Show LAKIN VISITS FLORENCE he tells chieftain of recent developments at that property lee lakin former lessee of the wedge mine and one of our prominent mining men has haa just returned from a visit to the wedge and florence mining com banys properties mr lakin gives the Chief chieftain tai the following statement regarding the new developments at the florence com banys ground I 1 recent development at the florence property peo perty has a body of alunite second to none in tho the camp in addition to the big body of ore in the glory hole of the upper tunnel the south drift in the lower tunnel is out sixty feet a all in alunite of an excellent grade which is going down strong all along this drift indicating tho the big end is down the walls show regularity of dip to the southwest an eighty foot upraise from this tunnel has cut the vein on its dip about ninety feet from the surface and the drift for forty five feet at the top of this raise is all in good ore mr nielsene Niel sens work both on surface improvements and underground show a splendid grasp of the requirements to bo be met in mining at a high elevation snow sheds shops chutes and ore bins are connected up in a way that makes it possible to carry on the work regardless of weather conditions all improvements prove ments are of a substantial character and the company has not only the tonnage opened up but it is in hi a position to mine it very economically |