Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-08
assesses b 3 80 g. :

vi Nudt may De ltTutu prospects
We believe those belonging TO Chas
Tanning. located on the northern
slope of Crown mountain, and known
as the Little Ida group have the bes,
appearance for the making of mines
OF any we have ever examined in Ssu
Juan county. The ideal location
The comparatively snort development
rnnne! that would require TO be run
and the cropping OF the veins them
selves. all nas prompted the above
expression from more than one who
have been over the ground. A tunnel
less than 375 feet will cut the Little
Ida vein at a deptn OF more than $50
feet. and at distance of 800 feet
vein No, 2 would be cut at a depth
of more than 800 feet. The portals
OF this proposed tunnel by Mr.. Fan
ming will be of such elevation at the
base OF the mountain that ore may
be carried direct to the crusher OF a
mill. the millsite being Just on the
outer corporate limits Of the town of
Eureka and alongside tne Silverton
Northern railroad track. Working
features are not alone ideal, however.
for the principal Involvement that Mr.
Tanning has for small company
who are seeking something good, is
mineral. The cropping of ore on one
point of the vein as il cuts its way
through the very rough and precipi
tous mountainside for a distance oil
1000 feet. is twelve feet in widtn and
shows fine milling ore throughout
The group consists of six claims and
undoubtedly on the same veins as are
the Tantallion and Trenmore claims
property of DR.. Jas. Beaton, on the
Minnie gulch slope of Crown noun
tain, and since the Con, Eureka NJ. &
I. company, whose claims adjoin on
the north has, by recent exploitation,
determined that the veins of Crown
mountain go deep, Mr.. Tanning
should be encouraged in no small de
gree as 10 the ultimate outcome OF
deep development on what are notn-
ing more in their present state
prospects.
With the advent of June, after one
OF the most strenuous and iong-drawn
out winters ever experienced in this
district, summer seems TO have come
AT last, and great activity in mining
circles all over San Juan county is
strikingly manifest. To be sure, there
is a great deal of snow still in the
hills, and it will be couple of weeks
he. tllI
are opened up. but the warm sunshine
is making great inroads upon the
snow banks, and very soon now every
mine and prospect will be readily
accessible. Ii is confidently expected
that by the 18th of the month the Sill
verton Northern. railroad from Eur
eka TO Animas Forks will again be
IN commission and the line TO Rel
Mountain town will be running
trains. Wnen these two things are
accomplished then indeed will there
be things doing in mining circles in
this district and il will take hustlins
70 keep pace with the procession.
Great quantities of mineral, mined
during the long winter months. await
transportation down. and there are
many trainloads of machinery and
material, supplies and provisions, to
be delivered at various points. TO be
used in sustaining an army OF men.
for running mines and mills and for
building and equipping new enter
prises. Never was San Juan coun-
tys rainbow OF promise so bright or
so widely expanded.
Work on the Waldron property
owned by the Adelia Mining com
pany, mas now been carried on near
y ten months, and the shaft on which
development has been confined has
been sunk to depth OF $50 or $50
feet deeper than the old shaft in
which work was started last fall
Mine Superintendent Lowe gives ii
out that the Adelia vein is now the
full width of the shaft five feet and
that the most of the entire mineral
is a $40 product, of which several
carloads are now ready for shipment
The ore is galena, carrying from 40
to 60 ounces in silver. Toe Adelia
and Waldron claims, owned by the
Adelia company, new corporation,
were according TO newspaper files in
the Standard office, worked rs far
back as 1880. and occupied promi-
nent places in the field of mine OPP
Grafton, at the head OF the Animas
river. 1t is the intention of the COM
pany 10 expend just $4,000 on their
property, which sum 1t is thought
will carry tne shaft to depth of 400
feet and drift 500 to 500 feet on the
vein. The comparatively little de-
velopment has already given the as
surance that the property has the
markings" OF one Of the best crude
shippers in San Juan county.
Tally one for "Old England" for ad-
vancing an idea in getting at the un
scrupulous promoters. To check the
dishonesty that is praeticed by and
through them, the attorney general
of Great Britain has submitted a bill
amending the law relating TO false
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