Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-08

continues beyond the dividing line be-
tween San Juan and Hinsdale coun-
ties. 1t is several miles in width, and
strange as 1t may appear, the larger
portion of its surface, in which many
large quartz veins are clearly visiblS.
the touch of the prospector's pick haks
never been known. Within Its cohS
fines are situated many of the noteaA
mines of the county.
Passing through this great gold belt
and very close to its center Is the
mammoth vein upon which the Gold
King mines at Gladstone and the ia.
nous Sunnyside and Gold Prince
mines to the Northeast, on the oppo-
site side of the ridge are situated.
The combined wealth OF these three
great mines is almost beyond the COM
prehension OF man. In the Gold
Prince, the most noted experts esti-
mate, by computations based on ac-
tual measurements and average val.
ues, over sG0,000.000 worth OF ore in
sight. The Sunnyside seems to be
inexhaustible and gains in size and
richness with every foot in depth and
extension, and when the great Gold
King tunnel now nearing its destIna-
ton, taps the immense ore bodies.
several hundred feet below the pres
ent workings, the best days of the
past will pale before its future great
ness. This great vein does not stop
at the end lines of the Gold Prince
group. but continuing on to the north.
east it passes through the Gold Queen,
Duke of Bull Run, the southeastern
end of the Sunlight properties and
enters the Big Seven group, where Il
joins the Sunlight and traverses the
entire length of the group for a dis
tance of nearly a mile.
The Big Seven group embraces thir.
teen claims, as follows. The Clara,
| Green Meadow, Ida. Big Seven, Ku.
roki, Mikado. Oyama, Last Chance.
Antlers, Hidden Treasure. Hillside,
Nogi and Togo. The first four are To-
Gated along the apex or outcropping
of the Sunnyside vein and the re.
mainder extend In different diree.
tons. covering an equal number Of
cross veins running to and from the
great fissure. The ore bodies In both
The Sunnyside and Gold Prince vary
from 40 to 100 feet in thickness.
The vein. as 1t passes through the
Big Seven, varies from 40 to 100 feet.
This was shown by the development
work done along the vein during the
summer by Messrs. Kungle and Stur-
geon. the fortunate owners. for the
soc purpose of determining the size
and character of the vein as compared
with the great properties above.
The uniformity in the size of the
vein is established. 1t is clearly Wis.
ible and can be traced as easily in its
course as the Animas river car be
followed through the valley. II the
vein does not stop at the end lines OF
the Gold Prince 1t is unreasonable
to presume that the values end there.
II the veins continue on. so do the
values, and all that is needed to add
another Sunnyside or Gold Prince to
San Juan's producers is the introdue-
tion and the courage to carry to com.
pletion proper and economical sys-
TEN of development.
The proposed S00-foot tunnel. with.
in half mile from the railroad, will
cut the vein G25 feet deep. There Il
large spring close by that will fus
nish an ample supply of water for
milling purposes. The ore yields
readily to concentration and will east
lily reduce from five to seven into one
and amalgamation will gather the
free gold. There is great future
before this valuable property,