Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-24
MINES, MILLS AND MINING.

| WIN6ot WIlIo AM mINiNe.
Silverton Miner
| The work of clearing away the
snow and debris from the old Asper
is in progress
on his Octopus group of claims IN
the south fork of Eureka guich His
ore is a sulphide of good grade oi
milling ore.
John Killmsrtin. having returned
from his winter outing at Pueblo
Will resume operations on his free
gold property, the San Pedro, OF
Whitehead gulch next week
The North Star tSultanp crosscut
is now advanced 3.70O feet lndica.
ton Of one Of the prominent veins be
ing driven for
The Mammoth tunnel is now in /, :.
200 feet, The iace of the working Is
wet presaglng as We are informed
the near approach TO lead-prohably
the south extension OF the old Hosea
Lewis claim, wnich. besides carrying
old-silverlead values. has produced
very superior quality OF tungsten.
Word from the Delayed company
u~h frh hAa loo. Ina,
Lime creek, is to the effect that work
on lively scale will begin at once
and be prosecuted during the sum
mer. Some OF the Eastern stocknold-
ers have visited the property this
week and express themselves as well
pleased with the outlook
The Natalie property on which a
great many thousand dollars have
been expended in systematic develop
ment. has started in on the spring
and summers campaign with force
of ten men. The preliminary work
viii include the rebuilding of the of
fice smashed by a snowside last
winter. and the installing OF about l.
500 feet of new air pipe in the tunnel
the old pipe having become badly
rusted. The Natalie Is equipped with
one OF the finest and most powerful
compressor plants in the country
Manager T. J. Hurley is confident OF
reaching the Natalie lead by fall at
the farthest. The force Is to be
largely Increased just as soon as
room can be made for them In tho
various workings on the property
NJ. J. Mcclure. AS master mechanic.
is overhauling the machinery, etc.
The big mill OF toe Cold Prince
company in Mastodon gulch. which IA
TO be erected this summer. will be, ac'
eording to all reports, one OF tho
largest and finest equipments OF
modern machinery and steel build
ings ever erected upon mine In
Colorado. General Manager Kinney
has not yet received the plans and
specifications no that It ID not pos
sible to give out accurate informa
ton, but from reports given out by
the Denver Engineering Works,
which i,as the contract for the struc
ture, 1t Is known that the new plant
will be far ahead OF anything hereto
fore erected In Colorado. The mill OF
100 stamps will be capable OF crush
ing 500 tons of ore daily to about
twenty mesh The pulp Will be re
ground on a series of tube mills, the
resulting product amalgamated and
subsequently leached In cyanide
tanks. Development work on tne
Gold Prince has been 30 thoroughly
and systematically carried on for the
past two years that the mine Will he
fully ready for the reduction works
by the time they are installed. The
vast ore reserves already exposed.
fully Justify the construction OF the
elaborate reduction works, which
have been contracted for. The infiu-
ence of this enterprise Will certainly
have great influence on the mining
industry OF the entire section. and
will mean much in the way OF stimu'
lating new work and reopening OF
old properties In the same section OF
the country.