Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-10

pany tHighland NARY is showing
two-foot streak OF high grade gray and
yellow copper In one of the immed-
late workings. Some OF the old
slopes which. during the palmy days
spring effect upon the owners and
leasers of the property are being tap
ped and sorted with excellent results,
considerable of the 'plunder ex-
tracted therefrom carrying splendid
silver and lead values.
A 2O-horse power gasoline hoist is
being put in place over the shaft of
Shenandoah No. 2 by Campbell. Ben
nett 4 Mclean. the lessees on that
property Operations from the SHAFT
whence the greater part OF the rich
ore has been broken from tributary
-drifts for the past IS months, has
been for some time suspended by rea-
son of the great inflow OF seepage wa
ter, rendering the freeing by hand an
impossibility and seriously retarding
the usual weekly ore shipments to the
smelter The lower drift, connecting
the Shenandoah and Dives. is to be
pushed, with stopping, on magnifi-
cent ore body. It is fact characteG
istic of the Shenandoah that the ores
improve foot by foot with drifting.
This week the Stony Pass Mining
company resumed work on cross
cut on which work was closed down
last winter the working having been
driven some 20 or so feet The com
pany. when development shall have
sufficiently advanced, is in hopes OF
making success of their undertak-
| ing In the pass. as nearly every pros
| pect hole sunk on their holdings in
that locality shows mineral, which fol-
the greater part is of an excellent
! Grade in both gold and silver. Bias
ing ones Judgment from develop
ment standpoint, taking for in
stance, the Old Abe group of claims
of Sparks. ct al which has received
considerable development, and shows
extensive ore bodies, as an object les
son. it were easy to predict favorable
results throughout the widespread
ing mineralized area of the pass
IL Patsy Gillen, who for years ha:
been driving tunnel near the Ston,
Pass group, has recently been mad'
happy through uncovering two t.
three feet of $50 ore. j. N
kloster, who has invested severa
thousand dollars in this section, own
prospects OF great promise in tn,
pass, some of his surface ore carry
. ing four ounces gold and 1923 ounce
} silver. Through tunnel now il
progress on the kloster holdings con
siderable depth is being gained
A. A. Brown, promoter OF severa
mining deals in this county, has
force employed on his holdings ol
Green mountain. Cunningham gulct
which comprise the old Green MouI
tain group, the Philadelphia, Littl
ing 81 claims with good showing q
making a success. Exclusive of de
which we learn is Nj
Browns chief object-there is cor
" siderable gray and yellow copper. gs
4 lena and zinc being broken down an
+ sacked for the Durango market. Tn
+ shipping record OF the above claims
which stand in the very front rank @
Green mountain properties, is goo
one. The last average sample of tn
36-foot ore body in the Mayflower G
Arastra basin, taken out by O'Neil 1
u ingalls,, gave returns in gold and 81
> yer of s19.76 per ton. The two gel
tlemen returned to Chicago to plac
the matter before the other capita
b lists interested in the Mayfower Mine
company. Picked samples assa
d from one of the free gold streaks-o
}. the huge mass of mill ore-gave re
turns of 1000 ounces in the yello,
metal Information is derived from
; reliable source that gasoline engin
l. and suction blower will soon be II
J. stalled at the mouth of the tunne
of ventilation Other improvement
consisting Of an air compressor, pow
u er drills and a large boarding house
with other additional equipment ar
to materialize on the property at a
early date. 1t is apparently the II
tention of the owners to thorough
u demonstrate, through systematic d.
a velopnent, million or more in sigh
before the placement of/a reductio
plant. The work is under the dire'
I ton of Gus Malchus.