Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-12
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The mining situation in the La
Plata district, though a number OF the
most important producers of gold are
idle. is most encouraging. While true
that the May Day is at present the
only producer OF considerable magnl-
t,ide, that mine is shipping to ton
mage and values almost as much as
the district has done when formerly
there were half dozen mines snip
ping, The large production of the
Neglected for nearly four years, being
cnrtailed now, is not felt so much
since the May Day is more than max
ing it up, but should the Neglected
resume on its former standard OF pro
duction its influence would at once be
felt in Durango as well as in the dis
trict.
Could such mines as the two Com
stocks. the Cumberland, Cora G.. Co
lumbus, Eureka. Bulidozer, Western
Belle, Golden Rose and half dozen
other mines with considerable devel- !
opment, which have had large pro,
duction. be operated again for produc- /
tion the district would attract more |
attention than any other in the West, |
save probably Cripple Creek. and 1t |
will see the day that Cripple Greek |
Will be in the shade of the monument |
OF La Plata's glory.
Upstart Mining Experts.
The La Plata district in many ways |
mas been unfortunate. Having ali the |
natural resources to make it one of |
the greatest gold camps on earth
it has been damned through many un-
natural conditions, and not the least
of these has been a horde of ignorant |
upstart mining experts fresh from the
kindergarten or representing some
body purely because of blood relation
ship. One fellow was sent to man
age one of the biggest properties in
the district because he mad been a
good corral boss in railway construc.
tion camp. but he was smart enough
to realize this and frank enough to ad-
nit it. All sorts of mining celebri-
ties have been heralded as coming to
the district and ninety-nine out of the
hundred did not know a piece of La
Plata sandstone from cube of white
sugar. or a mine from an Egyptian
cave.
Progress in Spite of Them.
But in spite of all the things to re
tard the district has continued to pro.
gress. The 500 experts who came
here fearing they would make a mis-
take anl lose their jobs, if they guess
ed piece of property was all right,
turning them all down. have not kept
a few intelligent and practical men
from securing the investment of money
in .fr,a, hat
alton.
Great Empire Enterprise.
Among the enterprises in the dis
trict now which can not fail of sue
cess is the Empire deep tunnel, which
within two months will cut the Small
Hopes vein eighteen hundred feet in
the mountain from the point of en-
try. Ten or twelve other veins have
heen cross-cut and some of them, if
not all. will contribute in the future
to great milling enterprise. 1t only
needed somebody to secure the money
for driving this big tunnel and that
somebody was found. hundred 9th
er meritorious mining properties only
need money for shafts, and tunnels
10 get sufficient depth to get under
N'N OAN' "HN'N S''FAiE 'hAl ut tbiI-
Opportunities Are Open.
In every gulch and on every noun.
tain slope in the La Plata district
there is one If not hundred or more
veins exposed. among them opportun-
tiles for the safe investment of mon
ey by men who know wnat to do with
money in mining. All the money
which has been expended in the dis
trict by corset wearers and jobber
knowls had better never come here at
all Money in practical hands is what
is needed
What the District Needs.
The district needs comprehensive
advertising. 1t is not getting any
credit in the outside world for its pro
duction, and with all that has been
written, appearing in metropolitan ana
mining and financial journals from
ocean to ocean, it is still little known
to the world.
Orc Fino and junction.
Mining affairs are encouraging in |
the Oro Fino and Junction creek sec
tions, there being a great amount OF |
assessment work and development in |
progress Robert Dwyer. on Junction. |
is driving deep tunnel 100 feet fur |
ther. Fassbnder and sons are work |
ing their group on Flagler's fork. |
where they have big low grade prop.
osition for big mill Shaffer, Young
and Miller are sinking on the Grown
Diamond
Pat Nash is working on patented
property in which he has Denver cap
ital interested Colonel Dobbs is start
ing work on his prospects. Jane
Mullen is doing his annual work on
some good property. Cnas Kuhn and
Sterling Thomas are doing develop
ment on their property and will con
tinue work until Christmas or later
Parshall and Koennecker are extend
ing development on their properties
Joe Jackson, Herman Berndt, George
Treat and Frank Wilkerson are pre-