Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-26


ject. The Gold Prince tunnel. design.
ed to cut the Sunnyside Extension,
Mastodon and other prominent veins
at depths varying from 500 to 1000
feet. will be producing ore by next
June. As the principal people in the
promotion and financing of the Gold
Prince company are those who made
the Gold King mine, we may expect to
see another growing town like Glad
stone ut or near the old towusite OF
Animas Forks within the next few
| years.
Since the cutting Of the King and
Mazeppa veins by the Royal tunnel
on Sultan mountain. there are many
who take issue with each other as to
what course to pursue to encounter
the ore chutes that are developed In
the upper workings. But so long as
the management of the Royal Mining
company does not take Issue with him
| self he will reach the desired point
as fast as the drifts both north and
south can be run. That the veins go
down to the depth of thousand feet
has been demonstrated, by the ardu.
Gus undertaking of running 1900
foot tunnel in the hardest formation
known to Sultan mountain and fur.
| Their that the veins are strong and of
ore making quality. especially in the
| Mazeppa vein, is another encourage
| ing feature that the management has
| on which to base his opinion that the
| quality and quantity of ore with the
| great depth already attained will be
forthcoming very soon. The Mazep-
| pa. where cut by the tunnel. is from
to feet in with but of too small
value to mine at a profit as is likewise
with the King vein, but as has been
predicted, no values would be encoun-
tered until the drifting on the veins
could reach the known ore chutes. A
| short time ago an increase OF the cap
ital stock of the Royal Mining com
pany OF from 100000 to 100000
| shares was voted, since which time
| ten additional mining claims have
| been added to their Sultan mountain
| possessions In all 20 claims. The
work for the winter months has been
outlined and money for running ex-
penses has been promised in sufii-
cient sum to make the enterprise
winner and bloom along with the com
| ing summer roses. Perseverance at
seemingly feasible project always
nearly always-triumphs
A visit to the North Star mine on
Sultan. mountain this week revealed
to us quite change OF scenery from
| what IL used to be. II looks as though
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that all things. had bsea started about
| the same time with the completion of
none of the undertakings. A min
that at one time was at least capable
of milling and saving A good percent
age OF the values of North Star ore
| as II did in the early days, Is scat
tered hither and yon, with probably
the good intention OF replacing same
with new and modern machinery. AT
or near the entrance to the old North
Star tunnel Through which It's said
that a million or more dollars worth
of ore has been conveyed Is a huge
pile of ore representing some 500 To
800 tons of ore that has been mined
from the new workings or the recent
ly developed lower levels that extend
on either side of the l10-foot shaft
$40 feet. The ore looks good grade,
If not high grade, and shows the
productiveness of this once famous
producer. The great flow Of water
has from the start been a source of
vexation to the management. an un-
dertaking that has cost many thous-
| ands OF dollars since the frst shot
for the new shaft, some two years
ago. Perseverance. however, tri-
| umphed. and yet there is present
iment TO one that the achievement OF
the Silverton Mining company has not
yet reached It's highest degree OF sue
cess The North Star Is a great mine
Great for what Is has produced.
Great for what It is yet capable OF
producing.
Less than three Issues ago the
Standard recorded what IL considered
one OF the best strikes OF the season,
viz: that the Oceola vein had been
cut by cross-cut tunnel TO the extent
OF 10 feet. Last week We chronicled
the important news that the vein
wnicn had not been fully penetrated
refedteu 20 ieet Oh ore ana now comes
the still more pleasant information to
those who bid welcome TO a greater
| San Juan, that Nne vein which was cut
in its entirety the fore part of this
week is exactly 80 feet In width. Con-
| sulting Engineer j. A. Snedaker, who
| came in Friday last from Denver to
Investigate the ore strike briefly stat
ed that the entire 80 feet where cut
contained better than $l2 values to
| the ton and that assays further show
several streaks throughout the vein
OF from inches TO 2 feet that con
tains values from $40 to $50 TO the
ton. MIR. Snedaker. who promoted the
Green Mountain Mining company. has
| been very conservative In the solicit
tation OF capital to further the Green
Mountain tunnel and is, as ever be-
tore, very reticent concerning his COM
pany's plans. However, to have tried
to make secret the important find
would have been an impossible under
taking for the fact that all the mater
ial that has been mined during the
past three weeks has been ore. huge
pieces Of ore. broken. ore. lead. cop
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