Show I I 1 j I I 1 I OPENS RICH ORE EMMA MINE WORK MORK DURING THE WEEK Blo Below Is a portion Dorton of at the report re- re port on the Emma Consolidated assent as assent sent Rent east last evening by Charles S. S consulting en engineer ineer of or the Alta AHa mines mine Unlocking the treasure chest Is an apt way to describe tho the developments and work In tho the Ol Old Emma mine Tho largo large bOd body of high grade ore which has been under exploitation In the tho past year car has been aU augmented b by the opening open open- ing lug up of ot a new now bo body y of hl high grade grade h-grade ore rich In lead and silver This new oro lies lien to tho the south of or the tho main and has been opened up b by means means of or a raise put up from rota a drift which goes KOOS out from the tho main Itself Itsel midway I between en the second and anti third level This raise which had a advanced level five feet into the ore on Saturday morning wa was still showing strong In the face tace and an average sample s of tho the ore ex cx- cx x- x posed assayed 48 ounces silver Elver and 16 per c cent nt lead Ore of ot this character IK Is worth approximately 48 8 a ton at the smelter under the terms of ot the company's com coin COI- COI pany's existing contract This ore ocI occurs oc- oc CUS CU'S curs along the tho same zone which has been responsible for tor all the big ore bo bodies les that havo been opened al up In the tho mine from the vel very earliest lays days to the tho present time In tho the carlest raise the Ut indications are very favorable that a large Jarge extension of ot the known ore bad body will wJ be found fount However this is a matter mater that can only be bo proved b by further development work but judgIng Judg judg- ing InK b by appearances there Is evor every rea rca son on for feeling elated elate at the showing in this new Piece of or development work The of ot this ore was foreshadowed fore fore- shadowed b by some diamond drill holes put out a few tew weeks ago and already tho the raise has proved the ngo ore oro to have hn e a greater thickness than was believed holes from rom the evidence afforded b by the drill I There has been a go good goad deal lea of ot work connected with wIh the rearrangement ement of oC the hoisting and sorting equipment at tho the top of or the tho winzo of ot the third level This TIlls has reached a depth of ot ap approximately ap- ap proximately fifty feet and In order to cheapen the cost of at operation as well a as to Insure a larger output It wel was found desirable to install a powerful double cylinder hoist Besides this an Increased hip bin capacity has b been en provIded pro pro- vided underground so as to be able ablo to store a considerable tonna tonnage e of oC broken brokEn ore to permit sorting operations to ceo go o on at leisure is in readi readi- ness less at the mine to commence active operations on n a large scale in the on ii Saturday nl night ht A good good Job has s been een done and unless unforeseen misfortune mis- mis fortune fortuno Intervenes a re regular ular ion tion ton will wi be maintained from now on Reference has frequently frequent been made mado in the he past to tho the expectations which are arc held eld b by the management nt looking to toward to- to ward ard time the opening of or ono one or 01 more of at the he additional ore are bodies which are to the he north of the Old Emma ore oro body and Rd which according to records have o la I produced ore to nearly the same name value It t Is ls a little difficult to make malee an nn ac accurate accurate ac- ac curate estimate of ot the tonna tonnage c and value alue of ot such production but it runs up into the tho millions |