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Show rj$ Winze Is Going Down in Pttjj Rich Channel Recently ! Opened Up. mil ! SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS ($i IN EACH SHIFT ON IT Fosfniasfer Stilwell Sees Great- jj'i ly Increased Tonnages if ; Ahead of Camp, y i ' ; Tho day's arrivals 'of Alta report tho i management of tho Columbus Consoll- i dated going down on tho channel oC hlgh- ' grade oro with which Its researches wero recently rewarded on tho 100-foot level A below tho tunnel, and In a class of ore ,rjj which Is maintaining values In silver and , J.-j percentages In copper not remote from (- tho sensational. It was said by ono of (j those, Indeed, that for ovcry foot now V being gained In this winze, tho company ?j is adding at least several hundred dol- j i lars to Its resources. It Is tho Intention to continue with this winze upon tho dip Vi of tho channel until tho 200-foot level is ' 4 reached. Meantime, several hundred tons , I " of oro aro at the sampler and ready for , the furnaces. I I i John Stilwell, postmaster at camp, who , (. i was among the visitors, says Its activities . . j aro Increasing hourly, nnd that tho pay- j ; rolls certify to tho employment of a . j i larger number of persons than at any " ' i other period In a quarter of a century. I At the plant nnd properties of tho Con- s tlnentnl compnny, Manager Crowther Ip .' working profitably all for whom ho can fJ , find elbow room, whilo at the Albion the 1 i development of tho now Btrlko In Its . lowest workings cont!nuo3 steadily. Good i report: continue to come from tho Quln- lrj cy while at the Kennebec the Intermediate i ' A tunnel Is being hastened to u connection with well-known ore bodies, and cxtrac- ' tlon from there will undoubtedly be on a I largo scale next season. At tho South I t Columbus tho work Is progressing rapld- I 1 j ly, as Is It on a number of others, not n t' -J few of which, says Mr. Stilwell, should .j-J be added to tho shippers next season. |