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Show BOSTON ELY SHAFT HEARS WATEH LEVEL Superintendent Satisfied That Rig Ore Bodies Will Be Found Soon. Superintendent E. W. Ralph of the Boston Ely was In Ely the latter part of tho week, according to tho Ely Expositor. Exposi-tor. Ho says that tho Emma shaft Is J now in forty-fivo feet of oro currying from 60 cents to 52 In gold and from 1 of 1 per cent to 3 por cent copper This would bo considered commercial ore If It were a steam shovel proposition, proposi-tion, but the efforts of the company are now directed toward driving tho shaft down to tho 1150 lovel. where the socond-nry socond-nry enrichment Is expected to be reached with wator level. Tho shaft Is now down 1110 feet, and for the last forty-live foot of this depth the shnft has been In grny unaltered primary pri-mary sulphides, which Ho bolow tho Jas-pcrold. Jas-pcrold. The Jasporold lies at a pitch of 45 degrees, tho pilch being to the north. Water Lovel Soon, The water level has not yet boon reached by an estimated distance of forty feet, though the bottom of tho shaft Is moist and damp. H . When tho 1150 love) Is renchod. whero It is expected the water will be oncoun- 9 tercd. a drift will be run to the con- M tact of the Jasporohl and limestone, where G tho secondary enrichment Is expected to u bo found. This drift. It Is expected, will bo not more than 150 feet in length before be-fore tho secondary enrichment Is encountered. encoun-tered. Tt Is tho llrm conviction of Mr. Ralph that splendid values will bo found at thnt point and thnt tho mine will then be In a condition to begin Immediate production pro-duction If desired. |