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Show WOOD PROGRESS WITH DIAMOND DRILL Driving Down Hole at Rate of Forty-five Feet Per Day. Between forty-five and fifty feet per day Is the rate at which the diamond drilling is .being done jointly by the .Emma Copper Mining company and the Old Emma Em-ma -Leasing company on the properties In the little Cottonwood district in search of the ore bodies lost when the Montezuma Monte-zuma fault was encountered. The completion com-pletion of the first hole will give the officials of-ficials valuable data to be used in the d lilllng of other holes. The first hole is now down beyond the 500-foot point. The drill hole is going down at an angle an-gle of 62 degrees. It will have to be driven driv-en down farther than the calculated displacement dis-placement of the ore bodies, which, according ac-cording to J. J. Reeson, the geologist retained re-tained some months ago by the Krnma Copper company to study tlie geology. Is between 450 and 500 feet on the vertical. verti-cal. Basing his conclusions on the Information Informa-tion lie has gathered during tiie past three months, Mr. Beeson is positive that the faulting took place after the ore bodies ; had been formed, lie is also of the opinion opin-ion that the downthrow is on the northeast north-east side and that the diamond drilling will locate tiie continuation of the ore bodies. The first hole is being drilled trom the Bay city tunnel level and, according ac-cording to the officials of the company, t lie work was started there hera.use tlie fatdt that cut off the Old Emma ore body lias been identified as the Montezuma tault, which also cut off the ore bodies , in the Illinois tunnel workings to the west. ! At a depth of 3ft2 feet a change of formation for-mation was encountered by the- drill. A darker limestone was drilled Into, show-ling show-ling stringers of quartz and iron pvrite. Inasmuch as iron pyrite is generally found associated with the ore bodies of the district, this is considered a favora-; favora-; ble indication. |