Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-16
From Thursdays Daily.


Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Camp were Den
yer bound passengers this morning
where they will visi, friends for
week or ten days.
Earl Snyder is getting some NeG
good looking quartz from MS Deep
creek property and there is promise
OF getting some ore II work continues
awhile.
In the last term Of the district
court Mt Rico there was an important
civil case tried wherein the lnterna
tional Trust company had sued the
pro-patria Mining Il Milling company
for the sum of $4,000 and interest,
under mortgage. The plaintin was
awarded Judgment for the full amount
W. II. Higgason and c. A. Dagen
started out yesterday for Taos ana
other points in New Mexico 10 pros
pect this winter. They have an old
abandoned camp In sight and viii take
this In first
w n. Kinney OF the Gold King min"
and Jim Bowman of Gladstone we're
messengers EN- route TO Denver this
morning. After spending day there
the two will take a spin TO California
10 be gone three to four weeks.
Andrew Swan is down from the
Needles district, where he has been
developing some Of his mining pros
pects By crosscut which he thinks
is now near to the Jennie HAYS vein.
George Smart is down from Trim
BILE Springs. where he has been sink
ing shaft on prospect. He WAS
injured about the back a few days
ago and had 20 come to town to gel
mended.
The Durango Planning Mill & I.um
her company Is getting some lumber
down to Pennington now, but 1t Is
slow. They have over forty carloads
to go yet II they can get the cars
Tor shipment.
The Newman block is beginning to
shine as prettily as wnen first built
several years ago The new color T.
rather prettier than the old. They
ought to have left the coke in its nat,
ural color though.
Personal journalism does not pay
This has been aptly illustrated in Du-
range on more than one occasion. The
Herald's editor has been the target
of every Durango newspaper failure
the editors not being satisfied Ia crit
icising the policy of the sheet but al
lacking in n personal way. And we
never asked quarter. realizing that
abuse rather helped than hurt rs.
iCty Marshal Wickline mas returne
TO his post after ten-day vacation
hunting and resting, Since one man
has been taken from the force. le
ing hut three, the marshall will bo
alone during the day and Officers
Stansel and Dobbs will hold the nigh,
down. Three police officers for towr
OF nearly 1000 people speaks well fol
our peace.
II. 7. Henderson the architect o
the great electric power enterprise "a
Rockwood, went to SIlverton las
night, where he must now give muct
of his time, The company is making
gogod progress in the setting of poles
ct RI pxtn # W tnr tb.4 "A st
button of power In the Silverton coun
try, and will be ready by the time the
dynamos are started at lockwood
7. II. Wigglesworth, head OF the
Southern Pacific surveys In Colorado
and New Mexico, returned yesterday
from the Pagosa country. AS usua
he had nothing for publication, but
he was seen for the past two weeks
surveying up the San Juan river aboye
Pagosa. Looks a good deal like q
Southern Pacific main line aone tno
San Juan river to cross the range am
light in the Rio Grande valley some
where near Del Norte and on to Mos
ca pass and thence TO Denver.
With Archuleta. La Plata and Mon
tezuma counties all under the lid ano
Conejos on the east end, trying to put
the lid on, 1t begins to look as II thC
only way to get action will be on
horse races, foot races. ball games
and prize fights, il these are not to he
restricted or curtailed. Might be :.
good scheme to hunt up Gibson o.
kettleman. If Satan amt got 'em an
fix 1t for little sure money
VIII Terry is down from the SUNNI
side. He is putting magnetic sen
arator in the Eureka mill and will tai
ont about 80 per cent zinc produc,
The mine is continuing extensive d,
velopment, and is now within fifty
feet of the Gold Prince workings b
its lower tunnel. Connection wi
probably be made soon between tn
two workings. The Sunnyside mill
dropping forty stamps day and night
besides the crude product shipped
depth of 900 feet more man be ha
by driving tunnel from the Eurekr
level under the mountain. but NJ