Show POPE SHENON OPENS NEW IN VIRGIN GROUND ON LEVEL about a month ago the winder stillman company operators of the pope shenon while on exploration work between tunnels five and six struck a very rich vein returning such high values the manager hesitated to publish the assay says the salmon idaho herald engineer mcclellan of the international smelter of salt lake was at the mine at the time and has continued observation of the development work a foot tunnel in ore until now both the engineer and the operators are quite convinced they have entered a body of ore in virgin ground the richness and extent of which they make no attempt to estimate but believe it will continue bigger and better the new find is beyond the snow workings on the and the vein is twelve feet wide at point of contact six tunnels ha have hae e been driven all of them in ore the ore body lying at a 72 degree dip the vertical height from tunnel one to six six is is approximately feet while from the surface to tunnel six is about 1500 vertical feet raising and sloping on each level has given to the operators the assurance of a vast body of ore and the find of rich ore in virgin ground gives radiant promise for the future equipping Equi ping for year round operation new machinery has been added to increase production A small ball mill to carry the oversize from the large ball mill will be installed the american filter press which arrived during the past month will be in place within a week sloping timbering and development work has been carried on during the season which when the equipment is ready will assure a full run of ore from the mine to keep keel the property in steady operation the year round during the summer a twelve hour shift has been running with twenty eight men employed both in the mill and the mine tailings from the dump are still being treated returning a recovery of per cent manager J W jones believes he has solved the problem of an adequate water supply A group of springs near heal the cabins down the hill from the mill have been located which even at this low season have a large supply of water it is the intention of the manager to pump the water a raise of feet and carry it through a 1500 foot pipe line to the mine |