Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-01

and extremely so, to each others To-
cation. The Cave, basin section for
copper and, to the westward in the
Needles, silver and gold and to the La
Platas, for gold, copper and silver.
The amount of money expended this
last past year for machinery, housing
and development work is conceded by
all to exceed any other one. The ton
mage output has been much heavier
than last year but not of such ex-
tremely high values. The season
opened late and the early SHOWS
caused an early shut down, all of
which is to be considered. II was a
year of development rather than one
of exploitation. Good practical miners
are still in demand
In giving short summary of work
that has and is still being done on
many OF the principal mines and
promisingly developing claims, the
statements as given here are but ap-
proximately for the year and are not
to be considered as absolutely accur-
ate, but are as nearly so as can be
obtained.
Among the larger mines in the
county the Idaho, May Day and Cop.
per Hill produced the heavy tonnage
and good values.
In the Idaho, there was steady
production of ore all the. year round.
Its tonnage shipment was far in ex-
cess Of any previous year, although
the grade was lower. II has shipped
in the neighborhood of 100 tons a
week and its total production 80 fai
IL, 4
VEN. fhe management is now start.
ing II stope on the lowest tunnel level
This block Of ore was opened 110 feet
below the lowest level Of the Idaho
adjoining the May Day. The manage.
ment 1t is said will next Spring inaug.
urate a campaign of systematic dcyel.
cpmcnt work outside Of or from tn,
old ore shute. They are working "a
men.
The Copper Hill properties are
working, right along, employing from
fifteen to twenty men. While they
have shipped some sixty cars Of ore,
their real work has been that of de-
velopment and the installation of a
l25 II. p. boiler to operate big CON-
pressor driving ten drills which will
soon be In operation, when it is ex.
pected, that at least one car of COP
per ore will be shipped each day. The
company owns six claims, now has 81
more under bond and lease and is
looking for others. When in full
operation these properties will, it is
claimed, be the largest tonnage pro
ducers in the San Juan. concen.
trating proposition, that in two years
a nt -
The May Day, that has produced
millions, should the blind Goddess OF
Fortune still continue its favor, is
close upon the track Of many and
more millions than the mine ever pro-
duced before. The management is
now working on new vein, after the
Idaho Extension. They have sunk A
shaft about $50 feet and about nm
S5U foot drift and are now driving a
drift along the line toward the idaho
vein, estimated TO extend 1000 feet.
The prospects on the May Day, II
they find the Idaho ore shute going
south, will as stated above, mean
more millions to them than they ever
shipped before. IL is said they have
shipped over so cars of high grade
from the property this year. They
are working about fifteen men.
The lncas property has worked but
three months this year. The Incas
company and some Durango associ-
ates have been working constantly 10,
over year developing. They shipped
tnree cars Of high grade, taken prac
ticaily from the surface. This coming
year they hope I'd develop the ore
shute for which they have been look
ing. They have done 900 foot of
work in the last year.
Joe Bradley, ct. al. have three feet
OF porphory on the surface Of the
Maroyite which will ship around $50
to the ton. They are working every
one they can on development work.
This is q newly found ore body on
an old claim ON which several had
gone broke on overlooking the por-
phory.
Fred +. Dayy, manager of the Bull
dozer, after spending some $4,000
IN the installation of fine compress
sor plant, had the misfortune to have
ZONE $4,000 damage done to il by a
snow slide, but liz determined 10 run
all winter, using single jack miners
~ .''"y Paoft " bt one Ol the
greatest boons to the La Platas is the
diamond drill operated by Harry A,
Gross, who owns or has bond and
tease on all the ground from the Nav
Dsy to La Plata City, over so claims
he represents eastern capital and L
- their intention to penetrate tha
red beds" They began last July
are down 200 feet and are still work.
ing. The beds are from two to thrs.
thousand feet thick. The idea is to I'd
through to and through the lowe,
Carboniferous TO the chist. The DE-,
position will probably be lead ant
copper, combined with more or less ol
the surface values which have mad.
the La Platas famous. One half q
all Of the lead and zinc found In Colo
RADIO end Utah is produced from In.
lower carboniferous strata. ShouIt
this condition be found to be tru,
here, It means the entire La Plata dis
trict will become = permanent ans
profitable mining district.
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