Show u ul OPHIR OPERATOR OPERATORS S IN FROM DULUTH Says His Company Will Keep Rush Bush Ensiling RushI Bushing I ing Ophir Tunnel d da I TJ TES WILL NOT CLOSE CLOSEr ri r riE E MINE OPERATORS EXPRESS A r j jin in 1 FAITH IN THE COURTS dt dl C e Pt Tames James A Butchart secretary and ir treasurer of the th Tunnel company bl blIt bla came in Ia from froni Minn on Friday r a evening and today he lie will wUl leave leae for a aJ It J 3 trip of inspection to his fi it fic property at Ophir While the moneys moneS c with th which to meet operating expenses been comIn ever since e ethe tt t have h uwe ve coming regularly s the organization of the he company last f t October this is the first chance hance Mr DIr f i Butchart has bas had to come out and see how work was progressing He will likely remain a couple of or days daS at camp and inspect some of the neighboring mines while he is on the ground I We are not making any noise over r our own proposition said the visitor 4 though we have just reason to believe that our efforts to make a in that camp will be crowned 4 with success Some of the best engi engineers I in this country have passed judg judgment judgment I ment mont upon it and without exception 1 they the have advised us that the tunnel we are ao running ng ls is headed in the right 1 direction and that toot nothing but the playing out of the ledges at depth can prevent our winning out We Ve have hae faith In the ground around and in the camp and that is why we are spending ending our there ther money monc i Mr Butchart stated that it had bad been hoped that the first ledge for which the tunnel Is headed would have been encountered by the middle of ot the pres present preset ent et month but bit b t reports from camp had shown that some very hard bard ground hal hail been run run through and that headway had bad been correspondingly slow It is likely lIkel that another month will be re required reQuired required to cut the first vein velu When Mr Butchart B decided to tackle the proposition proposition proposition tion last fall tall he declared his intention of or seeing it through and he says that there will be no letup In the work MI Mr is the proprietor of ot the St StLouis StLouis Louis Louts hotel in Duluth and he ho counts among his patrons P L Kimberley and Prank Frank H Th Buhl whom he will probably meet in this city prior to his return home I companies will v ill recognize our needs and It build through that section In the I meantime I do not intend to wear away awn my life working ground summer and winter so far from home and pleasant surroundings The winters I shall spend at Long Beach mine or 01 no mine but If i the Western Pacific or some other combination will jump into the country and make it possible for us to todo todo todo do business bu ness the Garrison company compan will be found in readiness to supply a good tonnage I have labored and waited for tor fifteen years every ever year ex expecting expecting I that a railroad would pene penetrate penetrate our rich rIh country but I shall Sha 1 now j take it easier until there is something 1 I Imore more than talk going on in railroad circles as it may ma affect the Deep Creek region TRAM BUILDING IN SNOW |