Show SHIPMENT FROM GODIVA Mine Is Now Producing Good Ore With Great Regularity Special Correspondence Eureka May 19It Is a remarkable but nevertheless established fact that after a period of continuous idleness from the time of the discovery of the Godiva In 1883 followed by occasional attempts at development the property has practically been shut down until 1895 when it passed Into the management manage-ment of John H McChrystal Mnce which time ably assisted by J H Dris coil serving in the capacity of superintendent I super-intendent the great ore resources of I the property have been disclosed and the mine is rapidly taking its place In the front rank of regular shippers The scope of exploiting at present Is chiefly confined to drifts on the 200 and 400 levels the ore bodies on the 400 giving values of 50 to 56 per cent lead 40 ounces silver and 3 to 5 gold have assumed most gratifying proportions 1 but Mr Drlscoll Informed the writer I that the management has decided to resume sinking to the 600 and operations 1 opera-tions in that direction would commence June 1 and in order to obtain ample power two new Bay State 60horse I power boilers will be added to the already i I 1 al-ready splendidly equipped require I meats The company possesses a very complete I com-plete electric plant and perhaps the largest air compressor In the camp furnishing power for twelve drills in the mine and supplying the needs cf the Tetro and La Reine besides well appointed and convenient surface buildings Including ore bins with a capacity of 600 tons An almost incalculable In-calculable tonnage of milling ore Is uncovered in the workings of the Go diva but no specIalty Is made of cutting I cut-ting or hoisting It other than the volume vol-ume necessitated by breaking the smelting grade One hundred and fifty tons of the milling character was hip ped this week which was settled for on the basis of 33 per cent lead D ounces of silver and 1 gold Mr Drisooll estimates the condition of the property as favorable In the extreme assuring your correspondent that at no period in the history of the mine has the physical phy-sical aspect been so prosperous |