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Show HI GEU IS BET1BE1G SHAFT Two Weeks Task Confronts Company, Then Output Will Be Resumed. . General Manager C. E. Loose of tho Grand Central company, was In the city Saturday from Provo, and he confirmed the news from Tlntlc to thc effect that the property has ceased ore shipments for a brief period, during which time the management will complete somo needed repairs to thc main shaft. Colonel Loose said that It was the plan to retimber thc shaft from tho 400-foot level to the surface, sur-face, and that these timbers had stood for seventeen years with frequent patching patch-ing here and Ihore. This retlmberlng will take about two weeks, following which tho regular ore production will bo resumed. When asked regarding mine conditions'. Colonel Loose stated that everything was progressing smoothly, and that the Grand Central Is good for many years to come. Colonel Loose seldom carries a grat deal of news around with him, preferring thai mlno production and dividends relate re-late In connection with the usual reports of tho company the property conditions, but it is understood that tho mine has the largest ore tonnage in sight In Us history. While this oro Is in large part milling grade, it Is commercial In every particular, and on tho completion of the custom milling enterprise at Silver City this tonnage will be utilized and realized upon. Those knowing the Grand Central Cen-tral assert that It has dollar for dollar as many dividends In sight as tho company com-pany has distributed to tho present time. Tho company has paid to date $1,527,750 in dividends. |