Show THE TRAPPERS PRIDE richfield reaper heaper W G elvin came down from the trappers pride mine last week to spend a few days of the holiday season in richfield he reports that excellent progress has been made this fall at the mine and that the outlook is most flattering and encouraging since the tunnel was cleaned out and repaired a distance of feet has been driven along the hanging wall of the vein the vein averages 16 feet in width and carries values from 10 to 11 it is expected to soon begin upraising raising up there is a depth of to feet at this point the work so far places the property in an excellent condition for further development A contract of supplying the mine with timber for the winter hasteen has been completed and the timbers are at the mine A big stock of provisions has been put in and everything is ready for the uninterrupted development of the property throughout the winter the ore that is being taken out is being piled on the dump and it is expected that conditions will justify the erection of a mill in the spring which is now the object of the company superintendent A D maclain has proven that his theory of opening this mine is correct and the company has unbounded confidence in his ability to place it in the fr front i ont rank of gold mountain producers before another season has gone |