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Show WESTERN OPERATOR IN NEW YORK CITY Wlllard ,1. Snyder of "Salt Lake City, who Is Interested In a large number of mining properties In the West, was In the cltv this week coming in from the West, says the New York Mining Age. Tie reports thai the workings on the property of tho Ely Consolidated Minos company are now being prosecuted on the 100-foot level. "While drifting on the GOO-foot level in the Brilliant shaft toward the contact." said Mr. Snvdor. "we ran into a water flow thai almost flooded out our workings. work-ings. In order lo avoid the unnecessary expense of installing the necessary apparatus ap-paratus for pumping water they thought It preferable to start drifting on the 100 -fool level." , , Tt has been shown that they will be able- to prove the property just as well bv running this drift over toward the ore on the 100 as they would have on the Giifi In I lie meantime thev will save a great deal of money by not having to hoist nil the water |