II Oil Ml :i lllKnttMBMS ' j- -'I .lifljr Xov KquipiiuMil Be in a; Insliilled jjj j to Prosecute Work 1 !: illJl OLD THRORY DIHITiOVKD ji 1 . . ! 1 BV LATH OPERATIONS ! " Mniiagcntciii IIiis lixtonsive J " ; :i! 'Plan of -Development : - 'I'll Mapped Out. jjj Superintendent Co Aim of tho Lower ti I' !ji .lummoth, wli(t is up I'rom thy mino !o ' J ;(- IT ntteml the. rc-ulnr monthly mooting of I ;Jj directors (o be Iirll Iliis, Saturday, nft-cruoou. nft-cruoou. foel.s very much encouraged " 1 ' fill " it b- tlio manner in which llio prop- ' 1 ' il'll 'li,s rci,lmud0t' )u I'cfiit develop- I i j i j II mout work, ami ln fecks that ho has H ii 'ixf reason to believe that tho future oper- l 11 It! a I ions pJanncdibv the management will ti , ! H bo attended with splendid result, r n ! j'j j '. lie work ot onlnrgini: the shaft and J ! JJ binkin-j to the -,Ul'i iuol level, which . i II ill . tia.s been L'oinj; on lor some months, has 1 lii , been .just, noma completed, and now ov- y J j'j erythinir is being put in shape, lor tho i, j developments to be earned on at i ' I'll depth. The shaft has been enlarged I ' iroin a single compartment 5o a douhlo , J. 1 11 compartment ami nmuwav, and a big t p Jj station is being cut at tho ,l)0U-foot i tH Jevel, below which then; will be a ' L ,: 4J t weniy-sieven-Cont. sninp. Tho hoist, ' , m, winch has been somewhat overtaxed t. ; jj during the work below tho l,5Ul'. is i ; fft being generally overhauled. The live- I ijj sixteenth-inch shells are being replaced '' 't 4 by onc-hali-inch shells, and new 1V1UU- I a toot cables arc being wound on tho ! ii i tn drums, soyjhat the machine will bo ' ;l ' ll uv" l,l'l'i,l,?t t(U' f'ic work which the t operations at increased depth will re- l ' fl (piiro of ir. A new air romprcssor, ea- '. ,! .! '! nablo of running tn machino drills, has i I m: 31; been installed, and in general tho mine 1 I jlij is boinc equipped in a modern and of- j1 j; Iflj iicient manner. J ; j -Mr. Coftin is esj)eciallv gratified with ' ' :!,' conditions underground at the present , ij' ' l. ih time, as it has been demonstrated that (j ' t tho ore bodies of the lower levels of J , ' ! iJj the juiuo do not continue to tho east J end in tho adjoining property, as was i( 1 .. jH at one-time thought, but thai the ledge I'l' 1 . J KM i cully di)S to the went and is well i .. : ll'j! confined within tho Lower Mammoth 1 . ' , ii ! boundaries. About six years ago, when j " the production of the mill' camo noin j . 5' f ! the cast or Hungarian vein, on the l ( '11!; I.IUU-fool level, tho ore crossed to tho ' v f j ' lilat-k .lack ground, and those in ehnrge , ! If j of the work at that time supposed thai ' the ledge had really turned in that di- , : ill: j lection. Tho present management, how- , , 'fil J , ever, has run a cross-cut on the l.'iOu ; , level to within ten 1'e.ct of tho Blaek . 'i'; j .lack line, and it is stated that within j I' J ' i ightvfivc feet east of tho shaft, a ,!. ,l ' highly tniueraliEed lelgo. ten feet wide, , i Ji )i ; was encountered, dipping and breaking . i; 4 to the west, into Lower Mammoth " ' l l ! ground, and well withiu their boun- i -j'-' daries. ' i'J ; This is1, taken as disproving the old . j . if! ; theory of llio trend of the ore. and is i J considered to enlarge the possibilities of t lii i Jipwer Mammoth 'a future to a great ex- . tent. Jt is now the intention of 'i the , ; iiianii"cmcni to jirospect their territory . 1 M thoroughlv from the lower levels, and ;. 1 ; from the'l.700, J.SOO and 2.000 points ;l' j t j i ' in the shaft crosscuts will bu run to I !7!F t the ledge. The- will also jirospect to ; ' iM l- " the south and west, and guided by re-J I'i'j ''. cent discoveries the operators expert , ! '1 i soon to make a very fine showing.