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Show I AROUND BULLFROG'S DIGGINGS, i Throwing Rich. Ore on. Dumps of That Region. "I'm throwing tons and tons of oro run-nlrg run-nlrg from $20 to $0 over tho dump," said Superintendent Gcorgo Plcrco of tho , Original Bullfrog to the Bullfrog Miner's representative. A. sort of a sigh that, re--portorlzcd. meant "loo bad" accompanied the remark. Mr. Pierce Is nn old Colorado mining man. and It Is natural that he should feel bad to seo rock that would be honored as smelter oro In Cripplo Creek thrown over tho dump In Bullfrog. At present tho Original forco may ba said to bo "resting on Its ores." The windlass has done duty for 153 feel, and tho man-, man-, agement will not rush sinking operations until the hoisting machinery arrives. In tho meantime, while work In tho deep !- haft has been stopped, tho miners con-tinue con-tinue to-sack high-grade ore. Operations aro being pushed night and day in tho tunnel and larger shaft of the Gibraltar Mines syndicate on Bonanza J mountain, i The Job of timbering the big working 5 rhaft has been finished and tho men are slrklng. The present depth is forty-sov-f en feet, and the superintendent says tho bottom pans well. The tunnel on tho east slope of tho mountain Is In U3 feet and the ledge Is thought not to bo far off. S In the breast there are streaks of quartz. The timbering of the smaller shaft to the west will be finished tomorrow, when sinking will ba resumed at a depth of twcnty-flvo feet. |