Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-09
resource given them by nature be thus

that zinc production is in its infancy
here. A sure and steady increase in
output will be the record for the fu.
ture.
Through the statistics committee OF
the Silverton Commercial club, Josiah
Watson. chairman, we get the follow
ing facts as TO zinc ore outlook here
Sc far there are as many as twenty
five properties reported as running
well in zinc values. It is given out
by this committee that the following
mines would yield, and five OF them
are equipped with concentrating mills,
some $50 tons OF zinc concentrates,
80 TO 40 per cent fine, each month.
Tons
Silver Ledge ................... 300
Gold Prince Observation-Disclosures. 300
ffamiet .....-........ ..........l .loO
aloSui -..... -..-.............4 .4UO
Now with these conservative figures
:or the above mines suppose that the
other mines that | will mention later
for the above list. would be an average
of 13S tons. Then the zinc output
available would be nearly 1i4 tons a
day. The above yield could he doubled
easily if San Juan county could get a
smelter that would take care OF heI
concentrates, say at Durango. But in
stead of it being doubled suppose thai
the output should decrease so per cent
from the above, we would still have q
daily tonnage of 100 tons. Let US 90
little further as to the mining in
terests. There are mines at present
producing ore running Is to 20 pei
cent in zinc. There are other mines
that have from few tons to 500 OF
900 ions of zinc ore piled ZIP around
them because they have not an avail
able smelter to ship il to.
Following is given list of mines
that run on an average from 10 to IS
per cent zinc in the crude ore: Sunny.
side. Gold Prince. Washington, Mogul
Yukon, Silver Ledge, kittimac. Peer
less San Juan, Bullion King, Monarch
Robert Bonner Columbus, Green Noun
tain, Hamlet, VermiIlion, Neptune
Sound Democrat, Mountain Lion. Re
public, Minnehaha, Hoosier Tunnel
Aspen.
There are other properties not given
here that would possibly swell the zinc
producers to 40 to 30 i'll the county
Now what would be better for Du
range than for all its business men
10 work shoulder to shoulder and seek
out some smelling company that would
put in smelter there and handle San
Juan county zinc ore There are i'm.
mense coal fields in and near Durango
that would insure cheap fuel. Why
not work for such an Improvement !?
we need it and so does Durango.
Anything that would help Durango
Will make Silverion better; ANYTHING
that is good for Silverton will make
Durango and surrounding country
more prosperous. Sllverton furnishes
ready and high priced market for
lumber, hogs. cattle, eggs, poultry and
in fact almost everything produced in
and around Durango Now, Silverton
and Durango. SO dependent on each
other for mutual growth. should work
together. What one cannot get alone
both will be more able to secure. We
want zinc smelier. We do not care
where 1t is located whether in Silver.
ton or Durango, but we need it. II is
business proposition for both San
Juan and La Plata counties from ey
cry standpoint. If we all work hard
and along the same lines we must in
The end succeed in what we under
take, San Miguel, Ouray and Dolores
should be interested in this project.
Now let the southwest boost toyethe,
for such smelter and by perseverance
ard hard work we can get what the
San Juan country needs.