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Show FAVORABLE SHOWING IN SILVER SHIELD Lime shot with streaks of galena is said to be coming into the bottom of the new shaft of the Silver Shield of Bingham Bing-ham at a depth of 100 feet. The lime is identical with the lime in which the ore makes on the tunnel level 400 feet below. Its appearance so near- the surface sur-face was a surprise, as the overlying quartzite was thought to be at least 200 feet thick. An incline Is f?oing up from the tunnel level on two feet of shipping ore, the management states. The top of the incline in-cline is now only 225 feet lower than the bottom of the shaft. When the connection con-nection is marie the Silver Shield will gain a fine circulation of air and have an economical method of- disposing of its waste, which now has to be trammed out through the Niagara tunnel of the United States company and hauled away on flat cars. L'p to the present the work in the shaft has been done by hand. Now the air plant is ready and sinking will proceed more rapidly. Indications are that the shaft will soon be in commercial ore. |