Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-10
MINES AND MILLING
tslIyerton s,andardl

/ that assay returns from the new find
shows over 800 ounces In silver and
l 22 ounces In gold 30 the ton.
] Charles Dennison this week com.
menced the spring campaign ON his
I groap of claims In Boulder gulch. His
property is located near the mouth OF
the gulch and has an excellent show.
I ing OF mineral, mostly copper. which
I Mr.. Dennison mines In small way
and ships direct to the smelter.
/ Mr T. Roehette, agent OF the A.
4 l.eschen & Sons Rope company of
I st Louis has been in our city the
( past few days making arrangements
for The placing Of tram that will re
( quire 1000 feet OF wire rope, on the
! Noinway mine on Sultan mountain.
I Mr Hochetto Informs us that his com.
pany has just completed sixteen
l mile tram AT Grand Encampmcnt
Wyoming. that required 400. 500 feet
of wire rope.
t. T. Fletcher has already com.
mcnecd operations on his group Of
claims near the head of Boulder gulcb.
1 having succeeded In getting supplies
up there this week MIR. Fletcher had
good showing of gold ore In his prop
erty when he WAS compelled 10 quit
last fail on account OF snow and storm
and this spring he got to work on i, as
soon MS possible In the belief that he
could open up 3 shipping product be-
fore the season closes.
asst week the Straycr boys. who
have been running tunnel on their
group Of claims near the Burro bridge,
reochcd one Of the veins for which
they have been driving at distance
Of 800 feet from the mouth OF the tun.
mel The vein where encountered
was about three and half feet Of iron
sulphidos. which after about 10 feet OF
drifting changed almost entirely into
a quartz carrying liberal quantities of
grey copper An assay of the quartz
gave returns of 60 ounces In silver
per ton and small amount In gold.
The Denver News says edltorlally
that the Office. mining and milling ex-
penses of tho silver Lake output is
81 per ton OF crude ore. Al the very
lowest grade Of ores handles are worth
about S. por ton. and as the shipping
and smelling charges apply only to
one ton Ia every hve. 1t IL very easy
TO understand that the Silver Lake
properties, with their Immense bodies
of concentrating ores. viii continue
for long years to be one of the largest
mining enterprises IN the west
The Standard ~ reliably informed
that the DIni mine on Anvil noun
tain viii probably be among the ship
porA OF crude ore again this seasop.
AA stated IN this paper few weeks
ago the big ore body opened up IN
the lower tunnel was too low grade
10 handle except by concentration. but
development on the vein has been
prosecuted all winter and lately the
manaEement's faith was rewarded by
finding highor grade coppersilycf
ore. au ore that will pay To mine and
ship direct TO the smcltcr at a protit
The lower tunnel on the Hamlet.
Gaienh mountain. which has been un-
der way all winter, lH now In about
500 feet and has opened up large bod
los OF copper ore II is tho same
character OF ore that WAS shipped last
year In considerable quantities. but
Will probably not be marketed this
year on account OF the lower price
of copper The plans of the manage
ment. however. iA said TO be centered
on concentrating the product rather
than shipping Il In the crude state and
unless the price of copper gets back
to last seasons mark and stays there.
the Hamlet will probably have mill
working ON ita output.
Dan bonoyen was down this week
from the Evening Star. above Eureka.
and reports the big tunnel On that
property being driven steadily in.
The bore lN now Ia about 600 feet, hay-
ing followed alongside large vein
from the surface, with an occasional
drift TO this vein TO tost the character
of the ore. while the latter is i'm.
proving In value with depth, ~ has
not yet reached grade that can be
mined and shipped TO the ameltef ut n
profit and viii consequently have to
await the erection of u mill, arrange.
mentH fur which are now being per
feeted The tunnel, however, Is eN'
pocted 10 reach u cross vein In another
80 OF 100 feet that Will probably con.
tain smelling ore.
Dave Mcphillips came over from
Bear Greek Monday and reports work
moving along as usual on his own
property, the Camp bird group. Mr,
Mephlliips has been working single,
handed all winter tn an endeavor to
cut his main lead with tunnel The
{ tunnel is now Ia about 40 feet and II
II thought that another 40 feet will
rench the vein This vein on the
surface IN about seven feet wide and
outside OF the occasional lunches OF
high grade ore encountered, averages
tii across It's entire width Hut the
pockets Of sylVauite ore frequently
shot into often run as high as 20
( ounces In gold and loco ounces In
silver To the ton. Mr McPhillips was
compelled, however. TO abandon the
l idea OF sinking ON the vein on ac-
count of water and the tunnel he lis
now running Is the result
/ Last week one ot the best lodges OF
ore ever opened up ON King solomon
mountain was encountered in the
I Spotted Pup. one of the North Star
group of mines This property is
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