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Show Drifting at Depth in Ik ktimi Headed for the System of Ore-Bearing Channels Two Thousand Feet Under Earth. Drlftlnc; has begun on tho eighteenth level of tho Centennial Eureka of Tintlc, or at a depth of 2000 feet below tho collar of tho shaft, to tho system of ore-bearing channels and that havo now been fathomed fath-omed on their dip to a dopth of 1550 feet and that aro ns strong upon that horizon hori-zon as havo they boon at any time in tho bonanjv. aicumvhllo, lovel 1C Is advancing advanc-ing to an early connection -with tho first of tho channels, which will bo intercepted by It nt a dopth of 1S00 feet, whllo the tonnago, according to tho record of the week at camp has roached a volume greater than at any previous time In tho history of It. TI10 exploratory work on tho 2000-fot level will bo followed with Iho grentcat Interest by tho. miners of that district, as It really means a lesson on conditions at a total depth of 2700 feet on tho great mineral-bearing zone nt Tintlc. |