Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-11-09

last week purchased all ground lying
between the town of Eureka. and the
Ransom group, the objective point be-
ing the Clemmons tunnel. now in to-
wards the Ransom group some 400
feet. the portal of which Is fat the
roadside and Of easy access 10 mill
wagon road OF railroad Thu terri
tory purchased includes the Eenator
and Tagner claims, formerly the pro-
perry OF J. p. johnson and Edward
Clemmons. and the Alice and Yellow
Jacket. belonging to John Niswonger.
Not only will the ClemmchS tunnel
render possible an outlet fnr9the ores
of the Ronsom group but win cut tho
other veins purchased at a depth OF
from 500 TO 1000 feet. as. vel. MIR.
Halvorson leaves Tor Boston tomor-
row for the winter, where tplans for
future operation will be prceared. and
upon his return early next spring,
active work will be commended ON the
property.
We base our predictionkth Iron
ton and Red mountain tn$ns are to
enjoy new era of prosperity during
the next few years on tha condition
of facts as they exist In vat section.
That the Bobtail compapy. with Its
recently Increased force oifS0 men and
the erection OF 40-stamp 4nill. has the
secret of rich ore su e which IT
proposes to keep for the s;fne being is
evidenced by the big outpy of capital
Tor future operation ArJther tunnel.
which will require 200QzSeet of work
to reach the rich orein that was
encountered by bore'W equal length
during the past sunnity has been
started Not alone, hof ever. is the
Bobtail company giving the old Red
Mountain country a new life. There
is George Crawford, WHO represents
heavy eastern syndicaie and who has
a force OF men unwaering the Cen
esee Vanderbilt, Is toSa also further a
project to reach that sein system ex-
lending from the Cashp Bird to the
Bob,ail-a trend of Veins for which
the Treasury tunnel. now in 5000 feet.
the Jackson tunnel and the Galena
Lion tunnel expect to ultimately reach
and that system OF Veins exposed by
the Camp Bird Extension company
should soon rclize through its tenac-
ious efforts onward, and forward al
ways. A dozen other properties are
considerable activity, and
from this side Of the range ones opin-
ion as TO the future outcome is well
founded.
The Brooklyn, near Chattanooga. al
ready in a splendid line Of production.
bids fair to become a rival of the Gold
King. and perhaps the Camp Bird. at
a very early date. A couple Of years
ago there was chroniced in this pa
per the particulars of a free gold
strike in the property that set every
body interested in mining In these
parts to thinking. inasmuch as the Red
mountain mineral belt was considered
almost exclusively silyer-copper pro-
Queer, the oteS.s of the Custom. etc.
carrying go.a ssSfz fsot in iree state.
The news OF the free gold strike ran
like wildlre. and many people visited
the property, and. with longing eyes.
viewed the nuggets taken therefrom.
The Brooklyn. and other claims COM
prising the New York Brooklyn group,
was bonded by Sam Newhouse. the
property eventually reversing to the
original owners by reason OF another
party OF that section. claiming by
right OF priority of location. some part
or parcel of the ground covered by
the group. Tim Manion and Jim Muir
ply, the owners. although somewhat