Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-22
MINES AND
MINING IN
SAN JUAN
isllyerton stnndard.l !

| the iflEHlhUd mary mllls ne tlHU'fb
| viii be hauled TO Howardsviilc on cars
and taken from there to the milsitc
by wagon
The heat developed mine in the
Burrows park district rs the Tabosco.
owend by indianapolis men, II lies
part In HindnIe and partly In San Juan
county tunnel on the property run
ming from Hinsdale to San Juan.
| kernan's pack train has been buay
| this week packing lumber to the
mouth of the Silver Lake tunnel on
| Hazelton mountain. The lumber is
to be used for building a blacksmith
shop and the tunnel, now In 90 feet
viii be pushed rapidly into the noun
| tain,
The work being done at the Ken
dTlrlS smeiier IL OF most substantial
nature The water Jackets have bcen
raised now smoke stack put up. tho
dust chamber made more effective.
and as soon as the engine for the
bricqulltiHg machine arrives which
\ Win be some time next week. the
equipment will be complete.
| r. A Chase was here the first OF
| litf Nt'N llbHl NilVBl' tfitfh w
a report for Intending purchasers OF
| tio Republican In Boulder gulch. Mon.
day IN company with V. E. Kerr of
/ hc COLI King. Nr. Chase made as
thorough an examination OF the prop
| nrty ~ the small surface workings
1 win permit The Republican is de
vcloped by aO.foot tunnel on the
vein. the slope OF the hill making
I depth rapidly nv the tunnel Is carried
/ forward Although the vein shows
n width Mt the breast OF % inches. the
principal values have been found
| In a small brittle streak of sill
ever. have disclosed a two-inch streak
OF grey copper. which from all appear
anco viii rapidly widen. Two or
| three cars OF ore have been shipped
/ form the vein which gave returns of
/ bout si1 per ton. The Republican
I Is owned by G. H. II Kramer and II
] n Rohrig the latter being now q resi-.
dent Of Cripple Greek
\ small force of men have been
Engaged since the hrst of the month
I ioing PRELIMINARY work ON Albert Bron-
/ parRtory to making plans for the sum.
cr's campaign, although these viii
/ rot be given out until members of
Z Mr. brendels company arrive about
/ The first Of next month and look over
he group
over at the Hercules ON Sultan
mountain two OF the steam drills were
/ put 10 work this week AS u supposed
I preliminary to the starting of the
/ mine aud mill into fun operation
Z again The Little Dora mill IL one
or Sllyertons substantial concerns
and Its enforced Idieness for few
months has been noticeable The
ore bodies OF the Hercules group are
understood To be almost unlimited and
there la no reason why the property
should no be n producer for years to
come
q X Reynolds was down this week
from Ice Lake basin and brought the
Information that he and his two part.
ters. James Montgomery and John
Rose. are steadily working their prop.
'rty In that section, For the last
tew weeks ,hoy have been taking out
Wv w hliu ptiluE II
on the dump ready for sampiing and
shipment. The ore now being taken
on, comes from point about 900 feet
from the entrance of the tunnel, II
IN a gold ore and comes from vein
varying in width from one to four feet
While Mr. Reynolds would not hazard
n guess as to the value OF the present
output he is Of the opinion that IL will
be pay ore. although the cost OF hand
ling ton from that section lis $50. not
counting the work of getting IT out.
He bases his belief. however. on two
lots OF practically the same material
shipped last fall one lot of three tons
running ten ounces In gold and an
other one of nine tons running four
ounces.
There is nothing OF unusual
Importance to record concerning
the Needle mountain district at
this time There Is. nevertheless.
considerable mining going on
on and the outlook for the summer is
good The Aztec Gold a Copper Min
ing company has seven men at work
running tunnel on their vein and
uhilhN NHt pasth winter nave tntuhH'
tered several fine ore chutos T. IL
Blunt aud partner have employed their
best efforts during the winter and sev
eral other local prospect owners in
that section have some encouraging
reports TO render
George =. Maury of Pittsburg, Penn.
syivania, arrived In the city Sunday
as a representative of the late Col. At
wells nephew TO Inquire into and look
over the condition of Zuni mines.
Mr. Maury, accompanied by 7, ]. Me
kelvey, visited the property Tuesday
and we understand is much pleased
with IL The Zuni workings. as men.
toned heretofore In these columns,
had recently encountered n succession
OF pockets OF fine black copper. grow
ing larger and more numerous as the
drift was advanced. and several car.
loads of 1t were already on the dump |
when Col. Atwell's sudden death sus.
pended operations. II is believed !
that when the matters are arranged
satisfactorily operations will be re.