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Show IEMC1 CON. IS MAKING PROGRESS Two Tunnels Are Being Pushed; One Shi pment From Big Property. George k, Hemphill, president ami koii-eral koii-eral manager of the American Consolidated Consoli-dated Mines company, the holdings of which Include both the Earl Kuglu jind the Flog properties in American Fork canyon, la down from the mines after a week's absence. Mr. Hemphill said yen-terriay yen-terriay that he was able to report con-Bicleraiile con-Bicleraiile progress In spite of bad weather and a shortage of labor. Cheering developments, said Mr. Hemp-hill, Hemp-hill, are to be noted in the Hurl Uaglo properly, where tiie, main working tunnel tun-nel la now in more than 1,'OGO fee;. Little Lit-tle RtrlngerH of high-grade, eopper, with Home value in ullvur, are now coming into the fa,r-e, and a short distance, bark the miners oiicniml ered a bedding that 'arrles noticeable values In lead and silver, sil-ver, upon which drifting will bo prosecuted prose-cuted within a brief period. At the Bog mining property the developments de-velopments of tiie season are more than cheering. Inasmuch as some shipping ore ban been added while development work "was progressing. Tim tunnel in now in a little more than lino feet and for the last forty feet has been in a porphyry dike, which should, according to the geological Kiirvrys, be cut In another forty feet and is expected to bring the miners Into an ore body. This f;i inc. ore bod y has been encountered iibovc at a depth of between be-tween 'jr.0 and :hnl feet, and when reached by the lower workings will he tapped at not less than f.UO feet verticallly. One shipment has recently been made from the ore taken out in the winze above these workings. The values are Riven as 13.81 ounces silver, 8.1 rer cent load and about 80 cents in sold. At the same time a considerable tonnage of good milling ore lias been developed. Whether or not the developments of next season will include the building of a mill to hnndle the tonnage of the American Consolidated Is a problem that has not yet heen solved. The American feaslng company, sit uat ed on ground In the immediate vicinity of the holdings oi" the American Consolidated and whieh has been operating most of the season, may not be pusiied to full capacity by Its developed ores, and In that case some arrangement for the treatment of the ores from other near-by companies may bo made. |