Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-11-16
SAN JUAN COUNTY MINES.


ore was encountered in the American
Exchange Mining company's proper
ties. South Mineral creek, Monday OF
this week. Manager Geo. Grebles Is
encouraged by this find with the com
paratiyely new beginning on this re-
Gently organized company's group OF
undeveloped claims.
Some excellent ore Is now being
shipped from the North Star mine,
Sultan mountain. In the lower. or
No level, a 22-inch streak oil copper
silver ore was exposed this week that
gives promise to reimburse those who
have faithfully put up for the past
TWO years in the development OF the
lower regions of the North Star vein.
The locator OF placer claim who
may know Of the existence OF vein
or lode within the placer location may
also locate the lode. No person other
than the owner OF placer claim may
enter The same for the purpose OF
prospecting for vein. The TACT that
lode or vein exists in placer claim
not being known 10 the locator OF the
placer claim, when such TACT was
known to others who had properly
made location of said lode, does not
secure the owner of the placer against
The claimant of the vein.
Not only Will the Ruby Basin NJ. and
t. company build a 100-ton mill on
their property next summer but is to
construct IA mile tram line from
the mill and mine In the basin to the
Red Mountain railroad tracks. The
past years Developments on the Ruby
basin properties has opened up some
magnificent bodies of ore and although
the main tunnel has not penetrated
the principal veins of the group there
is sufficient ore in sight to warrant all
the contemplated milling and trans
portation facilities.
Wesley Riggs of Gladstone was in
the city this week, having come down
from Brown mountain where he has
Just completed assessment work ON
the El Paso group of IL claims. Not
only has Mr.. Riggs promising bunch
of claims which are to receive some
extensive development in the shape OF
a 1O0O-foot crosscut tunnel but has
associates who will at proper time
give the desired aid to further any
kind of a proposition. j. b. Anderson,
high in official circles of the ID. 4.
X. G. Ry. company is one among 9th
ers who are interested with MIR. Riggs.
Among the many properties be-
tween Poughkeepsie gulch and Animas
Forks that are receiving renewed at
tention Is the Mickey Breen, owned
by the Tempest Apex Mining company
managed by f. NJ. Jackson, Recently
the old workings were sampled
throughout. and for a distance on the
veins of the group for $500 feet an
average value was obtained of 500
ton. A new find was also made from
the outcroppings of the vein last
week. and l4S sacks gave RETURNS OF
perty was among the first locations
in the Mineral Point section.
In Deer Park mining matters are
looking up a little. Old man Kendall,
working n force of three men on the
Western States company holdings. re-
Gently encountered a body of well min
eralized quartz supposed to be gold
bearing in the 150-foot drift on the
Vulcan, one of the best defined fis-
fully five feet wide and extends from
wall to wall, the quartz being different
In appearance from any heretofore
found In that section. 1t being very
nearly pure white. quite literally
specked with yellow iron. AT this
writing no assays have been made.
On the old Montana group consider
able development is being done by a
force of four men under the manage
rey, adamantine front, is striking hard
ticks on his properties lying adjacent
the Montana group.
The Benson crosscut tunnel destined
to tap the very vitals of the hidden
treasures of Galena mountain. now
measures from entrance to face 1850
feet. The big bore has already gone
through several leads, quite heavily
mineralized with iron sulphides. etc.
silver. Although one of these leads
from foot" to hanging" stretched the
tape-line taut at 200 feet, the entire
mass between walls being adapted to
easy concentration, yet the mission of
the tunnel founded by the late knute
Benson was not accomplished. and will
not be. until several veins rich on the
outcrop have been penetrated. Ac-
cording to very careful estimate,
the Anti-Periodic group, whose sur
face workings have produced surpris-
ing results in the white metal can
be no further distant than 400 to 600
feet from the face of the tunnel.
Ground breaks well and contractors
are pushing things.
No sooner had A. j, Vivian returned
from his eastern trip. for the purpose
of reorganizing and raising funds to
develop Sultan mountain mines. than
notices were posted calling for bids
on 100-foot contract on the Aletha
vein in the Thunder tunnel, indicating
that Vivian will try again, for the sec
ond time, TO make the once famous
Notaway a producer. The Detroit and
Colorado Mining company Is the name
of the new reorganization, its pur.
pose being 10 lift the $22,l40 indebt-
edness and to further such develop
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