Show SHOWING IN THE HERCULES special correspondence burke idaho may 12 the ore body encountered in the hercules mine a month ago is increasing in size and richness it is the same as that in the bonanza shoot the extent of the new find has not been ascertained for feet the drift has been in the ore no attempt is being made to mine the new body all ali work being solely for development purposes not even a crosscut cross cut has been run to ascertain the thickness of the shoot the strike was made by a drift from no 4 tunnel the lowest level in the mine the drift was run westerly from the main ore body and the new ore was found in the same ledge that carries the original ore body the ore bodies are feet apart where no 4 tunnel strikes the main ore body a depth of 1900 feet is attained but in drifting west the apex of the hill is passed and the depth at the new strike is 1500 feet the new ore body is a blind shoot showing no droppings crop pings on the surface |