Show I MINE WORKINGS CONNECTED UPI UP I Blue Bird and Annie Laurie Now One Big Concern t FIFTEEN YEARS ORE OREIN IN SIGHT i GREAT Y IS BY n CAVING OA VING SYSTEM 4 I Richfield June Tune UA A very important Piece of O work baa Just ut been completed at t the Annie Laurie mine on Gold mountain the tunnels from the Annie Aimie e Laurie and the Blue Bird properties z which have been pushed pu hed toward each other otherS having ha vin been connected The Th side Bide walls wails lined up exactly but the floor of the tunnel of ot th the Blue Bird was about four feet teet above that of the Annie Laurie In the BlUte Bird tun tunnel tunnel tunnel nel has han been encountered considerable red talc and a quantity of black man manganese gane e which carries up well The joining of ot these two properties by tunnel marks mark a very important event in the progress of or the develop development development development ment of or the Annie Laurie The big bodies of ore in these two mines can row now be worked through the Annie Lau Lan Laurie Laurie Lanlie rie lie which la Is well equipped with ma machinery machinery chinery and a mill for tor handling a large tonnage Ore is being blocked out in immense quantities and Shift Boss BO S John C Hyland estimates there is enough ore now in sight to run the mill for fifteen years year The mine is in line working order and modern machinery and equipment have bave ha ve been placed in all the under underground underground underground ground workings In the por per portions portions the work is all aU being done by the caving system that is the blocking out of the ore and timbering and after atter the is i worked out the timbers are removed and the waste allowed to fill in behind leaving no old tunneling to keep in repair or remain as a death deathtrap deathtrap deathtrap trap for tor some ome unfortunate miner |