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Show EMERALD PROPERTY IMPRDVESJHQWiG Conditions in East Drift on 1000-foot Level Indicate Ore Near. . I Officials of the Emerald Mining, company, com-pany, operating In the Tintic district, icvl.o returned yesterday after spending Sunday Sun-day at the property, report the resumption resump-tion of development operations, delayed for some time by reason of necessity for retimbering the main shaft between the 600- and 700-foot levels. All of the re- ; pairs have been completed and the work below is now going forward with dispatch. dis-patch. 1 It is, however, the disclosures in the drift being driven east on the lOuO-foot i level that cause the highest degree of j satisfaction. This is being run on an east-west break to catch the ore at Its i Intersection with the north-south Assure and was started from the south drift , when it was in 110 feet. The east drift i is now in 190 feet and the whole face is In a highly mineralized lime, wiih quartz, iron and manganese, the rock also carry- J ing some copper. From the pitch of the ' formation it is evident that the inter- I section is near at hand, and the manage- ! ment is confident that a shift or two will bring the miners into the formation that is reasonably certain to be productive of i a body of good grade ore. s The Emerald company has made a long 1 and painstaking campaign in the develop- : : ment of Its excellently located ground, i and official statements that its efforts appear ap-pear to be nearing the reward stage are ; received with general satisfaction. |