Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-08

f! TO encourage the Needlseontte, thsr,
Mountain Mining & Tunnel compan,
has at last been rewarded for theI,
untiring search for the precious The
1 principal vein of the 50 patentet
claims owned by the Needle Mountain
| company has been tunneled for q dis
lance of 400 feet with APPARENT,
no Indication of finding anything bu'
a low grade material. until q cross
cut of the big vein disclosed tive
| s,reass OF very rich bismuth silver
| ore. one OF the streaks containing val
! ues of 5000 ounces silver, l ounce
gold and l6 per cent copper OF the
high grade ore there has already been
considerable mined. and the WORKING
force will this week be increased to
twenty men.
The men wno put their money into
prospecting trip commonly regard
II as taking a flyer, with a possibiii
ty Of big reward. They have ex
aggerated Ideas of the value Of uude-
veloped claims. II gold bearing
vein is located they think their for
tune liz made. AS matter OF fact,
however. there are not many mining
claims sold for more than a few thou.
sand dollars until after considerable
sums nave been spent In their de.
velopment The net result OF a pros
pecting trip is only the stalking and
recording OF number of prospects
having a favorable surface showing;
and while the showing may be good
enough to justify the iocators In look
ing forward to wealth after develop
ment, they cannot count wealth as
the result of the prospecting trip.
The Ross Mining company has com.
menced shipments from their newly
acquired mines on Sultan mountain
II = two carloads a week now are be.
Ing sent to the Durango smelter is
material mined during the cutting out
OF upraises. and when everything is
in readiness to stope ore win be min
ed and shipped at. the rate Of car
a day
The Hercules, Tom Kane's proper
~, shipped two carloads Of crude this
week, The shipment was an assert
ment coming from pockets In the
veins as development progressed on
he big vein OF low grade. We are
given the tip" that the compsuy's
mill will be put in shape to receive
ore during the present month.
Owners OF the Early Bird group, o,
S. Olsen. ct al. lave started work
and expect, If nothing more. to make
the early worm squirm. Two years
ago this property was shipper OF
several cars during the summer and
the gray copper product netted the
miners an average OF 500 per ton
for the first class and $35 for the sec.
ond class. The Early Bird is situ-
ated on Houghton mountain, a, the
mead OF the Animas river.
Fisher. Carlow 4 Triplett, owners
Of the Monarch group, in California
gulch, are extending their mining ter
ritory by leasing the Little Ida claim
that adjoins their own. Mr.. Trip
lett informs us that the tunnel work
done on the Monarch during tne past
winter has opened up considerable
ore Of milling quality. Tho new
claim upon which lease and bond
has been obtained contains an 49,
inch streak Of galena ore. and a crew
Of five men will be put TO work in
view OF mining and shipping a crude
ore during the summer.
James Pilling has started work on
his Maryland group of mines. South
preparatory to inspection by
some Fasteners who may be here
some time during the present year.
No one Interested in mining in the
San Juan Triangle should be without
Il new Clason map.