Show knight properties hold regular mee 0 officers of the company close down ja operations at the big hill all dividends passed for this quarter 0 at the regular monthly ff meeting 70 4 of the knight w companies which was held at provo t last vw saturday avy the of fibers of the big i hill jay property say ernys of east gintic tintic ja decided to suspend a operations for the present and during the early part w a of the wf week the jv mine ii w was closed abw down j this aitay action fr was 7 taken ay on account of the money stringency and the unsettled condl diw ow W tion ff of the country baff A one cent 1 as ses iw was levied on the stock of 9 the big hill and ff this will be used 1 I w ff to settle r up the ff affairs of the com pany the big W hill some of the V yi beffa most valuable ground in the east w section and it Is most certain basy za sy that within wy a few months A develop sy ment work will again be in progress y w v there at the time of suspending operations w the shaft had a depth of over feet and considerable aw drifting has also been done a no aa dividend action ww was taken on the dragon consolidated mining 2 company and w the iron blossom divi casts bend was also passed sv s for this quarter it yf being thought best to hold the money in reserve the iron blossom fy officials ff have mapped out a new assyd development campaign for for the lower 8 levels of their property and much attention will be given this wj work during the next few months wA nearly all of the upper levels of the iron blossom are being worked by lessees who are ia shipping v good ore from several blocks azy of afy ground while ww the company is working the lower levels owr the gintic tintic aff drain tunnel company iff which aff Is driving joiy a tunnel d ayi for the iv y purpose payoffs of draining this district ayT vi re ports that ifyu they if yV are now W in a distance a of nearly feet and that there Is no abw intention of 1 letting W up 07 on aur this until the project 1 as is completed A force of miners are now busy delv ing a raise to the surface for the pur wea pose of faw giving better ventilation yaw this f raise is be a ng OW driven at a dis ay barice of aboaf ff feet in the a tun nel the 4 work at the ruby shaft iw which wy in reality is a part af of the drain S tunnel compan in view ja of the fact fc that its principal 1 object f Is to sink to the tunnel level and then ff Wv drift to meet the ow tunnel is also go ff ing full blast and will y be pushed with all possible yf speed 0 |