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Show FLOW OF LEAD FROM HQNER1NE THE output of the Honerlne mines and mill at Stockton attained a normal, under the present tonnages ton-nages from the slopes, during the week of eighty-live tons of lead dally, according to tho record forwarded for-warded to the management yesterday, associated with it not a little sliver. While tho ore bodies have not been called upon to exert themselves, tho management with present production la piling up profits that foretell the appearance ap-pearance of the bonanza among the bread makers a few months later. The tonnage now, Indeed, Is derived from a single stope In the St. Patrick ledge, nor will the management endeavor to crowd It until connection Is made with tho extraordinary system of ore-bearing channels through the main tunnel. This alone means a tvlng of at least 50 cents per ton, said Manager Snyder, on extraction. Meanwhile Superintendent Superin-tendent Raddatx is cross-cutting north and south to tap the St. Patrick and Honerlne ledges, and ln doing so has poised through a blind ledge. On thl no drifting for ore has been undertaken, nor will there be any until the main ledges have been reached. From tho long tunnel a tremendous volume of water continue to pour, while the great mineral-bearing zone Is being correspondingly corre-spondingly drained. Until the waters recede no effort will be made to continue con-tinue the tunnel. However, the situation situa-tion Is a very satisfactory one. |