Show developing THE SMUGGLER miner mina nev while at lodi the first of the week we had the pleasure of inspecting the property and the underground workings of the smuggler estate and if ever a property had the earmarks of making a great mine it is this group A tunnel is ia now being rapidly driven to cut the ore bodies on the contact and which are strongly defined by the outcrops on the surface the tunnel is already in over feet and a vertical depth of feet has been attained A good grade of ore has been opened up in a number of places one strike being over four feet in width and besides carrying exceptionally high values in lead and silver carries from 50 to per ton in gold large quantities of ore is being taken out in doing development of driving the tunnel and as it is less than a quarter of a mile from the portal of the tunnel to the new smelter of the lodi mines company the ore is hauled and jumped dumped into the ore bins at the big plant as fast as extracted which affords the owners immediate returns on their output no effort is being made with a view of ore production the work being confined to development of the property the main vein for which the management is driving is a contact between lime ine and granite this vein is shown on the surface by a strong outcrop or dyke and is tra traceable ceab le through the property for a distance of over 1700 feet As soon as this Is cut will be in a very short time the real work of actual mining will be bein in in earnest the working force will be largely increased and the work of ig and blocking out the enormous bodies of ore already cut will begin As the lodi mines companas comp anys smelter which was recently completed and successfully cess fully blown in is prepared to take care of the entire output of the property it is bound to prove a bonanza to its owners and especially especial ily as there is 15 on a conservative estimate over worth of ore already in slight sight recently S M summerfield president of the mina mercantile company geo F P thompson of the nevada copper company and 13 F P raker baker of the mina hotel purchased an interest in the property and increased the force arrangements are now being completed for an extensive and aggressive gres sive campaign of development the property is intersected by the original lead of the illinois or lodi mines estate after summerfield and thompson had returned this week from an inspection of the property mr summerfield expressed himself as highly pleased with the showings and stated that he would not accept a for his ini interest erest after having made a thorough examination of the property it looks to us like one of the biggest paying propositions in the state thomas miles the original owner still retains a large interest in the property 1 |