Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-03
MlMGs AND MINING
IN SAN JUAN
tsilverton Standard. /,

(Silverton StAndard.)
The electric drills on the Thunder
4 tunnel have been discarded apd the
work Is once more being done by !
hand.
The New York company which re-
Gently purchased the Genessee- Van
dcrbilt group Of claims, as appears IN
another column. In the blucbell MIN
Ing company. now operating the Hud-
son and American Belle mines ut
( Red Mountain.
II. J. Mccartney has purchased the
Adei;hla claim, Brown mountain. at
the head OF Cement creek. and u Is
understood win operate the property
this season The Adclphia Is one oil
the Oldest patented claims In the
oounty and formerly belonged to the
r.. A. W. Tabor estate.
The death Of iSnnte Benson will no,
stop development on the German OAK
group on GaIeDa mountain. as Mrs.
henson has given u ont that she VIII
carry cut the plans for the develop
mepi of the property an outlined by
her late husband. This includes the
completion OF the .0o0-foo, tunnel
contract now under way
Some weeks ago the Standard stat
ed that streak OF ore three and a
hnif feet wide was being exploited In
cross vein In the Yukon tunnel 300
feet from It's entrance. We are
pleased TO state that nov the streak
has widened 10 full Ave feet aud the
character OF tho ore IL rapidly chang
Ing from copper to Ralsna. The man
ngement believes that this vein II the
one from which comes the rich silver
galena float found on the surface i'm
mediately above Assay specimens
of tn. ore return remarkably heavy
per cent in lead fair values IN silver
and small amount In gold
Last week supplies were packed NJ
10 the Copper Belle IN whitehead
guich with which 30 complete n SO
foot tunnel on that property The
unntfatt nallod for 80 fee, of the vein
The contractors. say that there In
every evidence thai tho veins will be
reached inside of the SO feet
The shaft on the North Stsr on sui
tnn mountain. near SiivertoD. nov
down over 200 feet and drifting on
the vein viii commence In a day OF
two In two weeks more time the
world will know whether the magnl
firent nre measures that made the
North Star famous In the early days
VIII coDtinue with depth There Is
every reason 10 believe that they viii
and that this season viii witness the
old prupeTty again one of San juRn's
heaviest produ, ers
No, alone has tho Gold Tunnel a
Railway company prepared for er
ienHisr operation on the Highland
Mary mine nj the head OF Cunningham
gulch by tn. placing Of comprossors
and mir drills and the purchasing ~
lumber and machinery for mill. but
IL about 20 commence the driving or
the Orc tunnel below ailvefton, The
latter project which was started some
years apo by General Kelly, while
prospective is none the less feasible
II carried TO completion & @ ,ha, of
developing mines Of Kendall noun
tain NJ from 1000 To 900 feet A.
10 tn, highland MARY property II viii
work ont its own tbeor, when the
stamps Of the new miii are set In mo
tion
This week n n Born and u. q
Nelson purchased half interest IN
the Celia kiieroy claim. located on
Anyil mountain abou, one mil. west
OF this city Frances Hayes. sister.
in.iaw OF the late Captain Walker. re
tnlns the remaining interest The
Kiieroy IL developed by two tunnels,
the lower one being Ia 95 feet, From
the breast of the upper tunnel n wins.
was sunk few yoars ago and several
carloads OF fair grad. Hilycrload ore
taken therefrom that we're shipped nj
good proi1t Later, IN order TO
wufk the property moro economically.
the lower tunnel Was started and n,
distance OF 80 feet from the mouth n
small streak of lesd,sllNer ore was
opened up This heing IN the vein,
the streak was followed 10 Zee, tur,h.
or and IN that distance II Sidened 10
three and half feet. The shoic
width OF the streak gives average re.
Turns OF y little better that so per
ton, although II IL rich enough In
spots to assoft and ship at u proflt
This season the new owners viii run
another iab feet in the lower tunnel
to open up the ore chute encountered
IN the winre. and when tina, is done
the Celia kilcroy viii probably be
added 10 IN. list OF regular shippers.