Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-17

While the deal by the Ross Minin
company for the Champion group. o
Sultan mountain. has not been irr,
yokably closed, and the property
still being operated by Bordeleat
Patterson q Johnson. there is n
doubt but what the sale will be full
consummated at very early date.
| According to the report of the bu,
eau of mines of the state of Colorado
San Juan county stands third In TIN
| production of mineral. Her rating
| although with far the smallest area
is quoted as follows: Gold, 4tn; sIl
yer. ith; lead. 4th; copper. I'd. an,
| zinc. 9th. The fact that she produce,
an abundance of each metal make!
her rating far above the other 81 pro
ducing counties OF the state.
From the Miner
The tunnel being driven by the Sll
yer Lake people from the Unity work
ings to cut the Titusville. when com
pleted will be over mile between
terminals
Leasers on the Champion will start
in getting their winters product to
the shipping platform enroute to the
Durango market. as soon as the trail
Is opened up to tne mine. Patterson S
burro train which recently came up
from the winter feeding ground in
the valley, has been installed as a
trail breaker, and the chances are
favorable for the trail being open In
day or two. The shipment will be
the biggest ever made from the mine.
and as the ore has been carefully
sorted, IT will undoubtedly grade nigh.
j. ]. Rice, superintendent of the
Missouri Fred Mining company. oper-
ating in Boulder gulch, came in from
Durango for the summer Sunday.
Manager Fred Fraley is still in the
East engaged in selling stock which
Rice says is being disposed of with.
out much effort at 81 per share. the
low capitalization of the stock of 1907
000 shares only, rendering sales easy.
The property. which was closed down
in December is to resume operations
between April 20 and May / with a
force of eight to ten men, the con
first thing laid out on the program
|: is the intention of the company to
sort 'hc ore into two classes. all that
which grades $25 to $50 to be ship
ped to the Durango smelter, the bal
ance to be left on the ground to be
utilized in the future as mill dirt-it
being the purpose of the company,
when mining operations have sufIl-
ciently advanced, to either build or
lease a mill. The ore bodies in the
from outcrop to lower workings.
The Ruby Trust property, compris
ing a group of seven claims on North
Lookout mountain, and owned by the
Reilley Bros. Jim and Tom, is show
ing gradual improvement with the ad-
vancemeut of systematic development
which has been steadily in progress
for the past eight years. The lower
workings of the Trust proper. tun-
mel of 400 feet, is in fourteen-inch
streak of shipping ore, that from
large mill runs returns values way
above the average shipping ores of
the county On another vein the
brotners have drif,ed $50 feet and
driven fifty-foot upraise on an ore
shoot fully 100 feet long which meas
ures from four inches to one foot in
width One of these workings is 35O
feet deep from outcrop. The ores
consist for the greater part of telln-
rides and gray copper. and exceed
ingly rich assays in gold and silver
have been had therefrom. Several
shipments made from tne property
have panned out well. Under condi-
tons not satisfactory to the Reilleys,
several offers for the Trust nave been
received and turned down, they pre-
ferring to retain their property until
a deal can be made under more favor
able conditions than those presented.
AS soon as the snow leaves the ground
the Trust will he put on the shipping
list