Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-28
DURANGO'S
BRIGHT
FUTURE
Never in the history of Durango

Never in the history of Durango
Turn which ever way one may bright
prospects are ahead. Commence
ing with the smelter improvements.
which contemplate an expenditure of
two hundred thousand dollars during
the year; next comes the gas plant
with an expenditure. along with the
cooking plant of probably an equal
amount, followed by extensive i'm
provements from s5OOO0 down to
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Probably no event is regarded with
more interest than boring for oil,
which means much for the future ad-
vancement of Durango and southwest
ern Colorado should a good flow he en-
rountered. And should not this much
desired result be accomplished a
strong flow of artesian water is as
sured, and it may solve the water
question for domestic purposes in this
CITY. We have heretofore noted the
installation of the soap factory. the
steam stone saw mill, new buildings.
etc. Along with the purely Durango
enterprises are many throughout the
county. Numerous irrigation enter
prises are under headwav and thous-
aands upon thousands of acres of
GOOD land are being placed in shape
for crops this spring that have here
tofore been worthless to man and
beast. And last, but not least. the
mining conditions throughout the La
Plata section were never in as good
shape, and Durango is going to re-
ceive a great deal of benefit before
the end of the year In fact. the
benefits are being felt daily from the
working of the Neglected mine This
property has passed from the exper-
imertal stage to certainty and thou
sands of dollars are paid out monthly
FOR labor and supplies Between
sixty and seventy-fve men find en-
plovment on the mine and in indirect
ways connected with the workings.
and before the middle of the summer
the number of men at work will
be increased to double that. with
certain wealth which the Neglected
will bring its owners, Durango is go
the owners are Durango men and they
will spend their money here in invest
ments and, who knows, but that we
may have five and six story build
ines within a year or two from wealth
taken from the above mine? We
all know what Fl. A. w Tabor did
for Denver when he struck pay rock
Mt Leadville, and the same results are
highly probable for Durango in CON
rection with the Neglected. Again
thorough prospecting of the La
Plata district this summer will un-
doubtedly result in new discoveries
of equal or greater magnitude. All
the gold of this district is not cen
tered in the Neglected mine, but It
will probably take money to bring
about equal showing. The Doyle
syndicate will soon be at work on the
Mancos side of the La Platas and we
nav look for astonishing results. The
cold is there and the Doyle people
have the money to go after it. The
Herald would not be surprised II the
Mancos section rivaled the Cripple
Creek district This would result in
untold benefit to Durango.
Therefore, taking everything into
consideration, the improvements un-
der headway along with new enter
prises, opening up of agricultural
lands, positive activity in mining.
The Herald feels that Durango is to
be congratulated upon the outlook,
and assures all who are looking for In
vestments that this southwest section
offers better inducements than any
part of the union