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Show EAST MIC DiSTRiGT ' DEVELOPS RAPIDLY Activity In the K.-tst Tintlc district lias inorea.sod tliin tho l;ist niurith to a great extent, aocunlinn to H. Chikl, who visited tliei'O Thurtday. I'.uads are being graded, thafts sunk, and machinery machin-ery installed on several pi'oi.crtis. The pipe line which will solve the water problem prob-lem for that section la being rapidly completed. At the Apex Standard, development is being pushed by Lou Mi.rnni:iii. The shaft is down to a depth of feet, it Is said, and physical conditions are cun-s'.antly cun-s'.antly improving. Tne s:tme may be said of the .N'ortii Standard, a' -'ordinp to Mr. Child. At this insl -named properly development is moving speedily and smoothly, wilii the rock in the Shalt showing increasing indieaiion of mineralization. min-eralization. At the Kureka l,illy. the contractors are said to be making nine feet evjry two r.iifts. The l'Jast Crown I'oint company plans to nold a meeting of tho recently elected directors for the purpose of mapping out a campaign of development. At the Big HilL operations une'er the direction of H. K. Trenhohn are moving swiftly. A force of thirty men is employed in tear-lng tear-lng down and moving the old buildings. A. road is being graded up to the site 1 if the new douh o compartment and n-.an- way shaft which is to be constructed on the site of an old shaft which was sunk to the depth of L'"'J t'c-t by John LSestle-nieyer. LSestle-nieyer. Siv fallows Irames. foundations for machinery, and necessary buildmgs are being constructed. At the East Til, tic Coalition, adjoining tho Big Mill, the new shalt has been sunk to a depth of twenty feel, preparatory to the Installation of tho new hoist. The road is almost finished and the ground is being prepared for the erection of a.n engine house and other buildings. "Work at the Central Standard, adjoining the Copperleaf, Is being pushed steadily, according ac-cording to Mr. Child. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of fifty feet and the engine house and gallows frame are rapidly Hearing completion, it is said. Development work at tho Kureka Bullion Bul-lion Is meeting with favorable results. , The new compressor is working smootniy ' and work is being carried on in three i places. The face of the north drift is being driven forward to intersect the east-west contact, where it is expected the best showing will be found. In the east crosscut, where ore was struck a few weeks ago, a raise Is being made, "and In the west crosscut a winze is be-iijiiig be-iijiiig sunk. . At present tho ore body gives every Indication of being permanent, says Mr. Child. BE ;,The manner in which development Orwork is being pushed in the East Tintie district creates optimism," Mr. Child said i yesterday. "The companies are adequately ade-quately financed, the men in charge of development work are highly competent, and the indications of vast deposits of ore to be found at depth greet the eye In every direction. The west sido of the Tintlc district produced $2UO,OUO,000; development work, which is being rapidly pushed in the Kas Tintie, in my opinion BlioMld shortly prove that the ore de-,f,. de-,f,. posits on the east side are as extensive as those that produced millions on the ,'i 'V west side." |