Show THE BIG FRIEDMAN TUNNEL special correspondence rochester nev sept 24 word from the workings of the rochester mines company on rochester hill is to the effect that the big friedman tunnel is still progressing rapidly at the rate of fifteen feet a day and is in feet vein matter is being encountered but it is of low grade and the officials of tle the company believe they are only hitting the first symptoms of the ore zone which may be encountered at a depth of from 1000 to 1200 feet according to the original estimates when figuring the dip of the veins at the level the tunnel will hit the big ledges at a depth of 1200 feet and unless all calculations are amiss should within thirty days demonstrate rochester as one of the biggest silver and gold mines in the west in the upper workings some splendid ore showings have been made during the past week the deep in the big four which is now down feet from the surface is making a phenomenal showing the and all continue in from seven to nine feet of ore running around 25 with an ever increasing gold content this is tile the deepest working on the crown point and its development gives all hope for big results when the friedman tunnel hits the ore |