Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-29

urday prints four column write-up
Of the San Juan country gold belt,
that is hummer. Editor j. T. Joyce,
Of the Standard made a trip of sew
eral days duration, to the various
mines or prospects in that vicinity and
his write-up is absolutely fair and i'm
partial. Silverton mining activity
is picking up. Read his story it is
worthy of close prusaI.
After more than five long eyars of
uneeasing writing and effort to bring
to light and prominence the fabulous
richness and vast extent of the San
Juan Eastern gold belt, it begins to
look as though we were about to reap
the only reward the Standard ever
sought or expected, namely that of
sharing in the general prosperity that
is sure to follow the advent Of cyan
iation for the treatment Of its tel
luride ores.
While We cannot publish names
without violating the sacredness Of
the confidence reposed in US by cor
respondence and otherwise, still we
are at liberty to say that we have
positive that more than one great min
ing and milling firm of the country
after carefully looking over the en-
tire field, are so favorably impressed
with its opportunities and possibili-
tics, that it is an assured fact that
at least one and probably more will
soon be doing business in that line in
our midst.
The marked success of the flota-
ton at the Gold KIM, and Silver Lake
mills, has borne out our contention
as to the need of the introduction of
modemized processes for the treat
ment of our sulphide ores. Cyanid-
alton will do likewise for the treat
ment Of our telluride ores. The sue
cess Of the former has attracted a
vast amount of attention to the lat
ter and this in turn is attracting wide
spread attention to he numerous
great gold and silver veins of the
gold belt. This is being followed by
rigid Investigations and the more
rigid they are, the stronger these
new gold fields grow in public fa-
vor.
The Eastern San Juan gold belt,
as it is now generally known, eX-
tends from Deer park on the south
ern slope Of Kendall mountain, in a
northeasterly direction. to Stony pass,
from whence it follows closely the
crest OF the Continental divide to
the head of Minnie gulch, from which
point it trends along the divide be-
tween the Animas and Gunnison
watersheds to the northern limits of
the San Juan fields. In width it
extends practically from the Animas
river on thewest, eastward for sew
eral miles into Hinsdale county. As
we know but very little of the de-
velopments on the uinsdale side, this
article will deal only with that por-
ton which lies in San Juan coun-
ty.
Our knowledge of these great gold
fields is not based alone upon exten-
siye personal Investigations but also
upon the words and writings of noted
mining engineers and experts who
have devoted much time and work in
experimentation and crucial tests, both
as to the ores in the veins, their char
acter and values and the most feasible
and proper processes for their treat
ment. "**
In White Head gulch on the east Of
Deer park, where the Cooper Belle
group is being developed, several very
promising gold bearing veins have
been discovered, but do not seem to
have received the attention they de-
serve. About a mile northeast from
the Mable, the Little Ray ami Montana
located upon the same vein have ex-
cellcnt records as shippers of high
grade gold and silver ores. Like the
Mable, they were compelled to cease
operations, because of heavy water
flow. Still on the northeast and
about two miles distant from the
Montana, are the famous Silver Lake
and Iowa-Tiger combinations, which
have added millions to the worlds
supply of precious metals. On the
TitusvilIe vein of the Silver Lake, the
Allen-Fattor lease has opened up an
enormous vein of gold ore that gives
mill returns ranging from two to
fifty ounces in gold and also quite
rich in silver. The lessees on the
Unity tunnel and the Whale lode on
this property are also shipping a
good grade Of this class of ore About
a mile and half southeast from the
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