Show chief may have new ore channel j 0 a important developments have taken place on the 1800 level of this mine new discovery will help 0 what Is thought to be an entirely new ore zone has just been ered in the holdings of the chief consolidated mining company it la Is most too early to give any definite information regarding this new dis covery but at first glance it appears to be by tar far the most important de elopement elop ment of the year in local min ing matters for some time the chief cons people have been pushing out toward the east on their 1800 level two parallel drifts several hundred feet apart being driven some time ago work was discontinued in one of these drifts but the one which la is farthest to the north has been kept going and at a point which Is fully 1500 feet from the most easterly known ore deposits the new zone was located manager cecil ia itch bitch states that scattered through the deposit of low grade ore which has been en countered are bunches of high grade lead and it Is reasonable to suppose that by following this vein it will be poss possible ible to reach ore of commercial grade the ore as it Is now being broken down Is a low grade grado product but this may be the casing to the main deposit the point where this work Is in progress Is about 1200 feet from jhc thc the chief s new shaft and it Is probably 1900 feet due north from the body of quartz which was found a few years ago when a campaign of work was in progress through the work ings ing of the victoria for the benefit of the territory the work through the victoria Vic torla was at a depth of 1200 feet it if a new zone has been located at this point in the chief cons mine it will have a very important bearing on the because the general direction of ore bodies would take this new ore through the very center of the holdings 0 |