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Show MILLER HILL MINE IS STEADILY BETTER Last Round in Face of Main Tunnel Shows Beds of Zinc Ore Coming Down. That the Millor Trill mine of American Korlt canyon will be a shipper at an early date is virtually conclusive, according to information received yesterday by J. C. Jensen, who was in telephonic communication communi-cation with W. J ,. Munguni, general man-afir man-afir of tiie company. The main tunnel is now in feet and Lho last round showed beds of zinc ore coming down from the ground above. This is the same Torn iat Ion and the same character of ore as was encountered by the famous Dutchman, directly under the lari: rnrbonaie ore bodies milking in the lime beds alxive the (piartaite. It will brt remembered that in tho e;irly '70's the Dutchman made a fortune for its owners, and even afti-r the mine was supposed to h virtually worked out k-ssees took out more tiuin $1 .000. Owl, the ore running 54 per cent lead and 93 ounces in silver. It s evident that the Dutchman fissure Ib i-n-liiLj approached, and the highly favorable fa-vorable feature of the development lies in the fact that the company will have 800 feet or better for bncks. For two weeks the Miller Hill miners have been battling with gases that have greatly retarded progress in the tunnel. The f mtehman people, just before they reached the rich ore, had the tame fight to make. The flow of gas in the Miller Tlill is now decreasing and progress can be made with less difficulty. The close connection of the formation, even though the properties are about -000 feet apart, is shown by the fact that lessees on the Dutchman were recently forced to discontinue work In the winze because of the heavy flow of water and gas. Director Jensen received word yesterday yes-terday morning that since tho gases in the Miller Hill have apparently largely escaped, relief had been afforded in the Dutchman winze and the lessees had been able to resume operations. The main objective in the Miller Hill tunnel in tho I'acific fissure, which is from 700 to 800 feet distant. Work will not be permitted to lag until this fissure is reached, but In the meantime the developing de-veloping of the ores in the Dutchman fissure fis-sure should place the company on a revenue-producing basis. |