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Show siocmn zw ABDUTUNWATERED Old District Now Reclaimed Through Long Drain Tunnel. THE VARIOUS COMPANIES DRIVING FROM AVENUE Hj New Ones Seeking License To Ultimately Unwater An-other An-other System. To tho mines of Stockton tho iilllmato H utility of tho Honerlno's lone tunnel, H through which tho wealth as wc.ll 113 tho H waters of that zone Is to find nn outlet, HJ 1b being hourly emnhasl.ocl. From a sia- j tlon SAW feet within, tho manas-itnent hos H now begun to drive upon tho lodge to a connection with tho Gnlna King. To reach tho end lino of tho hitter will re-qulro re-qulro TOO feet of drifting:. At that station H tho management of tho Galenx King-, ono H of tho llrst to recognize tho necessity of tho long- tunnel and to signify Its wMlli g- 1 ncss to ahnro tho expense of drlv'.nr; 1L, 1 will toko up the work and carry it 300 1 feet to a connection with tho King- ledge. H From tlw "GOO-foot station tho manago- B ment of tho Honerlne West Is forging its B way to channels by which Its territory fissured, whllo at the MOO the Bullion Is to H begin driving to its led. Men'iwhllo B tho management of tho Black Diamond, H through a. brunch beginning at tho G&w- j foot station, has eltcctcd a connection H' with and Is now driving on Its ledge, 1 whllo tho Alexander and Cyclono Is aeh j negotiating for a license that shall ena- j bio II to ronpect from tho long tunnel, tho latter now ready to come to m.ivki;:, H overland, with about two carina Js of ore of good quality. In October "the r.bjec- 1 tlvc" will havo been reached by the II on- 1 erlne, tho active delivery of. ores that 1 promise to add much to the dally rc- H points at the furnaces of the American H Smelting and Refining company In this 1 valley to follow. Wnll; tho lootf tun- B nel Is thus serving all interests below, it 1 has dralneed tho estate of the M.ist lloii- H crlno and enabled its management to nd- Ivanco through tho lloncrinc 00 leet to oro bodies that await it. That tho owners own-ers of the tunnel will bo ultimately Induced In-duced to extend It to a connection with a system of old properties Including tho Katherlne, tho No You Don't and others, is not at all unlikely. Awaiting such an outlet. It Is said, is considerable ore, whllo with tho draining of that - horizon sinking will undoubtedly bo resumed No ono will urgo other than that tho undertaking under-taking Is worth moro than It nan cost. Infinitely moro than It shall cost to extend to other .mines within tho zone, whim is to bo mado so productive In a shor: time. |