Show DIAMOND DRILL prospecting STARTED fc IN THE RAYMOND ELY EXTENSION diamond drilling operations have been started by the tn raymond ely extension mining company on its property lt is at pioche nev according to manager george H 3 feeling that exploration work could be greatly expedited 1 by drilling the management recent recently ly purchased a diamond if i drill equipment capable of reaching from 1500 to 2000 feet h a in depth ai i cleaning and re timbering of the meadow valley no 9 c shaft by the raymond ely extension company has pro c ceedee to the level however before proceeding far t ther with this operation the company thought it would be better to secure all the data possible concerning the forma 13 I 1 tion east cast of or on the opposite side of the fault 71 to this end the company is sinking a hole to strike the combined metals limestone at what is believed to be its intersection with the raymond ely fissure productive productively lt with the meadow valley of in the quartzite iti lying to the west of the fault by this preliminary work the management will ascer it tain at what depth the objective limestone lies two other 11 im important p octant ore strata productive of large amounts of inin att eral in the virginia louise and the prince consolidated should be penetrated before reaching the combined metals limestone i I 1 inasmuch as the same fissure system in the quartzite I 1 to the west produced millions of dollars of some of the rich rian est silver ore ever mined in the west and siane on the surface of the raymond ely extension estate some excelle exceen 11 t ore has been taken from the shale and the limestone t tn b eio company believes that this diamond drilling should result resu in important discoveries k c the surface formation of the raymond ely extension n k groups is is a shale by limestone about feed e below the surface the combined metals limestone lindstone should be h entered below this objective formation is a shale and then tn i the cambrian quartzite which in the adjoining baym 0 ti E ely I 1 y and meadow valley mines was so richly mineralized act the pioneer miners miners prospected only the block of 1 i it to the west of which lies the combined metals with w d great silver lead zinc deposit and to the east the ray t ti ely extension faults forr on reaching the ing the lines of demarcation early work stopped t thirty As should average e inu progress of diamond drilling t e feet a day manager snyder hopes the fir first hole will deac re 11 its objective in three weeks or a month |