Show SAPHO IS A WINNER since the return of P C weber f from rom salt lake city about ten days ago work on the extension of the sapho tunnel has been prosecuted with renewed activity and on monday last the local management was rewarded by opening up another ore chute the quality of the ore and the formation surrounding it bearing out exactly the theory of secretary weber and contractor E A cripps who has charge of the work now being done at a point high above the mouth of the tunnel considerable prospecting has been done and from a shaft at that place a sample taken at random assayed 34 in gold and 60 ounces silver here for a considerable distance is exposed a blanket of copper lying dying against the foot wall above which separated by a layer of ochre achre is the ore body varying from eight to eighteen inches in thickness the ore lies between walls of black and white lime and has been traced in a straight line down the mountain side for more than feet the tun neLis being k driven to tap these ore bodies from underneath and while accomplishing shing that purpose much more economically than by the sinking of a shaft also avoids the necessity of constructing 0 an ax expensive pensive roadway over the mountain speaking of this tunnel it must be said it is a model of its ita kind and is a credit to the ability of contractor E A cripps who was one of the original owners of the property and who has had charge of the development work for the new company news ely nevada |