Show Sf STABILITY ABILITY OF LEAD MARKET VOICED BY COLORADO WHERE MINING IS BECOMING ACTIVE I I According According- to word from Duran Durango o. o Colo Coin eminent authorities express con COIT I in tho the stability of oC tho lead head marI mar mar- I hot ket et recently depressed by a reduced I demand and anil price and If IC the there I re reconstruction period of oC tho the country r I at nt lar largo large can n b he be accomplished sanely the San Juan Uan region can be he relied upon to maintain Us its Is high standard art as a producer pro ducer of or silver lead I er mineral l The fu future fu- fu ii- ii tune ture of or these seems sound The world is short hort of oC lead head for its Is normal demands antI and with the tho return of or conditions to normal another year of ot record pro production for lead head ore Is strongly predicted an and It is likely that nn any temporary reaction induced b by present unsettled conditions will be overcome O anti and times prosperous prevail pre pro vail and while hilo the San Juan mines are I not strict strictly load mines mines a n vast tonna tonnage of ot this ore i 1 Is treated at the loc local 1 smelter Ia Last t year car the lead ore oro treated amounted to pounds selling for or 1081 Tho The San Juan re region lon is a great mineralized rain min area mca and is one vast collection of oC igneous and metamorphosed mineral mineral- bearing learing hearing rocks that in due time will ill wil bo be reco recognized as tho the greatest and richest mineralized area aren in the tile world A re recent recent recent re- re cent SU government t r report port tabulates tile the tle wealth produced from mines s in this C region lon as follows Gladstone group Bed led Mountain mines 35 I SUnn Sunnyside Ute and Clay 1 Hidden Treasure 85 86 Golden Fleece 2 and the Silver Lake group group 4 and even wan nn LU LillS LIIS enormous production a U. pessimist pea pes will vill wi tell leU you that that the tho ground has hardly been scratched and anel a worl worked out out d-out mine Is IR unknown In this part of oC tho the San Juan triangle le With an estimated production In the tho past years yeal's totaling near tho the I 0 mark tho the mines in the Durango and districts this year vear promise promise prom prom- I If ise to lo exceed tin tho production ro o of an anyone any anyone one year jear heretofore lIed Ht Ii IH Inlo Tho The Rell neU Mountain district near SU- SU 1 verton Is beginning to awaken following follow follow- Colo ing in a period of during th the tho winter months when the roads were ere blocked h by snow thus preventing tho ho transportation of oC ore to the tho railroad Considerable crable development de work was carried on and now tho the Van Genesee-Van- mt Congress St. St Sl Paul Silver Ledge Joker and anel many others arc are reported to tobe tobo tobo bo be rea ready for active production Big Is tho the only wa way to describe activities at Eureka Eurelea and Gladstone At Atthe the tho former Cormer place pl th the compan company com corn pan pany employing tho the largest force of or ormen men ever over worked at nt a single le mine In Inthe inthe the district Is exploring new territory and also maintaining production from the great veins that already have havo produced pro pro- lUceti moro more than worth of ot ore oro The Tho Silver r rake basin mines Ing In tho the Tiger Iowa-Tiger and Mayflower I and numerous smaller swell the tho great tonnage that pours into the tho local for Cor treatment The HI Highland Mary Iary Pride of the West est and doah doab all nI ol old time properties are arc GrowIng growing grow grow- lag ing Ing richer with wih ag age and tho the coming season will wil be ono one of or their best best Tho Thio Champion and Colora Detroit Colorado o properties located on Sultan Sulan mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain south o of Silverton ato are aro operated h by lessees antI and the thu production Is shipped to tho the Durango o smelter Notwithstanding hea heavy storms torms during dur thir- In ing February the lie winter all winter al-winter properties in the La maintained their scheduled production and anel within three or oi four Cour weeks moro more tho the old oM hills hla will wil resemble a paper thy In summer time by the tho number of ot men working up upI I there thore Ii ore |