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Show CLEARING WEATHER AIDS MINE SHOWING Development Work Under Way Is Encouraging En-couraging to Officials of Organization Organiza-tion in Salt Lake. The following letter was received this morning at the offices of Ike Queen of Sheba Consolidated Mining company from J. R. Beed, mill superintendent of the mine: I have been busy getting development develop-ment work under way, and now that tho weather is getting better and the snow clearing from the trails we are getting down to business. We are now in better than fifteen feet on tho new drift on test work, and present indications prove that our deductions were correct regarding regard-ing the fissure. We are now drifting on a vein of the Mother Lode. Our last shots exposed a strata of oxide quartz four feet wide and extending up four feet on the face, which is free milling ore. It may prove to be a cross-fracture or sec- . ondary enrichment. While I do not expect this ore to carry any startling start-ling values at the distance we are ia, yet it is a sure indication that we "may expect to drive into a rich j body of ore. Mr. Reed was instructed to send in Duly reliable reports of the Queen of iSheba, and not in any way try to overestimate over-estimate the indications of new ore bodies on the property. His brief reports re-ports will be made daily as soon as the new force of men can be put to work and more rapid progress made. |