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Show ALBION CO. GUIS Also Encounters Heavy Flow of Water and Formation For-mation Looks Good. Another promising ore stringer and what is said to be the widest one struck as yet was cut Sunday on the Albion property, located in the Little Cottonwood Cotton-wood district, according to a telephone message received from the property at the local offices yesterday. A heavy flow of water was also encountered, indicating indicat-ing that the crosscut is nearlng the Kate Hays fissure. It Is expected that this" may be reached, with any round of shots and when the Increased flow of water was encountered Sunday the miners who entered the crosscut were expecting to discover that the fissure has been cut- The last ore stringer cut, which shows the same grade of high-grade ore, occurs in practically the same manner as the other stringers, being parallel to the general gen-eral strike of the Kate Hays fissure. One Interesting feature of the present development is that the ore strinsers have not only been increasing In width as the fissure Is neared. but they have also been showing an Increase In values. This leads the management to conclude that the ore body from which they are believed to be off -shoots must He either beyond the present breast or above the crosscut. The Increased' flow of water, however, points to more open country immediately beyond be-yond the present breast. The crosscut, which is being driven in a southerly direction and off the ilia Qulncy tunnel, has been passing through a porphyry dike, which, for a distance of about thirty-five feet, has been heavily heav-ily mineralized and whJch contains the ore stringers. In the opinion of those conversant with the geological formation on the Albion property, the Kate Hays fissure will be cut aft or the crosscut passes entirely through the porphyry dike and enters the country lying on the other oth-er side of it. This wUl be in the limestone lime-stone formation, which Is more favorable for ore deposition. Two shafts are being employed and the work Is being pusehd as rapidly as possible. When cut, the fissure will be encountered at a vertical depth of about 1200 feet from the surface. |