Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-23
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MINES AND MINING.
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With half dozen or more La Plata
mines shipping high grade ore, and
double the number working with a
prospect OF being added tn the SIR.
ping list soon, the district is surely
enjoying degree OF PROSPERITY Mir.
erto unknown. and it is not a mrIrer
tot surprise that the cam is talked
Reput more on the ont side than any
~other mining camp in Colorado At His
time, Mining people com N, in from
The outside all say lhat The tail, is
principally of the La Pllas, and tray.
cling salesmen frequently discuss mis-
fact.
Though the Neglected is tempor-
arily closed down, the May Day is
shipping regularly, and the Durango
Girl is making frequent shipments oi
exceedingly high grade ore. This mine
has just let contract for a lower
level of one hundred feet. which will
put seventy feet more OF Stopping on
the rich ore chutes overhead.
The Jenny Lind. which has been
running a lower lever for year. vii,
soon begin to ship high grades. The
Bessie g is under lease, and Will soon
resume shipments OF the high grade
ore Tor which it has long been noted.
The Bulldozer is working. and viii
be shipping from time to time until
certain developments are complete.
when it can ship regularly.
The Empire Gold Mining and Mill
ing company is running a cross-cut
of 1850 feet to cut seven veins al
considerable depth, and tap the rich
ore shoots at $50 feet greater depth.
This company recently installed an
air compressor, and is now, with the
use Of air power for drills. making
seven feet per day in the tunnel
The Eureka. LorilIard. Sylvanite.
Ten Brock and other properties in
Lewis gulch are under lease. French
Thomas is working on the Yankee
G'~ an the Jenny Lind vein.
Fass Sons are developing
'-rncir large group on Flaglers Fork
Joe Hehernan and Cripple Creek peo-
pie are driving their deep tunnel on
Flagler's Fork. Just below, George
w, Taylor is working on one Of his
properties with hope of getting ship
partners are driving a tunnel which
is already in 600 feet. This work is
to crosscut a system of veins crossing
the Porcupine vein.
1t is possible that the Western
Belle will resume work within short
time, and it would not be long until
shipments could ne begun The Belle
is one of the old shippers that made
money.
Down on the La Plata river the
Chief company is doing big work. and
wEDuild a mill this year. The Bay
City, near by, Is working under Pu-
eblo people, and the old Comstock,
which has shipped sixty to seventy
thousand dollars from its old work
ings, is under hetter management and
will probably be sold to a large com
pany soon. All along the river vari-
Gus small mining enterprises are un-
der way
Up in the Lightncr Creek section.
on the east side. there is Il good deal
OF work going on. both mining and
prospecting This section is in the
south part Of the district in the
same trend with the May Day and
Comsiock, and The old Saxon or new
Gold Dollar which is now under op
GRAFTON again for production. under
the management OF Frank Freeman
Flcck and fIankey are running
their crosscut on Lishtner to explore
three veins, Jesse Shields, just be
>Lpw, Is running mis- cross-cut and get
tiig promising results.
Dusenbcrg, Egolf 4 Kincher have
been working ON the Sunnyside, start
ing new tunnel, which will give "a
great depth on ore that promises to
come into the shipping list
The Three Metals Deep Mines com
pany Is doing some exploration work
on the Bun, one of their properties
from which large values in gold were
taken last fall The company expects
to he able 10 ship some ore this sum
mer Stockholders meeting will
bx held to consider propositions for
Me PURCHASE of stock and to plan de-
velOpment of the several properties.
The Londonderry company, operat-
ing at Orc Fino, continues It's tunnel.
and is planning for larger develop
ment
II Is estimated that there are more
than four hundred men engaged In
mining and prospecting in the district,
and it will not he long until there VIII
he half as many more, so 1t may be
seen that the La Platas are going to
the front.