Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-21
uiMlko IN SAN JUAN
COUNTY PICKING UP

rews coming from Silverfon rcga' dina
the mining situation. A pe.usal o:
t:,- papers of that place. the Standard
AID Miner. irnicate that the winter
iacEths will be live ones or course
:he long railroad blockade Of tho.
summer. aggregating almost fifty dny7
wtfc discou-aging. bur the mines are
here just thu same and owners are
pushing worK with vig1r. During tho
first nine mo1shs OF the year the Total
shipments of concen,r.I $ amounted
~ .s.si5 ons and 1855 ;oit of crais
ore. .skins an ave,i.re ~ sf'is
str:ues ara G. de ore II ever une lnn
dred IONS ger day, su icays included
From The N.er.
The management at the Gold King
expects to have the mill running Sun
day. A vexatious delay in the receipt
o. elevator buckets has been respon-
sIble for the mill not being started
sooner. These buckets left Denver
by express last night and will be In
Durango tonight. They will arrive
here tomorrow and installed in the
afternoon. SO there is every reason
for counting Sunday, October II. the
day for starting. A force OF men has
been engaged in breaking ore In the
mine this week and everything is In
readiness for the start. A complete
force OF three shifts will be installed
at both mine and mill. In addition TO
the regular employees, good forces of
men will be at work erecting the
bunk house and mine terminal. so
that the vicinity OF Gladstone Will be
exceedingly lively this fall
From the Standard.
The Shenandoah continues sending
its regular shipments of rich gray cop
per ore to the smelters. The past
year has proven the greatness of tis
rich mine and every foot o. work done
III drift and stope 1t seems, only serves
to emphasize Its Importance and rich.
russ.
Paying dividends at the rate OF 20
per cent per month, the lowu Tiger
Leasing company has now paid one
rlndred percent In dividends t. its
F,rt,pota cto,Jb oldors apd ft.nra tc
enough ore In sight in the grea; ore
reserves TO Justify It's repetition with
IN the next equal period of Ave TO
six months, and In the Judgment at
those who have seen the veins II will
likely continue for years.
Al the Trilby, Manager Houk for
The Danville Leasing company, mas ev-
trything in readiness for the coming
winter and developing work will be
rush, d with. even greater vigor thar
,iu.aLg the winter of 190S-9. The new
addition to the boarding house is com
pleled and ready for occupancy. and
comfort for the employees of the mine
In the mine everything seems to be
on the gain. The rich vein opened up
during the past winter still maintain.
Ing Its size and richness as develop
ments advance. This should be and
evidently is highly gratifying to the
able manager and his company. The
shipments II is said give net returns
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000 per car.
The several lessees on the Silver
Lake mine are all doing exceedingly
well and some are taking out very
rich ore. Last week the lessees on
the seventh level of Zanoni lode, ship
ped little over a hundred pounds OF
the richest ore taken from the mine
since 1t went under the leasing sys-
TEN. It's value being nearly 5000 per
pound. or an average ton value OF
100000. The net smelter returns ex
ceed $2.100.
One hundred and twenty tons per
day from the Gold Prince mine passes
through the great steel mill at AMI
mas Forks aud yields upwards OF 9
carload OF rich concentrates. From
the start the great property has made
good under the skillful and judiciou.
management OF j. o. Campbell. Biz
bodies OF ore have been uncovered a
the mine and are being systcmaticall,
developed and blocked out into i'm
mense reserves for a record-breakinj
period next summer. Some of thi
ore contains fabulous values, but 4
is upon the immensity of the vein
and their uniform averages as higl
grade concentrating ore, that the abl
manager basis his trust and predit
tions ms to the future greatness o
the Gold Prince mines. The mill
only dropping thirty stamps per da
at the present time out of the tota
number OF one hundred But thes
thirty stamps. under the skillful guild
ance OF Paul Hansen, one Of our mos
competent mill men. have demonstrai
ed what the entire mill is capable O
doing and by The openinx of sDriur