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Show "OUTPUT FROM WEDGE " FIFTY TONS PER DAY Conditions Good at South Hecla and Little Cottonwood Cotton-wood District Thriving. Mi it1 conditions at tlie South Moda property, lo ated in the J.ittl Coltonwood district, were never hetter, from the viewpoint view-point of ore de elojHnent, anrl there is he-iii' he-iii' hroken In t he Wod?e workings and shipped about fifty tons of ore per day. The greater potion of the tonnage is 'otuiiis1 t'rum tlie 250-foot level and above ami from the :!5u-foot levl and above. Except for the dust, the roadways in tlie district are in pood condition and' a, larger amount of ore is hein f-ent out each week. Acfordiru? to reports received hy local officials from the property, the development develop-ment work on tlie lower levels of t iie South Hecla is not. heins pushed ahead as vigorously as heretofore. This is due to the greater amount of surface water than usual, which is caused by the rap-, rap-, idly melting snow. As soon as this condition con-dition clears up, the work of developing the lower levels will be pushed ahead as in the r'ast. At the South Hecla Extension property, prop-erty, considering the conditions, excellent progress is being made by the miners that are driving toward the South Hecla Extension Ex-tension ground proper In the crosscut at a point about 2200 feet from the portal of the Quincy tunnel. Three shifts equipped with machine drills are employed. The ground beyond the ore body that was cut recently is in a brecciated" condition and timbering is required. These workings are also showing much surface water, which impedes the work to some extent. Preparations are beinr made by tho South Hecla Extension " company to develop de-velop the ore body cut recently. ' According Accord-ing to the terms of the right of wav through the South Hecla ground, the South Hecla Extension company mav mine all ores encountered for a distance of seventy-five feet each side of the right of way. The ore bodv was cut at a vertical depth of about 800 feet from tlie surface. The fissure occurs In the limestone lime-stone on the tunnel level. About 350 feet above the tunnel level tlie point where the fissure intersects the over-thrust over-thrust contact will be reached hv a raise. Conditions throughout the district are good, more companies are operating than ever before and a much larger tonnage of ore is being shipped than heretofore. Good miners are in demand, inasmuch as many of the men have gone to work on leases. |