Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-13

old-time workings on the property
consist of two shafts sunk on the vein.
iioisting Is expensive, therefore the
iessees drove crosscut, iutersected
The vein and got into a body OF lead,
etc, from which several carloads are
broken. Shipments Will DO made to
Durango through Sllyerton via Min.
eral Point.
The Champion folks have closed
down mining operations for a few days
Tor the purpose of building an ore
house. raising the car track In tho
tunnel. putting in new car and Civ.
ing tho mine a general oyerhaullng. A
brace OF pocket pieces" from the low
er workings Of the Champion were re.
| Gently landed, without mishap, on tho
walk In front of Bordleau's hardware
store. The pieces fairly glitter through
yellow copper. and are good for $50
per toD-gold r-copper-wlthout
| any cobblng. sorting or monkeylng
| about IT..
Mike Loncgan Is the owner of the
Gold Chief and the Gold Brick uoar
Chattanooga One of these claims is
the norlherly extension of the famous
Brooklyn, with the north end stake8
tied to the south end of the Growler
The claims have received, all told,
but about fifty or sixty feot OF work
and show spots of mineral, here and
there, In couple. of shallow tunnels
driven ON them. Mike laid down a
stock OF supplies on the ground and
commenced work Wednesday. II is
his intention to dig up good mineral II
1t takes him all summer.
The Durkee electric dynamo, drills.
etc. for the Venetian NJ. * NJ Co,
mentioned in previous Issue of The
| standard. were Installed during the
week. under the supervision OF llai
Barry, an expert In that line. The
plant is to be run by water power. tho
concentrating point being at the Old
| Fisher mill, owned by the company
The drills are to play away in the old
Eyylyn tunnel which Is now LOO feet
In the mountain, with 400 feet more TO
drive TO tap the vein. For the same
company Patsy Lonergan has taken
contract for driving 100 feet on tho
Peacock vein and iB pushing things.
working Two shifts
a. l.. Westrich, Mil Creek Basin
| prospector, Interested with William
fcigel, was recently in town from that
locality. showing specimens OF lead
silver, carrying 5s per cent lead from
a claim which he calls the Big -Four.
| The prospector stated that the prop
erty, which Is one of a group OF eleven
claims owned by Felgel and himself.
shows a two-foot streak OF ore ON the
| surface several hundred feet long.
which can be sorted to one foot with
above result. No development save
that OF open cuts has been done on
the property Gold ore of a fair grade
has been found In one of the claims.
Westrich expects to make test ship
ment OF a carload or two Of the lead.
closely following Mr.. Felgel's return
from Pueblo. Mil Greek Basin, ON
direct line is five miles from the
Camp Bird and eight miles from Sill
yerton.
Louis Fleltas, after a seven months
absence, the greater part OF which he
was showed in just above timber line
at Lime creek. returned to town Sat
urday last looking none the worse
from his isolation from the metropolis.
The old man put In the winter and
spring pegging away at crosscut
now advanced 425 feet and destined to
lntersect the Democrat location.
which Is on a contact between quartz
ito and lime, at an early day, at a
depth OF about 150 feet. A couple OF
years ago few tons OF ore which sam
Piled sli gold and II ounces silver was
shipped from surface gougings OF the
Democrat.
As many In these parts eylnce more
than passing interest as to whether
the Ute Creek opal geodes are the pro-
duct OF blowout or OF a regular vein.
II might not be out of place to state
that one of the prospectors was in
town recently and claims that after
considerable surface gouging, himself
and partner have traced well-de-
fined vein Of an average width of four
feet with breccia foot" and tufa
hanging" for several hundred feet.
The geodes which are to be operated
5 on for the lively gems they are sup
r posed to contain. are OF dull, red,
5 dish color, spherical in shape, and
1 very nearly uniform In size. the mean
. diameter being about sixteen Mchsa