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Show DEEP WORK BEGINS M GOLDFIELD CO! Big' Gold Producer and the Merger Mines to Connect Their Shafts. WORK IS IMPORTANT Means Deep Development of the. Atlanta and Other Mines of Camp. - Spoclal to Tho Tribune, j GOLDFIELD, Nov.. Sept. 6. One of 'tho leading officials of (he Consolidated Mlnc3 company states that the Grizzly Bear shaft of that company and the main shaft of the Goldficld Merger Mines company are now fast ncarlng tho 1400-foot 1400-foot level, at which depth stations will bo cut in both shafts, on a mean level, and a drift will bo drivon from tho Grizzly Griz-zly Bear shaft Into Atlanta ground, while a crosscut from the Merger slnift will bo extended to conncot with this drift in Atlanta territory, thu3 affording necessary neces-sary ventilation to the workings of all threo companies and greatly facilitating development. Atlanta Is Benefittod, It was also stated that another cross-out cross-out will bo driven to the Atlanta on a doepor lovol from tho Merger shaft and ln the event of commercial oro being exposed ex-posed ln tho progress of this work a ral30 will ho driven to connect with the workings on tho 1400 level This worlc will be ln progress very soon and the drift from the Grizzly Bear will be extended ex-tended to points under one or two of tho doopest shafts on tho Atlanta, now down about 700 feet, and by raising to thcae shafts they can be oponcd quickly and cheaply and enlarged for heavy work, if deemed necessary or expedient. Operating Jointly in this mannor all three companies will effect a large saving sav-ing and their work can bo greatly expedited ex-pedited as tho opening of tho deep workings work-ings to the liberal circulation of air. will permit of working full shifts at all times and development can bo carried on at many points simultaneously. Tho three main points of operation will form a trianglo of largo extent In tho central and apparently most valuable pari of the Goldlleld district, and all the territory terri-tory within and adjacent to this triangle can be explored and mined with every facility and condition making for economy, econ-omy, " Gossip About Shale. Talk of tho shale bottom having been found in the deepest workings of these mines, amounting to nothing more than gossip, is having no effect whatever upon up-on tho plans or operations of the principal prin-cipal companies. The Merger Mines shaft will be continued without interruption interrup-tion to a depth of 2000 feet, shale or no shale, and the only latoral work that will bo conducted prior to the completion of the shaft to that depth will ho the crosscut to tho Atlanta, to connect with the drift from the Grizzly Bear. This work from the Merger and Grizzly Griz-zly Bear shafts and on the 1400-foot lovel is designed merely as part of the operation oper-ation necessary and ndvisablo to facilitate facili-tate and expedito sinking, but It Is admitted ad-mitted that It may liavu a most important import-ant bearing upon future operations, ln determining tho course and dip of veins and the character of the formation at this depth and there Is always tho possibility possi-bility that work of this nature may result re-sult in opening Important deposits of ore, particularly In view of tho ore opened on tho 1300 Grizzly Bear. |
