Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-23
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Mancos lodge, A. & A. NJ, viii not
entertain the San Juan Masonic asso.
citation In June. and the Masons OF this
place are talking SIIverton.-Rico
News.
There Is now being transferred in
the Alamosa yards each day an aver
age Of i've standard cars of steel for
the Santa Fe Eastern. The consign-
ment this way will be about 500 cars.
or eight miles OF track which Is being
built from Santa Fe east to connect
with some Of the Rock Island branches
in New McAico.-Alamosa Journal.
II IL rumoreG that W. n. Kight has
purchased the fixtures belonging to
patterson's meat market In Durango,
and viii open a first class market in
Pennington about May 10. in the build
Ing how being erected by NJ NJ. En-
gleman. Over sixty feet of marble
slabbing will be used in It's arrange
ment-i' i'srmington Hustler.
The reading and recital rendered
Saturday evening by Miss Minnie
Hand, was much appreciated by our
townsmeD. and at the earnest request
of number not able to attend that
evening. the lady gave another recital
Monday evening. which drew forth a
complishcd er-Farmington
Hustler.
Tony Stollsteimer is lying at the
home of his father In Pagosa suffering
with broken leg. which injury he
received last Tuesday. He was riding
horse about thirty miles down the
river when the animal fell with him
DIR. Clock was called and set the frac-
tured limb and he is now getting along
niccly.-Pagosa Springs Times.
David Swickhimer has been quite a
busy man during the past week. In
addition to looking after his many and
varied interests In the camp he has
found time to contract very nice
| case of measles and he is spending to-
day. which, by the way, marks the
anniversary OF his birth, in drinking
sassairas tea. keeping close to the
stove and figuring ont how much fun
he has had during the past fifty years.
| Dave believes in keeping busy, even
II he has to afflicted with measles a
| second time to do so.-Rlco News.
Colonel b. Is. Calvin, one of Govern
or Poabody's stan. has been requested
| to attend the dedication OF the Worlds
| fair on April 30. and the christening
Of the battle ship Colorado at Phila-
dclphia a few days prior The gov
crnor and his stan Will leave Denver
| April 26 over the Union Pacific. re-
turning ON the presidents special
| from ST Louis to Colorado about May
| lth Mr. Calvin has forwarded his
| acceptance and In his official capacity
will represent Silverton and the San
Juan in the best possible manner
Standard.
SO far as known there Is no accur-
ate record of the winters snow fall,
| but II Is known that more than eighty
feet has fallen at timber line and at
least fifty feet In town There Is now.
| high up in the mountains, ten feet of
solid. packed snow. that melted, will
make almost FIVE feet of water The
snowfall is the heaviest since the win
| ter OF 'S3-Si. That winter freight
wagon left standing in the street in
front Of where Stuart's plumbing shop
| nj O.,
gotten until the spring seat on top OF
the double box showed up through the
settling snow In April, Telluride
Jorunal.
II Is the intention of the new com
| pnny owning the old Cleveland mine
| on Sultan mountain three and one-half
miles down the Animas canon to in
stall n compressor plant on the prop
| erty this season and cut the vein by
long tunnel The Cleveland. which
was at one time a considerable pro
| duccr of smelling ore, is Immediately
below the King mines and on the
| same vein system that has shown so
well In the King. Notaway. Champion,
| North Star. Hercules and others. The
property has recently been acquired
by Philadelphia ompany.-Sllverton
Standard.
ID u. Neville was the first citizen OF
La Plata to make a mining sale last
year. and he and w l.. Higgason have
made the first deal this season, having
sold their interests in the Lulu Il. and
Gold Nugget lodes in Basin gulch to
G. W. Porter of Mancos. These are
the claims formerly owned by John
Butler and have given returns of $500
per ton Messrs Orr and Porter came
over from Mancos last Tuesday and
have commenced work on these prop
critics, and as there is pay ore in sight
they should be able to make ship
meut very sonia Plata Miner
Since John Hays Hammond has
been placed as general manager of
/ the Guggenhelm mining interests, sew
ral changes have been made among
| he large mines of the company. Lo-
nj Manager 5. l. Hallett of the Sill
| yer Lake Is to assume charge of min
Ing prnpprtV i'm Old Mexico and Mana.