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Show LEW 1TIC SHOWS STEADY DEVELOPMENT Operations Handicapped on Account of Shortage - of Labor. Special to The Tribune. EUREKA, May 10. Development work at the property of the Lehl Tintlc Mining company is being carried along steadily and the minei-s aro making fairly good' time with the , drift which is being run to connect up with the winze, sunk from the lower tunnel level. It was in the bottom of this 'win?e where the Lehl TinT tic encountered the ore some months ago, but was forced to discontinue work on account of bad air. According to Manager Man-ager George Nicholes, everything is running run-ning smoothly at the mine and the only handicap is the shortage of labor, it beins rather hard' to keep good miners; but it is thought that within the next few days this drift wijl be completed, when sinking In tho winze will be resumed. Jackson McChrystal, manager of the Gemini, Ridge & Valley : and Godiva mines, was out to the Lehl ThiUc late last week on an inspection trip. and. after going over the property very thoroughly, thor-oughly, expressed himself as being somewhat some-what surprised at the splendid showing. It was Mr. McChrystal's opinion that greater depth ia needed to make the property produce, and the easiest and most economical way to do this, he tald, is by sinking a new shaft. - |