Show i LOTS OF OFIN IN OLD HOLT MINE Pumps Installed Cannot Han Hali Handle Handie die dle Flow Which May Prove Valuable Asset Mo ena June 23 A mining venture I that cannot prove a losing one whether It reaches the ore or not is a rarity In Inthia Inthis Inthis this thia class cla however is the Holt mine near Modena owned by the Escalante Gold Mining company situated sixteen miles southeast Several months ago an Installation of machinery was made that was expected to meet all aU requirements A few days work in the shaft however showed shoved such an Increased flow of water that a anew anew anew new pump of greater capacity was re requisitioned A pump with a capacity of gallons per minute was set up last week but to date It has hall been unable to lower the water In the shaft more than three inches Ordinarily this t ls would be considered con unfortunate especially since during t tie the e few days the company was able to work the bottom of the shaft gave every evidence of fine ore making In permanently However whatever the outcome or result of a more expensive and greater machinery installation n and although the flow of water should prove too great to permit further mining the fact re remains remains remains mains that rolling roiling eastward from the mine and away from the mineral minerai zone are acres and acres of the very finest desert land the choicest of which could be reclaimed by making the present mining shaft the center and circumference ence of an irrigation n project A considerable lake of water has al already alread already ready read been formed In the desert It is said by the mine pumping and Intend Intending IntendIng Intending ing settlers are growing somewhat an anticipatory anticipatory It is said that the company is unde undecided undecided undecided whether to abandon the present shaft and sink a new one or sink a from a drift above the water line with a view of getting in under the flow |