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Show MIES DEVELOPMENT HAS GODDJHDWING Big Bore of Alta Tunnel Company Entering More Favorable Formation. John Foreman in charge of he work qt the Alta Tunnel fi. Transpor at on com rainy s property located at he head of Sliver Fork in the Bg Co tonwood d s tytct, reported to the loca officla s ves tterday that the southwest dr ft of the ground under lease to the Mines Deve op rnent company was showing a good etrak ox ore The ore occurs in a rong fissue $at Is being followed to the southwest la the drift off the raise from the tun Agl leveL Kicoordlng to Mr Foreman, the ore jjniiger is growing stronger as the dr ft 1ward the contact progresses The southwest drift s now out about twenty flfee feet from the stope ljlng to the I- northeast, -where the lessees m ned a con -S?eraWe tonnage of mill-ng ore that is otew on the stock pile await ng shipment & plough but one shift is being employed f Sf the leased ground goodi progress is be i9k made toward the contact the miners , OTVtog with machine dril s V Jt is expected that the contact will be " raa.cn ed within the next twenty five feet dnftiog The ore showing In the uiplnger is strong In the roof and in the e Boor and is a high grade product, con gaining- values In silver lead and cop-JBS cop-JBS The management will continue drlv ft? until the east wall of the contact jrn is reached, when a raise will be Swfcrted from the tunnel level to connect iKth the upper wrklnoS for better ven fcgffiation- and the more, economical han Mffjffg of the ore and waste. ffif-Lne mala runnel being driven by the ISjSta. Tunnel company is now well beyond HP NOO-foot point The ground Is break Wt better and the tunnel has almost tissed through the brecclated vein ma feBjjai, the soft white soluble limestone raBuK"lS stronger with each round of gamst The tunnel Is still delivering a BsKtav- flow of water BpjRUI;-Qf the necessary supplies consisting KW'W'g machinery parts and food sup BXres, were hauled to the property on KBSesday Enough supplies have been laid KMrto provide fully throughout the win UP 'months ana well into spring. The Bm: fa n has he en installed at the portal Bigt,a-tunnel, but the air line is not yet |