Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

beautiful landscape in the mountains
showing the contour OF slopes, pin
nacles and gulches. covered with pine
trees and the verdure of summer. A
picture of the windlass over a shaft
with the miners clothes hanging on
the line in the background, is as nat.
ural as the realistic scene, and the
interior workings are presented in ex-
haustive detail. Mr. VIII is an adept
In this work of art and science.
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Mr.. Nelson, who recently purchased
the Cash ranch and Herr saw mill. is
overhauling and remodeling the resi-
dence and furnishing 1t in modern
style. He took out a four-horse load
of furniture this afternoon.
The w. c. r. U. will give conun-
drum social aud tea at the First NJ f.
church tomorrow evening. The pat
ronagc of the people is desired. Re.
freshments will be served any time
after 7:30.
Chairman Logan of the county com
missioners Is stil detained at his
home by the sickness of his wife and
little boy. The latter appears to be
out of danger. but Mrs. Logan was al
most despaired of yesterday She is
/ thought to be better today. While
nursing the little boy. who had pneu-
monia, she contracted the disease.
! Thermometers at Animas City this
morning registered from 10 to % he
low. Mr.. f. j. VIII thinks his instru-
ment can be relied on and that 1t re
gistered % at a IN. On Fourth av.
enue. Durango, this morning at 6
o'clock one instrument registered 16
below, but Mr.. Bailey comes in today
with the official announcement thai
the coolest today was 10 below.
sheriff Thompson says the business
Of fhc sherin's office under present
conditions viii moi warrant the EN-
ployment Of an undershern to he EN-
ployed regularly. and that in the ap-
| pointmcnt OF Mr. Smelcer, the ianitor
the latter viii be able to make a bet
Ter average per month and at the
same time save the office an expense
which is not now justified. Mi. Smell
cor has been In The office, too, so long
that he is familiar with all its minu-
Jae.
The resumption of work at the Neg
lected mine. when will be realized as
soon AS trail can he broken in to
he mine, means much more than one
might al first suppose. II is under
stood that arrangements have been
made for continued development and
production, and that deals on proper
lies surrounding will be consummated.
It means that Orc Fino hill has finally
gotten into shape to soon largely in
crease its former production of high
grade tellurium ore.
The warrants payable by the coun-
" at the present term of the com
nissiOners are being signed this af-
'ernoon and will be ready for deliv-
ary tomorrow morning. 1t is desired
hat all who have warrants due will
all for them early. The aggregate
# the present batch of warrants will
,e between $4,000 and $4,000.
Removal of the large and unsightly
rees of cottonwood specie along the
Dad canons of the La Plata district.
would save thousands of dollars for
"a Plata county in few years, where
hey now do much for the destruction
If roadways. When one of them falls
turns creek course. generally
yashing out road grades from fifty to
900 feet or more Few of these trees
re useful for anything else than fire
wood. after they are dry They shade
he clnons, keeping the sun from
having the snow; keep wagons from
hitting from side to side TO keep out
# ruts. and do no good whatever
Ised as rip-rap next to the creeks
dge. they will last several years, as
hey survive longer in water than out
'ould some general policy be iuaug
rated for their removal we can have
etter mountain roads and pay much
ess annually for their maintenance
o.
Probably no other mining district is
1aliing more earnest struggle to
ecover itself than Rico, where during
| ne days when silver was around the
ollar mark. from 1889 TO the fall OF
Sg2. when confession wrung from
rover CleveIand's conscience" result
in the decentralization of silver. The
| lstrict had mined and stopped out the
reater part of its rich ores then
.bove it's mine levels, and during '93
nd up to '9s, the operators managed
continue production with varying
| roiits, some of them not more than
| aging operating expenses in develop
nent. Most of the camps recoverable
res. from present workings, are low
rnde or mill products; but since the
leo United Mines company appears
| D have secured sufficient capital for
aiming at greater depth # is to be
oped that within another year Rico
M be as good as ever, for the prog
sss of depth in all the mines there