Show 1 1 a chie s no 12 shaft completed to water level the no 2 shaft of the chief consolidated mine which was started about two years ago has been com plated the original plans called for sinking the shaft to the water level and while its present depth 1909 feet has not taken it into the water it is undoubtedly quite near the permanent nater level sinking stopped yesterday and the next thing in order will be to complete the con crete work the cement lining of the big shaft not having been finished through to the bottom this work will re quire but a couple of weeks time the deepest level from the new shaft will be the 1880 and it is generally understood too t at immediately after cutting outa at that 0 t some extensive pros pecking will be taken up for ta benefit of both the chief cons and properties he large tract of mineral land which lies to the east of the chiefs big can best be reached from the new shaft and there seems to be no question but what another ore channel paralleling the one from which the mines dividends have been loaid will be opened under ordinary conditions the new shaft of the chief would have been completed in a years time but the porphyry T formation through V ff which the upper part of the shaft ii as sunk made fast sinking but the job has at last been completed and the mine officials have the satisfaction of knowing that their new shift is one of the best in the entire mining world there is nothing j like it in this state and while the first cost was high there is no oil but what a cement lined shaft will prove to be cheapest in the end azz bupt supt fred if johnson hyiev says that yi ev the jw contractors crew made rw a total of feet of work between the first and the yf twenty fifth of this month waru wp ru tS yz |