Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-18

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upraise are in the high grade ore 70
which the Golden Fleece is famous.
| A payment of 81 900 was made oil
the LIST inst. to Martin Tulley anc
tkendall mountain) group, by com
pany that may take up the option dur
ing the presen. year. The King grour
| consists of eight claims. and is locat
ed on the opposite side OF Kendall
mountain from the town of Silverton
and belongs to the system of veins ex
tending from the Titusvile mill to
the Silver Lake basin. The total price
| that these claims are bonded for is
100000
The work of cleaning out and re.
timbering the mouth of the Cleveland
crosscut has been completed, the
trails between the upper and lower
workings fixed up and now Il. w.
preliminary work, is awaiting further
orders. 1t is a question until the ex.
pert arrives whether the old workings
will be opened up and cleaned out or
whether the crosscut, which is in
some $50 feet, will be continued to
crosscut the vein, which according to
surface measurement is some $50 feet
a 10
seph A. Vincent of Philadelphia, is at
the head of the association which has
lately acquired the Cleveland
George h. Lacy, who has been op-
Grating the Emma mine in Ice Lake
basin during the winter with a small
force, informs us that the work has
been confined to opening up the ore
shoot in the third level. This level
was started about four years ago but
was abandoned at that time on ac-
count of other plans, after a shaft IS
feet had been sunk from the second
level to determine the dip and contin-
nity of the ore shoot. The third level
is now in about 800 feet and from all
indications the ore shoot is but a few
feet ahead. This is the ore body from
which nearly all the Emma's output
has come and as it is a ead-silver ore
the rise in the price of those metals
will be OF considerable benefit to Mr.
Lacy when he encounters the shoot
The last report of Superintendent
ID. Umbell of the Kendrick & Gelder
Smelling company, is that the upraise
which connected with the winze in
the third level of the Henrietta mine,
was completed last week This is an
Important improvement, as 1t con
meets all the levels from the third
down to the seventh and gives ade-
quate ventilation for the No. Z tun-
mel, as well as the upper workings.
The upraise has proceeded continu-
ously through the ore body and the
mine has now no less than a mile OF
workings in ore Superintendent Um-
bell had a surveyor on the ground n
few days ago, who reported that the
upraise would strike the winze below
the third level square. A prominent
mining man of Silverton also visited
the property and informed Mr.. Umbell
that he did not know of property
that was in better shape for econom-
ical production than the Henrietta.
The completion of the mill in the Ce-
ment Creek basin and the aerial tram
way to connect 1t with the mine will
be the signal for an immense output
from thig prpnt prpparty
Contracts were let this week to
Charles Scheer of Silverton for the
plumbing and steam fitting on the
new boarding and bunk house at the
American tunnel. The building is
nearing completion and will accommo-
date 500 men. 1t will have all the
modern conveniences, including steam
heat, baths and sanitary plumbing.
The structure is frame, three stories
and a basement with dining room
ll0XiO feet in size and a kitchen
i5x4O. A reading room has also
been provided. In the meantime a
Wine is being sunk from the King
levels to the American tunnel and
part of the King output will be made
through the latter tunnel.
Keoneker and Gottlieb have just
completed 200 feet OF tunnel in Mag
gle gulch for the Eureka Exploration
company. The work was done on the
Cascade vein to crosscut the Ridgway
vein at a depth of about 900 feet
However, the Cascade vein is a mon
ster itself and somewhere just anead
of the tunnels breast Is a shoot
known from surface tests to be one
of the largest and richest in the San
Juan country. The tunnel is now In
nearly 300 feet and mineral has been
literally sprinkled through the vein
which is thirty to forty feet wide for
the entire distance. The ore is a sui
phide and assays on the surface five
ounces in gold and LOO ounces in
silver. 1t is expected that another
contract will be let In the near future
for the double purpose of cutting the
Ridgway vein and at the same time
reaching the Cascade ore shoot liz