Show PAYMENT ON BEN HARRISON american sumpter ore on october 1st ast a payment of was made by the ben har harrison rison mines company to the owners of the ren ben harrison mine it being the second payment of that amount on the bond held on the property by the company half the amount of the purchase price has now been paid the other payment of having been made when the company took hold of the property A L white president of the lima 0 locomotive works is the head of the ben harrison mines company those receiving the money were W A gilliam and grace gilliam of pilot rock james A howard baker and J albert cheape of virginia the ben harrison mines company started operations a little more than a year ago and in that time have developed the property from a raw prospect to a mine and a good one several thousand feet of tunnel have been driven luring during the year and the vein system developed to a depth of over feet while this work has opened up large bodies of commercial ore it is not the intention of manager fellows to install a reduction plant until they have developed the ledge feet deeper to do this it will be necessary to sink the machinery for which is now being installed the hoist for the shaft will be at a station on the crosscut tunnel and will be operated by a gasoline engine the mine is already equipped with a completed compressor and machine drills and preparations have been made for carrying on work through the winter 0 |