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Show LEASE OF Illl ! IDE INTERESTS j ( Possibility of Working Good Showings Causes Speculation. EUREKA. TV-?. 20. FoUowip.s the change in the n.anr.tr of operating the upper levt-is of the Centennial IhinUa mine It may be possible to arra r.?;o for isomo kind of working aKi'eenient which j will permit the nuu'e extorsive develop-I develop-I ment of the southern end of the old Eureka Hill property. Local miners, who are yuito familiar with the ground near tho line which divides the two mines, say that there not only ought to be some Rood ore In thai part of tho Centennial Eureka, but that the showing: is just as Rood on the 1'hireWa Hill side. Quite a i lot of leasing has already boon carried on I I in the Eureka Hill territory, some of it j near the dividing line ; but ct-na in sre- j tions of the Eureka I fill have not l'ou 1 accessible, owIiik to the fact that i he I company's hoisting plant was dismantled disman-tled yoars agx and the (ihaft U not in condition for use. It is barely possible that tho Centennial Eureka peoplo will permit the use of their upper workings by Eureka IT ill leasers, and, if so, there is no mason why some new ore cannot bo extracted from this old-time bonanza. Some of the richest ore ever shipped from the Tintic district was mined from the upper levels of the Eureka Hill, and it hus not been so very long: since a , leaser shipped a single carload which ! brought a check for better than ?H,000. j Superintendent John Enlund states ; that while tho ground has not yet been j surveyed and mapped for that purpose, I arrangements will soon be completed for the leasing- of all of tho upper workings of the Centennial Eureka mine. The company com-pany will continue operations below the 700 l;vel, but above that point lessees v. ill have a chance to see what has been ( left in tho old stopes. I Mr. Enlund says that quite a number of Tlntio miners have made application for blocks of ground, but he has been forcod to put all of them off until such : time as the property is thrown open for I examination by those who are anxious to commence work. The Centennial Eureka company, having hav-ing smelter connections which permitted permit-ted tho shipment of low-grade ore, mined its ore deposits pretty thoroughly, but ft is thought that the lessees will still bo able to open now deposits by following stringers pf ore and leads in tho upper workings of the mine. It was from the upper workings that the Centennial Eureka Eu-reka people secured much of their richest rich-est ore, and any new discoveries in that part of the property ouht to be important impor-tant ones. |