Show PAil P K MINING G NOTES Mill Closes Down Ore re Ship Shipments menta ments Etc i Park lle rd 1 W J 1 Pace came over Oyer from Woodland yesterday with a Quantity of r promising looking quartz quartz which he lie loft left l tt with T M 11 Stringer for tor assay Mr Pace says Tie he bebas has bas a big thing if It the rock carries cardes any values of or consequence as the ledge from which the specimens were taken is extensive exten It is located near Woodland At the Superb Superintendent SuperIntendent Donnellan Is IB prosecuting pro work on the a level and in the old tunnel running into the McHenry A drift has been started on the vein at the mark in the shaf shat The steam hoist bolst is working the boarding house is all allin hi in shape and they ar aro now putting In telephone connections and a water line At the Homestake a small house has been erected for the accommodation of ot the men and lumber is being hauled and delivered for fora a shaft louse house to cover the whim tm They are in the vein and andare andare andare are crosscutting the contact both ways to the foot and aDd hanging wall wail from the mark in the shaft The ma material material coming up looks look very encouraging en t I IThe ing The Wolverine Y company let a con contract contract contract tract to Frank Lake Lak and ancl others for Cor the driving of o the lower tunnel which they have been pushing pu forward for tor forthe the pur purpose purpose purpose pose of ot cutting the contact at a con considerable considerable depth Independent of oC this Foreman Cody Cod is working a force of ot otmen men sinking on the contact The ledge as depth is gained Is improving very satisfactorily Following are the shipments of ore from rom the Mackintosh sampler for or the past week Ontario QuIncy Vest 0 Anchor concentrates cancan California Total number of oC pounds lounds Silver King Grand total On Wednesday the machinery at the Marsac mill was closed down and a afew afew afew few men are now engaged in cleaning up the product ben hea the old plant will wilt probably be silenced for all time The leaching department will run for or a few days yet and the cleaning up will probably take up a few weeks The higher grade tailings on which the plant has been running for some time are practically all cleaned leand up and as the Ontario ores have been b en contracted for rorby by the smelter company there Is nothing left for or the plant but to nail it up lip In all probability It will never run in its old capacity and certainly not until subjected to a thorough overhaul overhauling ing bog which Is unlikely The work of cutting the Ute station for forthe forthe or orthe the hoisting engine etc tc in the Alli Alliance Alliance ance tunnel is progressing rapidly At this station we understand large ore chutes are to be put in and when the lar t shaft Is sunk the material will be hoisted hoist d into them and loaded on cars at the tunnel level Nothing definite regarding the shaft depth is given out though it is generally understood that at least 1500 feet teet will be sunk Bunk and that connections will be made with the Sil Silver SIlver Silver ver Kings lower workings This ThIM no doubt is one ane of ot the main objects de desired desired desired sired as It will not only furnish an another another other outlet to this great mine but provide an excellent avenue for first class ores which it is Ia predicted will be Issuing from Crom there before many months It is known that the line has been surveyed for or an extension of oC the present railroad spur to the tunnel mouth and there is nothing to warrant the belief belle that the project of ot running cars up there has been abandoned |