Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-03

der fnil hchdway and producing large
quantities OF ore
One OF the promising groups is the
Porcupiue. owned by A g Carroll "
II. White. Roy Han Harry Turner and
John Wosch. There ls a tunnel ON
the vein OF the Porcupinc. $50 feet OF
which has Just been completed. and ID
is the Intention 10 do more wori, vet
this season The property Is located
on junction creek about TWO miles this
side of Flagler's Fork, and the tunnel
is near the creek. making access easy.
The showing is "A good one making
the owners feel encouraged over the
outlook. and they have reason FOR this.
It is their intention 20 push develop
ment the balance ui The season with
IA view of continuing same during the
winter months They 10 not believe
In allowing a good thing to be idle.
And this reminds as thAt every one
residing in the country long has heurd
oil Fiagler's Fork. although compare
lively few have ever seen this Wild
and rugged section. and To attempt to
describe 1t would prove a failure. II
Is quite probable. howey,\ that the
| prospector does not see much to cx-
cite the Imagination In this secluded
| picturesque spot, but near are prom
Using gold veins that makes the blood
| course quickly through the veins as
| imagination turns to Monte Crisfu
| riches The work done on the claims
| located reveals true veins and good
| values have been obtained from many.
| although obstacles in the way have re.
tarded development. While the terri
ritory embraced in the gulch. or forks.
Is reached from different sections
trails are poor and il is difficult tn
get in supplies. making It expensive
| as well as slow Notwithstanding this
considerable work has been going ON
the past two years. Messrs. HpGcrnap
4 Taylor of CorteZ are campoa with
their families, and are puttiug In long.
hard days work on their property
which shows well and their work thit
year is done With greater satisfaction
than in former years.
w. II. White and Snyder & Buskirk
own group of eight claims about
mile and half from the Neglected
known as the lgnacio, Little Lena. Bis
marck, Mel C.. Gold Sovereign. Minnie
Bell Nc. 2, Arkansas Traveller. Violet
and the Morning. The Little Lena
has tunnel on the vein of 90 feet
showing an average OF 80 inches CI
quartz in the face of the tunnel. as
says running from S20 TO $40. Being
diorite and red sandstone formation
the indications are certainly favorable
The mine was relocated last year II
was formerly owned by Frank Down
ing. 1t is the intention to put on
force to run 200 feet on the vein be-.
fore snow flies. This group is at the
head of Fall creek, to the southwest
Of the Neglected, the Parsball group
being about 1000 feet northwest.
W. w. Parshall has bond on a
group of patented claims. He is en-
gagged in sinking shaft on the Nam.
moth. which shows "A strong, well de
fined vein carrying rich ore. The
shaft is two compartment, Az by in
the clear. The shaft is down 80 feet
and will be pushed with vigor until
depth of 100 feet is reached when, as
the shaft is perpendicular cross.cul
will be run to cut the vein which has
dip of 10 to Is per cent This prop,
erty produced and shipped considera-
BILE ore some years ago when operat-
ed by Frank Downing The claims
are In the center OF fine timber Mr.
Parshall is mining man of long eX-
perience. having operated at Rico and
also in San Juan county many years
and is one of the best judges Of rock
in the That faf ,ti1
be rewarded we have not the slightes.
doubt. OF course. the true value Will
ne better determined after the vein is
explored at depth of 100 feet.
The Crown Diamond northwest OF
the Neglected about 400 feet. owned
by Shaffer and Webb. is developed by
a 40-foot shaft The owners are now
bailing out the water and will cor.
tinue the shaft. The development
shows fine grade of quartz and ia
vorable assays have been obtained A
drift on the vein will be run after a
depth of 80 feet has been gained
Leaving the Crown Diamond, we
swung around the head of the gulch
with view OF striking the Big Per
Cent and other claims owned by EN-
ory Brown, w. A. Helm, Frank Cunha
and Thomas Sthroyer of Durango,
The Big Per Cent is one OF the oldest
locations in the district. Several
shafts have been sunk on the vein,
ranging from 10 to 20 feet, all show
Ing a good character OF ore, and In
several instances very high assays
have been ohtained-some as high as
$4,000 to the ton. To further test the
property a tunnel of over 200 feet
has been run TO cut the vein. Al the
point where the vein was encountered
a winze was sunk 10 feet, showing a
good body of well mineralized quartz.
Owing to the limited means OF the
owners only assessment work has
been done so far this year, but they
are not worrying over the result oil
further development, believing that
they have one of the big mines Of the
district In sight.
On reaching the Fassblnder proper
ties we found no one at home, al
though the owners are working one OF
the claims and have been for some
months The rassbindpra have n