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Show JUMPING JACK. A depth of ninety feet has been attained at-tained in the main working shaft of tho Manhattan Jumping Jack Mining company, and, on tho Golden lease, oro having a gold grade in excess of $100 a ton is being mined and sacked. Tho rocic is coming fmm the drift at tho 35-foot level, and a shipping aver-ago aver-ago Is maintained without sorting. Operation on company account aro to bo furthered by means of a 25 H. P. hoist, which will bo installed within the next three weeks. As tho shaft has oeen lowered, a number ofvtring-ers ofvtring-ers which show generous colors In the pan havo been cut. At tho surface, a vertical ledge which comes in from Gold Wedge ground and which pans well has been discovered, and this lead when intersected by tho crosscut from tho 100-foot level, is expected to contain con-tain pay values In place. Several other veins will likewise bo tapped by means of tho drifts to bo sent out from tho 100-foot station, among them being tho famous Stray Dog ledge, which passes through Jumping Jack ground to tho west of tho company shaft |