Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-25
MINES AND MINING.
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La Plata Miner.

La Plata Miner.
Mike Cornwall is continuing devel-
opment on his claim at the mouth of
Boren gulch.
from their lease on the Little Jane
mine and expect to ship carload to
Durango next week.
The BAY City tunnel. which is now
in over $50 feet. is showing great i'm
provement in the last few feet run
and is expected to cut the big dyke in
a few days.
NJ. NJ. Miller & Co. are pushing de
velopment on their villa Ray claim
md are about 80 feet deep. The rock
IS very hard but they are getting fine
looking mineral.
Watkins & Merry will hnish their
50-foot contract Tor the Boren Gulch
Mining company in few days, The
drift is now in over l50 feet and Is in
good milling ore for the entire dis
lance.
Hunter a. Axelson have put up a
good shaft house on their Sunrise lode
md have enlarged the shaft to a work
ing size. They are now sinking on a
good body of smelling ore which they
are sacking.
Beason Il Reynolds are working a
claim at the mouth of the river and
| not far from the May Day. which is
showing mp in good shape, The pay
streak is increasing in size and roasts
out both gold and silver.
The Bonnie Girl work Is progress
ng very iayorably The pipe for the
power plant is all on the ground and
Is being laid the frame Tor the mill
is beginning TO loom up and four A.
horse teams are engaged in hauling
material from the railroad. II storm
should cause them to close down they
viii be In shape 10 rush their work to
completion In short order when the
season opens
Freeman & McCloskey VIII finish
the annual work this week on their
claims In Burnt Timber gnlch. They
have won their case in the court of
appeals and viii probably do large
| amount of work this season on the old
5hAou ioIt WHICH WdS tut CldlIu III
yolved In the suit.
Boston capitalists have become in
serested In the Chief Gold Mining
company and extensive development
is planned. Four claims are being
surveyed for patent which include all
owned by the company and not patent
ed. Mr. McAlplne has kept work 60
| inu n fhla q
| culties but II now looks brighter and
we look for this seasons work TO de
yelop a paying proposition in this
group. Two shifts are to be employed
n sinking and drifting and the work
will be pushed as fast as II can be
lone economically.
The great May Day mine will soon
be equipped with plant OF machinery
| equal to any In the San Juan. An
| air compressor will be placed at the
! foot Of the hill near the river and a
| tunnel run TO prospect the ground and
also cut the May Day vein at depth
Of about 500 feet. A pipe will also be
run from the compressor to the shaft
and an air engine used for hosting
and machine drills installed in the
mine. Drifts are being run both ways
| from the 100-foot station and sinking
Is being continued. The material for
the compressor plant is arriving and
another 60 days will probably see it In
operation.
| We were nicely 'scooped" by the
Durango papers last week in giving
out the news OF the big strike in the
Bulldozer mine. as We had known OF
II for several weeks and were keeping
quiet in Difference to the wishes OF in
terested parties. The facts are that
several weeks ago Franklin a. Co. en-
couhtered big body OF as fine ore al
this mine has ever produced. and now
have more money in sight than has
ever before been shown In this mine
although many thousands OF dollars
worth Of high grade ore has been TAX
en- out and shipped to the shelters
The high grade ore Is from 12 to Y
inches wide and large samples have
given returns Of from $l05 to $500 pei
ton. nearly all In gold. They are sack
ing ore and the pack train will com
mence packing II down here this week
The ore Is telluride. and some Of the
best shipments ever made from thIi
] district has been from this mine.