Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-02-23

sor and steam drills, which will be in
operation very soon. After making
many tests, they decided to build
mill to treat the large amount of ore
in the mine which will not pay much
profit II sold to the smelter, the
freight and treatment amounting to
S23 per ton, and the process selected
was amalgamation and concentration.
For this purpose they will use Chilean
mills instead of stamps, copper plates
and Frue vanners. Six-foot vanners
Will be put in to start with and more
will be added If necessary. The tail
ings will be impounded and carefully
tested, and, if sufficient values re-
main, cyanide plant Will probably
be added to the mill. Considerable
work has already been done on the
mill and the machinery Is being haul
cd from Durango. A nine-ton piece Is
now engaging the best efforts of the
freighters, Charlie and John Payne.
The mill will have capacity of so
order by the time the snow is gone,
if not sooner. John f. Bell is superin-
tending the erection of the mill which
is guarantee that it will be a first
class job when completed. The
men now employed in the mine and
improvements number between so and
100, which makes a pay roll that is
mr. nv I'm
poration in this county.
1t is gratifying to know that this
enterprise is in the hands of home
people who stayed with the property
after outsiders had quit it and have
made II one of the noted mines of Col
orado
Patterson's market for fresh meats.
fish, packing house supplies and
choice groceries.
w. S. Weightman has just added to
his attractions shipment of choice
turkeys. Get one quick, before they
are gone. Weightmans, you know.
is headquarters for fresh fruits and
vegetables.
The Herald is in receipt of reliable
that the people there have positive
assurance that the through passen-
ger service will be restored to its for
mer standing by the first day of next
April.
John Conway, a railway contractor,
who is well known all over Colorado,
having helped to build nearly every
part of the Rio Grande system, and who
has plenty of friends in the San Juan
country, is in Durango on short visit
during a fifteen days lay-off. Mr.. Con
known as the Lexington cutoff, a
part of the great Hartman system,
which is building a branch from Salt
Lake to Los Angeles. The road is
now finished for 118 miles south Of
Salt Lake, and, when weather per-
mlts, Is being rushed ahead at the
rate of one and half miles per day.
The line will be great boon to Salt
Lake, and will be great convenience
to travellers from the east who are
enroute to Southern California.
o. ID. Needham, of the firm of Need
ham & Link, has been visiting rela-
tivcs at Winchester, Ind, for some
time past He was not In good heath
when he left here. and copy Of a
Winchester paper has been received
which states that he had suffered a
stroke of paralysis at the home of his
niece, Mrs. Lee Wright, and was suf
fering severely from the effects. The
paper says: Mr.. Needham has been
| living in Colorado for several years
| past and came here since the holl
days, on account of his health He
served in the Saith regiment during
| the war, and was good soldier. His
many friends hope for speedy recov
cry"
II the people of Durango wish to en-
courage the establishment OF {
first class wooden mill and pant
factory in their city. the opportunit!
is now at hand. The president of I
large Missouri wooden mill and pant
company, writes to the mayor OF Du
range as follows: IL have well
equipped wooden mills and new, strict
ly up-to-date pants factory, that