Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-03

and they had about lost all hope of
finding the horse. Mr.. Williams says
that contrary to the old saying that
big fisn swim up stream, this year the
little ones are mp and the big ones
down. The big ones are being caught
high up.
Rev. Smith OF the African Metho.
dist church has discovered an old le-
gend 10 the effect that Adams name
was Smith, and so Smith was the first
name OF the human race Whenever
anybody did anything bad they were
compelled TO change their names. Il
would appear from this story that the
Jones were about the earliest trans.
| gressors.
| Stephan Steger was laid TO rest in
Greenmount cemetery yesterday by
his brother Red Men who mad learned
| TO love him for his Fellowship and
good citizenship. He had gone
| away under the advice of physicians
| TO a lower altitude for relief from
heart affection, and at New York, as
| previously announced by The Herald
became so seriously Ill that he
had to take to a hospital wnere he
died after few days. The remains
arrived In Durango Saturday evening"
| The Red Men responded yesterday
| there being about 100 of the 400 mem
| bers In line. At D, m. the body was
| taken from Redmen hall to the fam
lly residence and from there to st
Colomba's Catholic church, where al
2 O'Clock services We're conducted by
Rev, Father Durkmeyer. who Impress
ed the assemblage with mis- ideas OF
| the seriousness OF life and the obli
cations OF men. In that there were
pyramids and walls of floral offerings
plain Stephan Steger had won and
had many friends.
Reese McCloskey. the law partner
of Adair Wilson of Durango, spent
Tuesday In the city attending to n
suit In the matter of taxes against
his clients of this county. He return.
ed to his home yesterday y.--Lake city
Times.
The Deep creek country In which |
recent discoveries OF mineral have
been discussed in these columns Is
one Of the largest areas of the La Pla
ia mountain system. extending In the
general structure TO within few
miles Of Durango. Tne diorlte or
eruptiye rock. appearing in intrusive
sheets and dikes, extends far to the
east of Deep creek. and where lodges
are not exposed the flow of this rock
may be seen In the wash or detritus
almost everywhere. The highest di
orlte sheet Or now known in the dis.
trict, an ashen lava, Is found on Deep
creek at an elevation of less than ..
900 feet, or from 5000 to 1900 feet
lower than around the peaks and
crests made by the several laccolithic
upheavals. The diorite of this sec
tion is thrown from tne Silver noun
tain location which has sent out more
than double the number Of sheets and
dikes thrown by any other laccolitn
In the system. AS the Deep creek
country. mucn of II, is covered with
wash (soil and graveD prospectors
have preferred the higher lodges and
pinnacles which are exposed to view,
where vein fractures may be more
readily seen. But more recently.
since mines like the May Day. have
been found at lesser attitudes, pros
pectors have been giving the Deep
creek section more attention. In fact,
the first attention IL has received.
A few days ago a couple of pros
pectors who were exploring the sec
ton appear to have mistaken some
ore which had been dropped by pack
ers. for float, but they were in sec
ton which ls all right geologically aud
worthy of prospecting. A half mile
west OF tnem are mining locations on
veins which possess all the elements
a practical prospector would desire
Il he desired to do little good hard
work trying to find a mine. Only a
short distance north of where the ore
in transit had been dropped the di-
system is quite as attractive as else
system is quite as attractive as els
wnere In the district.
Earl Snyder, who has been giving
some attention to the Lightner and
Deep creek area for couple of years
was out with party yesterday look
Ing after the general situation where
he has performed some surface ex-
ploitation His properties are east Of
the old high line trail built more tnan
20 years ago to reach by the shortest
route the head of Wallis and Ruby and
Henernan gulches. where the earliest
mining was done on the east side OF
the La Plata group. This section is
the widest and remotest part OF the
entire La Plata region. lying south OF
Junction creek and east OF Lightner.
From the highest points of the high
line trail which Is now nalf obliterat-
ed, one may look for miles to the
north and northwest without seeing
a prospect hole or any other indica-
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