Show Stockton Companys Work The management of the Stocklnn Gold Mining and Milling company by which the properties ot the Lion Con vcrc ivrcmly absorbed yesterday let a contract to sink the new shaft an additional 100 feet and to the present force will add a now crew on tho old workings The Intention Is to run a series of drifts and crosscuts and to plac the entire mine in shape for economical development and the extraction ex-traction of ore of which there is a large amount exposed The ground has been productive of a great deal of ore in the past und with the proposed I connection of the shaft with the vein completed a steady output is relied on Col I A Eonton one of the fortunate fortu-nate owners of the Hercules at Stockton Stock-ton has returned from that camp and Is most enthusiastic over the outlook The Hercules under the management of Mr Mltchener has improved steadily I steadi-ly with the progress of work and promises a considerable Increase in the output with the completion 01 development develop-ment work which is now being Industriously Indus-triously pushed A great deal of activity Is reported in the old camp with a largo amount to follow |