Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-11-30

by which group of ten claims in Ii
burcio gulch that adjoins the Bonnie
Glri properties passes into the hands
of eastern capitalists.
The Small Hopes people are anx-
iously awaiting the arrival of their
lir compressor which seeml 70 be
hung up on the read between here
and Denver. They have she grading
nearly finished and are in shape to
place the mahinery as soon as il ar
rives.
The Bonnie Girl company has about
finished their big warehouse and n
part of the carpenter force are now at
work on the fiume. They have purch-
ased several thousand brick and the
tanks formerly used in the Pret mill.
and are moving them to their testing
plant
The ore body in the May Day shaft
has been increasing in size for some
time and is now four feet in width
and is all shipping ore. Samples are
being shown that will run into the
thousands in value and every lndlca-
tipu 10 tudt tuio llllie Will SoOn epudl
even the Neglected in production
Geo. Bauer, the Mancos banker and
mining man, has commenced opera
lions on the Comstock property, sit
uated one and one-half miles below
Gown. Twenty years ago TINS was one
Of the producing mines Of this district
The ore being hauled to the railroad
at Alamosa with OK teams. r. ii
Toll is in charge of the work and is
putting up a whim and will clean out
and retimber the lS0-foot shaft
which is reported to have shipping
ore at the bottom.
One of the largest. truest and best
producing fssure veins in this camp
is the one on which the Eureka, Bull
dozer and Amethyst claims are loca.
ted, II does not vary over one de-
gree from its course in the distance OF
over 1900 feet for which II has been
opened, and has produced about S4O,-
900. although no systematic mining
has been done and the greatest deptn
attained is only about 100 foot The
Bulldozer was discovered ana for
years worked, at a point where snow
slides run over it very frequently dur
ing the winter. which made the erec-
zion OF proper buildings or machinery
almost impossible. For years we have
urged the consolidation OF these pro
pertles and the starting of a shaft at
a point on the claims where there
would be no danger from snow slides
and from which the whole property
could be developed, but. nothing was
done on this line until this summer, |
when Messrs. Geo. w. and Geo. c. |
FRANKLIN, Dewey and Fisher secured |
a bond and lease on the Bulldozer ana |
claims Tney spent large |
part oi the season in thoroughly pros
pecting the claims and have now com
menced operations that look like bus.
mess, They have put up the neces-
sary buildings several hundred feet |
west OF the old workings Oh the Bull
iozer, in heavy timber, and near the
junction OF the claims, and, as there
IS considerable wash over the vein,
ire now running a short tunnel TO cut
he vein below the wash. They have |
yet about ten feet TO run to cut ,ue
ng shaft. Tney will sink as far as
possible this winter, hosting with
and, in the spring will raise
he shaft to me surface and put up
l steam hoist. They are working four
men at pre- sent and will add four more
leXt week. Geo. G. Franklin, the well
tnown mining engineer, is in charge
)f the work, which is guarantee that
1t does not pay it will be the fault
,f the mine. and not, as in most cases
lere, the result of incompetent man
igement. Later-Tbe vein has been
tut and shows free gold and another
shift was put on last night.