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Show CARDIFF ORE BODY LARGER THAN EVER Ore still continues behind the supposed footwall to which the crosscut was driven recently off the main tunnel level in the Cardiff mine, located in the south fork of Big Cottonwood canyon. In the raise from the crosscut and on the supposed footwall Superintendent Hurley, who succeeded suc-ceeded Henry Barney, ordered a round of holes drilled into the lime, with the result re-sult that when the shots were fired the ore body was found to bo continuing behind be-hind the supposed foot wall, which has been demonstrated to be merely a lime slip. Superintendent Hurley has written President Thompson to that effect. Before the new development disclosed the continuation of the ore, conservative mining operators stated without hesitation hesita-tion that the Cardiff shoot was the largest lar-gest single shoot of ore that had been opened in any Utah mine in years. They now say that any attempt to define the limits of the ore body would be pure conjecture. The raise Is now up about forty feet, and but for the intersecting lime slip' is in eolld ore. The drift which was started along the hanging-wall In a southerly direction di-rection is still in ore, and since it is being be-ing driven at a constantly increasing angle from the main tunnel the ore body is widening with every round. Along the contact between the lime and tiip quart-site, quart-site, and from the point where the ore was first encountered, it has been opened in the main tunnel for approximately 160 feet, with the breast still in solid ore. The raise that was started on the supposed sup-posed footwail, with the upper tunnel level as the objective noint, and which is being driven for ventilation, is being continued. It will, when the connection is made, also give the miners a better method of entering en-tering the main tunnel, as from the upper up-per tunnel level they can be hoisted to the surface through the shaft, which is located but a short distance from the boarding house on the surface. There are at present twenty-one teams employed in hauling the ore that ie being taken from the raise and the drift along the hanging-wall to the smelter at Murray. Mur-ray. Juet how long the teams will be able to continue will depend upon the snowfall. Tentative plans are being considered con-sidered for the building of an aerial tramway in the spring. Three shifts are being employed at present, and it is the plan of the management to continue the work throughout the winter months. |