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Show LOGGER IS DM6 I ITS LOWER TUNNEL Will Give Additional Depth of 100 Feet on Ore Body. Thf1 1,oct M ininc' rotn an v, the propoitv of which is lor-tiffd in the Bi ' ottonvvond di.-trict, and wliich ndjoins the Maxtield fropcrty, is novr- driving its lower tunnel. This ivc an I -ditonnl dodh of 100 feet on the ore body opened in the upper tunnel, according accord-ing to thp mnnngrmcnt. Three tdjifl s of minors are employed and the tunnel will be driven in rh rapidlv as possible. pos-sible. The portiil of the newr tunnel is located at a point about 170 loot below the pot tul of the upper t unnel and almost , due Houth from it. It is now in a dis-j tanee of twenty feet and excellent prog- tps in being mado in diiving it. The eonise ot' the uppfr tunnel is approximately approxi-mately 17 degrees went of south, which m the rike of the main fissure, on which the tunnel whs driven and in whieh the ore was discovered. The ronrst' of the lower tunnel in ) deojccs enst ot outh and within fifty fi'ct from i t h portal a cross fissure will be encountered that iff believed to be responsible- for the ore deposition struck in the upper tunnel. Thin crosh tis--ure interM-'cts the main figure on which the upper tunnel was driven at the point where the ore was rirM rni'oun-tercd. rni'oun-tercd. The crn-w ri-suie Ptrikes almost due north and south. In the event that it shuns ore when it i cut bv the lower tunnel it will be fol'owed to its mter-eetiurr with the mam figure. Jn the event that 110 ore is fou nd in it the tunnel will be continued until the n.ain h-- ire has b'n cut. r from the ut per tunnel ran from $L"i.-H to I'-: to the ton. The property i equipped with houeg for t h ac.-oinino.hit ion ot the miners. 1 au-l the con: -un v ims been fitifinefd to curry t o c on-;dct mo thp present t'iiin of ievebijonent work. It i b-irg d'-ne bv OiitrM-'t. |