Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
MINING SITUATION
IN THE SOUTHWEST


mining camps of the southwest Cen
eral Frank Hall, in recent issue OF
the Denver Post, says:
The best news that has come down
from Silverton for some time is found
in the announcement that the Miners
Reduction and Milling company will
in the next thirty days open custom
plant for the treatment of ores. This
company has leased the North Star
mill, located at the foot of Sutton
mountain. This would not be import
ant were it not for the fact that new
machinery of character calculated
to recover values from complex ores,
which implies concentration and thor
ough separation, is to be purchased
and installed. The only mill in San
Juan county that is up to date and
is doing first-class work in concen-
tration and separation is the Terry
mill of the Sunnyside at Eureka.
What kind of appliances the new COM
pany purposes to using is not told, but
unless it will meet the needs of pro-
ducers of complex ores by making a
clean separation of the zinc it will
not be successful.
We are assured, however, that the
machinery is being purchased in Den
yer and will be delivered in Silverton
at the earliest practicable date. Mean
while, Edward C. Wallace, the com
pany's metallurgist, will begin CON
tracting for ores and their delivery
at the mill, where they will be care
fully sampled and paid for. This
movement has inspired the producers
with the hope that a reliable home
market will be provided. II it works
satisfactorily it will prove long
stride towards rejuvenating the San
Juan.
New Mill Encouraged
DR.. J. N. Pasco, who has been at
work since last fall upon his we'll
| devised purpose to build combina-
ton mill near Silverton, is meeting
| fine encouragement. He is beginning
to feel that the enterprise will be
consummated very soon after the
dawn of spring. Mr.. Wallace expects
to have the re6tted North Star mill
in operation early in February, con-
siderably in advance of other prof
ects now pending.
Passing over to Ouray county, we
| find much better conditions there,
more especially with reference to the
Camp Bird. There is an unofficial
report that four:foot shoot of two
ounce gold ore has been discovered
in one of the levels run from No. 8
shaft. While this is encouraging the
fact remains that the Camp Bird, al
though struggling to gain new foot.
hold, is no longer counted as a great
factor in mining. While continued ex-
ploration in the large territory owned
BY the company, but only partially
exploited, may bring some fine ore
bodies, Manager Cox is not very san
g,ne The Herald tells us the new
ore body on the level mentioned above
was being followed, and on one of
the walls the streak was found. The
2oO feet of sinking commenced last
September from the 500 foot level
was completed a few days ago and
drifting on the vein is being pushed
a large station is being cut and
pumps equal to handling any amount
of water are being installed. Within
two weeks it is probable that the big
ore shoot will be cut. The estimated
output of the various holdings of the
Camp Bird for November-the last
report available-was S116,660.
Production to Double
The Atlas, running twenty stamps
in its mill, is able to reduce 100 tons
a day and, with certain alterations
now in progress, will be capable of
reducing l25 tons day. The indica-
tions are that its production will be
more than doubled this year. The
Revenue is shut down. The Wanakah
has done a large business in both
mine and mill. The Barstow is driv-
ing raise into new territory from
No. level. Its twenty-stamp mill
ran steadily from June until Novem-
ber.
Since 1900, Ouray has been produc-
ing between $3,0OO,O00 and $4,000 900
a year, this with the help of the
Camp Bird. Prospects for the cur
rent year are very good Coming
back to San Juan for a moment, its
yields since 1900 have been from s2.-
100000 to S3,oOo,OOO year. If the
new enterprise referred to above ma
terialize within reasonable time, the
production of the county this year
should exceed that of any year in it's
history. Nearly all the people down
there are hoping that the new mill
the remodeled North Star-will be
entirely successful. If so,- things will
be much brighter in the San Juan
fron this time forward
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