Show GLYSERhTJtRION Review of Cndton at This Mercu Property Since the supreme court decision in the Geyserlarion case which ran the price of that stock down several point I prce there has been a good deal of discussion discus-sion regarding the mine and Its management man-agement but i is quite evident that those familiar with the property are well satisfied with it The Mercur Mercury saYs of the mine Explorations have been showing up practically the same conditions as are found In the lercur and Sacramento I that is large bodies of ore have been found il unsuspected places From the mi tunnel on which work was first commenced last fall to the upper workIngs work-ings is a distance dt about 175 feet and all through this area large bodies of ore have been opened up Some of the I ground Is barren and some of it is of too low a grade to be worked at a profit hut on the other hand there are layers showing high values and others which carr values sufficient to make It profitable milling proftable In the mill tunnel the ground Is beIng be-Ing thoroughly explored the air being I good since the connections with the upper up-per workings were mae A large body of ore Is here exposed which yields I good values The tunnel is In 300 feet and reached the vein 150 feet from the mouth and thc rest of the way has been in an ore body 18 feet thick which will average 5 per ton In places the average is higher than this and of late II a little better than the common grade of ore is being run through the mi I The tunnel near the blacksmith shop I which is usually called the Tramway tunnel is one in which a great deal or work has been done In times past but I there are still large qua ttes of ore insight in-sight This vein commonly called the middle vein is 60 feet above the mill midle tunnel and a chute carries the ore to I the lower workings In one of the drifts on this level a body of rich ore I was lately found 200 feet in width A I winze is being sunk to the footwal but although a depth of 40 feet has I been reached there is a yet no sIgn of a limit There are a number of rich chutes on this level the extent of which have not been definitely determined but they are large enough to keep the mill runnIng for may months to come The upper vein lies close to the top of the bill and on the eat side of the hill It is being worlced by a open cut in which is a face of are about 20 feet thick In this vein considerable stoping was done by the Marion people but the miners to not seem to have been particular about taking the are out clean As a consequence Superintendent Superintend-ent Russell is going over the ground I once more and is finding from two to four feet of ore between the roof of I the stope and the hanging wall and in places It is even more than that while there is a like condition In relation to II the footwal Added to this Is the large number of pillars left in the stope which are being taken out I is no exaggeration to say that lIr Russell Rus-sell will be able to take out a much ore as ha been taken out here by his Iredecessors In addition to these discoveries made In old ground general supposed to be worked out there is a large territory In the West Geyser which is practically practical-ly untouched and In which good are is known to exist The distance from the mill has caused a neglect of this part of the companys holdings Some men have been put to work on the ground and as soon as conditions will justify a conditons wi justfy a track will be put in to carry the ore to the mill tunnel chute On the north side of the gulch a large stope ha been made covering several acres of ground A feW days ago this caved In and a tunnel is now being run on the footwal some distance dis-tance below to take out the remainder or the ore of which there is at least 15 feet remaining On account of the primitive methods used in extracting the ore it ha been necessary for the company tO spend a great deal of time and money to arrange ar-range maters so that everything can be worked to advantage Fiftyfive men are employed In the mine many of whom have been doing dead work for some time while a number have been prospecting for are The search ha been highlY successful and today there Is more ore in sight than at any time in the history of the mine The mi is treating an average of 125 tons per day and within a short time the mine could be put in condition to furnish double that amount At the present rate It will be the labor of another generation gen-eration to work out the lat of the are and make the final shipment to the refinery re-finery |