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Show SHE CREEK BORE NEAR 2J1LE POINT Three Shifts in Breast Make Distance of 388 Feet in November. The breast of the Snake Creek tunnel Is now In a distance of 10,152 feet Irom the rortal, according to the report submitted sub-mitted by Kniner Guy U. McKay to General Alanaer George W. Larabourne. A distance oi 3SS feet was driven during dur-ing the mom h or' November and three shii'tK of men were employed in the bre;i st moat of the time. The big bore is now delivering at the portal S-8 second sec-ond feet of water. , Better progress Is predicted during this month, due to the fact that the new Bury nir compressor with a capacity of youtf cubic feet of air has been installed. The electrical connections are now being placed and the compressor will be running run-ning within a few days. Thia wiil rur-niph rur-niph a more efficient pressure for the drills. The ground belnp driven through Is a hard mineralized lime with beds dipping steeply to the north and showing unmistakable unmis-takable effects or" ipneous intrusion. Ac-eordinp Ac-eordinp to Engineer McKay, no dlorite has as yet been encountered, though the breast Is directly under the point where the contact appears on the surface. Though the ground during the month has been very hard the last two rounds encountered a softer drilling formation, hut tougher' and hard to break with the shots. It fa nearly pure crystalline cal-cite- Th breast during the greater part of the month has been dry except for a small drip, but after the 9S00-foot point had been passed quite a. little water was encountered. For a distance of fifty feet past the PSOO-foot point the I bedding planes have been very wet. |