Show ENOHMOUS DISCLOSUSES ICew Channel in Con Mercur Over 100 Feet in Width The crosscut by which the strength of the new goldbearing channel In the Con Mercur Is being demonstrated has now advanced a distance of over 100 j fcet without encountering u footwall said President John Dern on his return to his desk yesterday afternoon after doing all Inhis powerto lighten the ef feeLs of the blow which has stunned the great camp When he left there was just a premonition that the sul phides which occur along the footwall were corning lnk but thus far the crosscut cross-cut luis been In a continuous body of nxldizcd ore Meanwhile the manage ment has drifted seventyJive feet east nf the channel while gIOi progress is being made to the wrsc and while Pres ident Dern was not Inclined to exult In the race of the disaster by which the camp has been momentarily overcome the strike Is the biggest that has been recorded In the district At present the mine and mill IB getting along with reduced forces to which they will be limited until the mouths can be provided provid-ed with regular food and permanent lodgings |