american looks like a win winner the american mining company s property near the beck beek la is liable to develop into a mine x athin the next few months ine brouna is being worked under the dire direction tion of fred and ai at gust schmidt who were the original owners of the la peine w m aich is one of the beat best claims in the beck beek tunnel grou grout august schmidt int informed ormed the re last night that the drift which is being run to the southeast from the lids now cut into some low grade ole 01 e carrying about tour four per cent lead and 3 or 4 ounces jiin 1 er it is their intention to continua continue tl tj la is drift in the direction that it is now heading for a short distance and then follow one cross fissures to the east where thea the expect to get the oie ole the shaft at the american is down teet but this gli gi es them abot t the same depth as the beck tunnel as the property is located barthel fart liei down domn the mountain side