Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

MEN WELL
PLEASED

cursionists to the number of twenty.
seven arrived from Silverlon on last
evening as previously announced They
put mp al the Strater Major Il H.
Cooper, the promoter of the excursion,
was not with the party. he having re
ceived telegram day before yester-
day at Silyerton that caused him to
hurry back to Chicago From Silver.
ton the party was looked after By Ar.
| thur Proudlove, general manager of
| the companw. and Louis Brandes at
torney for the company. Mrs f. H.
| Cooper and son continued with the
party.
| They had come by way of Onray.
| and spent two or three days Inspect
Ing their property. which is located at
Gladstone, but n short distance from
the famous Gold King mine.
| This property consists of thirty.sour
claims, twenty-ihree OF which are min
eral bearing, and the remainder are
mill sites and timber claims.
| The property was thoroughly gone
over, and every member of the party
was highly pleased. The investment
had been made upon the recommends
tion of Il few of the stockholders and
the reports of experts, and this was
the first time the mAority of the
stockholders had had the opportunity
of seeing the property for themselves
A force OF sixteen miners is EN-
ployed on development work and be-
fore long II is expected "A plan will be
| decided upon for working the mine on
a large scale The property is at pres.
ent equipped with ten.stamp mill
| This is wholly inadequate for the scale
| ON which this company will carry on
| mining and so l0O-stamp mill Is one
of the improvements contemplated at
an early date. A plant of electric ma.
| chinery Is TO be installed at once. Sam
pies We're taken from all over the yari-
Gus veins, and the assays were found
to be highly satisfactory The Pea.
| cock vein Is the pr.ncipa one of the
| group, so far as the property has been
| opened up. A crosscut Is being run
TO cut this vein at a depth of 600 feet
| Thirty-two ASSAYS from this vein have
| shown an average value of Si2 per
|
| gold The ore carries considerable
values in silver and copper, with a
small per cent Of lead Al a depth of
ten feet the following ASSAYS were
| had: Gold s4i; s1dl0; SIP. and one
| showed $3.50 in gold and Sia ounces In
| silver. We are informed that the vein
is twenty.seven feet wide, and the pay
| streak little over three feet
| Arthur Proudlove, general manager
of the company stated that he never
saw a mine which was more favora-
| bly, situated for economic working
| than this The mill could be placed
at the mouth of the tunnel; the ore
| brought from the mine and run
| through the mill and then loaded from
the mill into the cars. the property be
ing right on the Gladstone railroad
| They have the ore 10 make mine
and the location, abundance OF timber
| and water, together with railroad ia
| ciIities for economically working the
| mine.
Mr. Proudloye said further that one
OF the pleasures of the trip was the
|
| ty by people everywhere in the section
| where they had stopped. He had trav-
eled considerabe-had been in Eu.
rope and South Africa--and had never
before met with such courteous treat
ment as had been accorded his party
| in the San Juan, OF course this has
| the effect OF making a very kindly
| feeling on the part OF the visitors for
the people of this section.
| Mr.. Proudlove stated that another
| party would come ont. probably In Oc-
| tober.
Being interested In smelling, as al.
lied to mining, the visitors were shown
through the smelter last night by Man
ager MacLean The sights were new
| and novel to the most of the party.
and were enjoyed by all.
| Many took the opportunity to go
over the residence, as well as the bus
mess portion of town. and they were
forclbly impressed with the appear
ance of the town and were surprised
to learn OF the vast resources which
Durango has to back her up A glori-
Gus future was predicted for the town.
| Mr.. Proudove said that his com
pany would bring 100000 into San
Juan county this season. and as one
enterprise helped another IL might ma
| turally be expected that other parties
would make mining ventures aa the
result OF the work the Venetian com
pany VIII do.
Mr.. Proudlove who. several years
ago. was writer on the Edinburgh
Post. intends writing n series Of arti-
cles descriptive OF the San Juan dis
trict for the London Mail.
i. ]. Kennedy Is another ex-news-
paper man OF the party. Mr.. Kennedy
a few years ago was special writer
on the Chicago News. He will. no
doubt. have something to say Of this
section In the Chicago press.
Besides the manager and the attor.
ney already named, the only other Of