Show TO SINKA SINK A DEEP SHAFT milford times vice president and manager J J of the ben harrison company I 1 came down last saturday to inspect recent develop developments menis at the property he having just returned fron from an extended trip through iowa minnesota and the dakotas the Ben Harrison adjoins the 0 K on the southeast and manager t makes some very important announcements concerning the future operations of the property about july 1st ast the company will install a stearn steam hoist air compressor exhaust fan and power drills and he declared it to be the purpose to sink to a depth of 1000 feet cross cutting at every this will be most encouraging news to all who are interested in the development of beaver lake district as it is the universal opinion that deep mining is is what is required to demong demonstrate the merits of the district the ben harrison incline has now reached a depth of feet and a crosscut cross cut will be run on the the bottom of the incline is now in a species of granite which is very seamy and these seams as well as the rock itself are heavily impregnated Dated with copper pyrites and azu reite mr believes tha so called granite is being gradually re placed by quartz and states that the conditions in this respect are exactly similar to those at butte A crosscut cross cut was run to the vein on the level and it was driven into fora for a distance of eighty three feet without going through it it samples from one half to thirty per cent copper the high grade coming from a seam two to four inches thick which also assayed 25 in gold A most s gratifying k condition is shown by the fact that all of the ore seems to carry about 1 in gold for every copper unit assays essays as high as 52 in gold have been obtained the ben harrison is one of the pioneers of this section it having been prosecuting development work steadily for three and a half years one entire year was devoted to surface work alone and this work demonstrated the existence of no less than nin elarge and well defined veins s some ome run running nino north and south and others east and west manager states that the 0 K vein has been traced directly through to the ben harrison but this is not the largest vein on the property nor the one that is now being developed he has entire confidence in the future of the property and feels very sanguine over the results of the present plan of development |