Show eastern news special coff esponde nce oregon mining the SL mining review sumpter ore sept 20 A report from the dixie meadows in the quartzburg Quartz burg district states that the vein on the no 2 level is very much wider than it was thought to be it was stated a short time ago that the crosscut cross cut had revealed a vein width of 50 feet but what was taken for wall matter averaged per ton therefore contradicting the theory that the foot wall had been reached the width of the vein has not been determined but it is known to be considerably over fifty feet charles thomas of the fairbanks morse company which is installing a ton concentrator cen returned from there yesterday and states that the machinery will be placed in a short time and that the mill will be in operation by the of bf october the main object of the company now is to provide ground to supply the new mill and it is thought that the daily mill capacity can be easily mined in twenty four hours A raise is being put in connecting no 1 and no 2 levels this has been carried a distance of seventy five feet with another sev enty five feet yet to go from the no 1 a raise is being carried to the surface this is now thirty feet in ore averaging 30 work is to be resumed at the big four in the red boy district in a short time W C rutter of seattle president and general manager of the Kittan aning mining company operating the big four was here this week making arrangements to begin operations again he took warren cable superintendent in of the adelene with him to examine the property and to advise regarding a plan for future development mr cable recommends driving a 1000 foot crosscut cross cut tunnel which will reach the main vein of the property at a depth of feet there is considerable work already done on the property A foot crosscut cross cut was driven to the main lead where a depth of feet was attained and some drifting was done there are three veins on the location the main one of which averages between fifteen and thirty feet otto herlocker manager of the highland gold mines company reports that all of the buildings have been practically taken and that most of the timber has been brought to the mouth of the glasgow tunnel he is enlarging the ditch which brings the water from rock creek to the air blast at the glasgow tunnel he states that the ore in the face of the drift is looking better than ever and that he is satisfied the I 1 bannockburn aa shoot is being entered the cracker highland gold mining company reports good values in the present workings recent assays essays run from 40 to 85 the tunnel is being carried to the I 1 vein where a depth of twenty feet will be attained the ledge so far determined by the present work is about ten feet wide it is a fissure and carries uniformly good values the mill at the red boy was closed down temporarily last week it is understood that this was done on account of a scarcity of the ore supply while the mill force was discharged the underground men were were retained and it is understood that development work will be pushed to provide reserves to operate the mill c continuously the geiser hendryx investment company made the first payment on the midway property this week ahead of the time designated in the agreement when the mine was taken over since the geiser hendryx people secured the midway a great deal of development work has been done and much machinery installed A saw mill was put on the property and is now running full time A few days ago the sinking plant with a depth capacity of 2000 feet went into commission all told it is stated that has been expended for development of the mine since it changed hands T G GWYNNE |