| Show EUREKA NEVADA MINE IMPROVES according to A G burritt consulting engineer for the eureka nevada company the being sunk on a showing opened up about feet from the portal of the lower tunnel an excellent shoot of high grade ore is being developed when sinking was first started there was only about one foot of ore showing now at a depth of forty feet there is about two feet of ore opened up with the vein widening out as the is sunk enough ore is being taken out according to mr burritt to pay for the expense of sinking this the vein being developed at present was encountered in driving the main working tunnel about feet from the portal it is said A drift was driven off upon the showing while the main tunnel was pushed the territory so richly on ahead to open mineralized in the upper workings about twenty feet from the tunnel a raise was started inasmuch as this work proved that going down rather than up the ore was sinking of the was begun ever since the w was as started the ore has widened steadily as depth has been attained says mr burritt the main tunnel which is being driven on steadily has now crosscut cross cut the formation of 1000 f feet beet work for a distance this tunnel about a year ago was begun on convinced that became when the company the cheapest way to h handle andle the ore devel aped in the upper workings would be to drive an adit from the side of the hill opposite to that on which was situated the portal of the tunnel driven for exploration purposes in this tunnel about feet above the level of the main working adit several chutes of excellent ore were opened up As all of these chutes seemed to be making down the company decided to drive the lower tannel not only will the ore be developed at a greater depth but a long and expensive haul over the hill will be eliminated the portal of the lower tunnel is but three miles from the railroad loading station 0 |
