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Show CORK MINES OeROOUCEAS i Official Report Shows De- velopment of Numerous Properties of Camp. ;. The report of the United Coins took '; Funiplne association shows that the two new sinking' pumps below the 2700 level of the Ophir and Mexican winze were operated op-erated in a very satisfactory manner, and the water was lowered to I lie 20-foot point below the sill floor of the 270D station of th winze. Decayed and broken cribbing was replaced, and old centers removed. IClght by ten centers are being put in so that the three-compartment winze Is be-inf be-inf converted into two compartments. The winze timbers generally are being found in good condition after being submerged sub-merged for over thirty years. At. the Combination shaf L during the week, work has been completed laying the t-ills for the hoist and compressor build-in?, build-in?, and the erection of the buildings has been started. Work has also started for the foundations of ihe hoist and compressor, compress-or, and twelve tons of scrap Iron were loaded for shipment. The Union Con. mine continued Us active act-ive prospecting work for the week, with favorable conditions prevailing. From the seventh floor of No. z stope on the 250O level, drifting into the footwall has been started for the purpose of prospecting. , Pro in No. 3 atope on the 2500 level, 222 cars of ore were e.xtraclod, averaging per ton, and having a gross value of over $6000. The Mexican, on the 2300 level, reopened the old south drift from the north boundary bound-ary line for thirty-six feet. Sierra Nevada north drift from No. 1 ' stope on the 20 (o level was advanced eight feet, and lace shows porphyry and quartz, giving from low to fair assays. The old main north luteral drift has been reopened reop-ened to the thirty-nine-foot point. Con. Virginia has discontinued the south drift on the 2700-foot level In vein porphyry, and at the 400-foot point in i he drift has started a west cross-cut. which is passing through vein material, carrying quartz and clay. The Ophir south drift from the northwest north-west crosscut on the 2700. has been advanced ad-vanced to the forty-seven-foot point, and the face is in quartz and porphyry. The Andes on the 350-foot level, from development work, saved 114 cars of ore. The raise is in low grade quartz, and has been discontinued for the present. - The Alpha and Exchequer north drift on the L'OO level from the Imperial shaft shows clay and quartz of low assay value at the 2Sfl-foot point. Confidence - Challenge - Imperial have timbered in the south drift on the 200 level of the Imperial shaft, preparatory to starting an east crosscut. The Jacket mill received 770 tons of dump rock and operated the mill and cyanide cy-anide plant The Caledonia Ib repairing on the 1200 foot level, and the northwest drift was advanced ad-vanced to the SIS-foot point. Virginia Chronicle. |