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Show I STEWART WINZE IN ORE AT GOOD DEPTH Special to The Tribune. SPOKANE, Wash.. Nov. M. William Beaudry, superintendent of the Stewart mine In tho Coeur d'Alenc district, confirms con-firms the roport of the recent ore si t ike, saying that the vein mas encountered In the winze and adding that it inav go further than the winze. The miners are In ore at a depth of 3 Sr, fcct. While much first-class ore is behlg taken out every day the opening or the new ore-body ore-body will greatly Increase the shipments' of puro galena. Tho fact that this big ore bodv of great richness has been struck in tho upper workings has greatly encouraged tho stockholders and they look for much when the long tunnel, now being driven, encounters tho ore body. This tunnel Is going ahead at the rate of about 100 feet a month, and unless more than usual difficulties are met with in crossing the Osburn fault the ore body should be reached early next spring'. Tho facilities for working on the new tunnel have been Improved with the Installation In-stallation or cloctrlc lights and better air supply. The crew has been enlarged and the three shifts have worked continually con-tinually with, results which have set a record in the Cocur d'Alenes. |