 feet with $50
feet of drifting constitutes the main
work. Nine car loads have been
treated at the Kendrick smelter prov
ing a value of $3O.50 ton. ]. A.
of Colorado Springs is
the principal owner.
The Woods Investment company
has mines in Bear gulch for which
it paid $4,000 last year. Over five
hundred feet of work has been per-
The property during the
year produced ATS tons of ore of
value of $24 per ton, which was ship
ped to the Kendrick smelter at Sill
verton. The trail built through
Bear gulch will be widened to wag
on road this year. A telephone line
of six miles has been completed and
good mine buildings have been
erected
The Champion No. / owned by
Patterson and Johnson
shipped five car loads of ore to the
Kendrick smelter having an average
value of s37 per ton. The lower
level is being pushed for develop
ment.
The Little Maud in Maggie gulch,
has a cross-cut of 140 feet exposing
an eight foot vein of cyaniding ore.
A ten-ton lot of the richer ore re-
turned $270 to the ton, and two tons
Of the richest gave $50 per ton.
Henry Born of Silverton and others
are owners.
The Irene group in Ohio gulch at
Cement creek, has paid its develop
ment with its production. The prop
erty shipped FIVE car loads of $50 ore.
The property has $40 feet of shafts.
boo lttt VI Ciooo-Sut anu ioV ItSl vi
drifting besides the stopping, C. S.
Casad and Joseph Watson are owners.
The Hamlet group owned by Robin
Bros. near Maggie gulch has sew
eral thousand feet of development
Smelter returns on ores shipped.
give s per cent copper, $l2 silver and
So gold, The entire ore body aver
ages five per cent copper. Fifteen
car loads were shipped during the
season,
The Contention company has the
North Star (Solomon mountain)
group and has made vast improve
ments during the past year, A new
100-ton mill and two and half mile
tram have been put in recently, and
the product of the North Star ha aling
only IS to $40 per ton can now be
treated at profit In five months the
company has paid out $175,0O0. and
will soon employ from 100 to $50
men, This company is the same as
that operating the Smuggler-Un
and other properties in San Miguel
county, at Telluride. George f. Col
Inns is manager at Silverton.
The Grand Mogul, and Caucasian
properties in Ross Basin are on the
active list, shipping seventy-five
tons daily to the Red and Bonita mill.
This splendid enterprise only began
since the the November election to
take shape. This group Of mines has
enormous ore bodies and can largely
increase the daily tonnage of produc-
ton at any time.
During the past year TOO feet of
tunnel has been driven on the Nata-
lie, near Gladstone and $4,000 has
been expended on machinery and
buildings This is the Hurley prop
erty. A contract is to be let soon for
400 feet of tunnel to cut the Occi-
dental at a depth Of 1900 feet. Dur
ing the present year 10O-ton con-
centrating mill will be built, and two
miles of railway will be constructed
from Gladstone to the mines.
On Galena mountain, near the
head of Stony gulch, is the Anti