Show report assy ys on progress sy at S lehi gintic tintic mine Made 0 report of the progress at the lehi mine has ofaf ff been af made to stock holders by W r 11 tw trask tyby ir r vice president 9 as follows y on the ff present level 17 the main working tunnel has been driven a ts distance isn jaa of 1200 feet to date this tunnel yv feya being more swe than dav five feet aas by seven tr feet in the clear y jf and i s w e 1 1 adapted for a transportation a TW t un n e 1 aws T h 0 t i r st n or vy s t chwe arf is sure 9 was vw enco u n te r e d a t a ls t e f feet from w the portal ff w this fis sure Is 25 to 30 feet in normal thickness and the buwe zuwe tunnel wf cuts a diagonal path across it sy for say a distance of 75 feet about feet of cross cutting has 7 been done along assy this fissure there Is quite tsy a little lead carbonate ore in this fissure it byaw Is leach ed con 7 sIder ably and occasionally few w there are boulders of galena mixed with the carbonates 9 eiby beyond and below the godiva 7 limestone Is the humbug limestone through which work Is wf now progressing at a rate of about s five ff feet awk per day in one shift powder asri gas prevents working two ff vU shifts w at present and the installation afi of an blower and air pipe for bentila tion has been deferred 7 7 upon the 7 advice of manager zabriskie until off the neak ore deposit ta Is reached As the fissures and lime strata dip to the northwest about sixty degrees considerable depth Is gained as the tunnel Is driven to the east toward the empire vein which parallels the first fissure and which wili be reach d in the near future the empire vein Is a northeast and southwest fissure crossing the sego lily sil ver dell and the blue bell claims it Is intersected by a massive north and south break on the silver bell claim and this intersection is our present objective As the depth I 1 about feet vertically below the surface outcrop of the empire vein this region without any exception presents the most favorable condi eions on the property and it Is be lieveld that work done here will be advantageous 0 |