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Show EAGLE & BLUE BELL MAKES NEW STRIKE ; Development Indicates Ore Deposit on 1875-Foot Level Biggest in Mine. ' Special to The Tribune. Kl'KEKA. IVe. 1 . Yesterday another : I strike, uhn h is doubt le an important j one, wan ma ie on the 1 i7.j-fot level of : the Kn!'1 & Kim Hell mine. This is one of the producing levels of the mine, the ore having been encountered there many 1 months nun, but for vomo little time Superintendent Owens has been pushing fl drift out into new territory, the ob- jcet being to cut a bunch of ore which I shows on one of the upper levels, and 1 while he expect h important devclop- 1 incuts he wh- of the opinion that the 1 . 1 r t" t -fta fullv bi'i feet short of its ; nhiective point. This week 's strike j m'ciih to indicate that the ore is snread-t snread-t i ng out :nid that the deposit will he 1 mm h l:irk''T on the 17"v1 than on :tnv of 1 j the le-.cN above. ThN seems to be the rule in the Kale X I Hue Hell, where : I practically all of the ore deposits in-( in-( '. erea-o in size and in richness as they are followed to regular depth. 1 ,Tn-t at this time the deepest work 1 that t-i being done in the Eagle & Blue Hell is that 011 the IsT'i fonr level and although the companv's main working shaft is down n distance of '2(dil feet j t born In'M been no work of anv conse-1 conse-1 rjuence below the is;."i. It is the intention inten-tion of tho company 's officers to cut 1 out a station on the L!t'o( and go after ' the fire there, but the way matters now ( stand thev - have more ore developed j thnn there is any chance of shipping for . ( 11 Ion:. time to eorne. At this time there I i- n chance of shipping about 'Jdo tons I a dav from Ihe K.ile & Hbie Hell and 1 the Vicioiia, which worked through j tho f nrtrer 'h slin 1 1 , and Super in ten den I t : Owen sax-" that he could unite easily I "ct the Katie's part of this tonnage I from one level of the mine. L Under the present arm ngement the ''out tnt is made up of equal nroport inns ) of lead and drv ores, the entire product j of the two properties roing to the i, 1 American Smelting Kefiniug compauv. I Mot of the lend ore is coming from the ! Kaglc's lug stopes on Die l.Vii) level ;il-' ;il-' tlmuph t here is a chance In get nlong - n la rgc n t on na ge from the ore bod v on the Oi 10 level. When aked rea rd ing the r ha meter of ore that has been nit bv the drift 011 the I y 7.") level. Su peri 11 ten don t Owrns rdated that it is a bad product of very 1 ! good grade. |