Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-09
ON Thursdays Daily.

From Inursuay Ohiy'
There will be one big mining town
in the LA Plata district some day,
whether the place is guess now or
not.
The pumpkin and squash products
are coming In the biggest loads Du-
range ever saw.
The prospecting season in the La
Plata district is expected to continue
TO the close OF the year, If not into
January.
half dozen old shippers In the La
platas. If at work now. might be more
than doubling the gold production oi
the district
Frank w Barnes. who is visiting
from Telluride. says Durango never
looked more substantial to him In
trade and general progress than
now.
Mining people are anxiously await
ing the cutting of the Small Hopes
ore shoot by the big lS00foot tunnel
and that will be soon If nothing hap
pens.
A visit around the stores this after
noon evinccd steady trade all over
The city. The stables and corrals arc
well filled. too. with teams and ami
mails OF country people,
Mark Gallett, presiden, Of the Gold
King Consolidated Mines company
accompanied by Messrs Page, Law
renee and Tottman, other owners ~
the big gold mines, We're passengers
this morning from Silyerton to the
East
one of the show windows at the
Graden stores this afternoon had beer
made beautiful by the arrangement
of various and vari-colored fruits ant
tomatoes, and four large old fashion
ed yellow pumpkins stood guard out
side.
The prospectors in the Deep creel
country. east of Lightner and Silve
mountain, are finding their work SLOW
of progress but are getting some en-
couraging results. Recent develop
nents indicate that the jasper foun,
In large flows at the surface may hav'
something to do with the association
and occurrence of mineral.
Farmers and fruit growers Of th'
lower country remote from the nev
broad gauge continue to haul thei
products in wagons and there hav'
been many of them during the pas
few days Loads of pumpkins. an'
squash here, there and everywhere
Those who have made the bette
study of the situation now express
confidence that the tax levy in Ii
Plata county can be reduced eight o
nine mills without impairing TIL
standard of the public institutions o
otherwise endangering the public We
fare.
Superintendent Lee says the Ri
Grande will have n nice piece of roa
to Pennington as soon as the roadbe
is thoroughly settled, and this is bein
accomplished readily since heavy tral
6c has begun. He says the alignmen
of the road is as good as any In Tn
system.
Mr.. Montgomery, the man with TN
monkey. who was seriously injure,
several days ago in the wreck ON TIN
Rio Grande road west, is resting u
well as he can with broken leg, bn
VIII remain at Mercy hospital TO
many weeks. The monkey was no
hurt.
Again there is some talk of build
ing In the fall season One of tn,
most active building periods we hav,
had was begun in the fall when tn,
Perry and Roberts and other lare,
buildings were erected. If we star
now we will probably do that well o
better. 1t must be evident to an,
practical mind that we sorely nee,
both business and residence house,
and the rents paid certainly warran
building.
The Durango Planning Mil & I.um
Der company has established its new
branch at Pennington. hut so far hai
found II difficult to secure cars fo
hauling the great quantities of um
Der needed below. The company I,
ready to ship fifty cars of lumbei
Of the various grades as soon as III,
railway can furnish cars Part OF thi.
lumber is under contract for delivetN
nj Shiprock, where the new govern
ment buildings are under construc
iion for the Indians. The new roa,
has much business in sight.
The Montezuma county fair at Cor
tez is said to be the most successlu
meeting in the history of the county
The exhibits are superior to all for
mer displays and prove splendii
measure of progress during the pas
year. The livestock show as well n,
the exhibits from the field. orchard
and yiueyard shows that tho Monta7,,