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Show MONITOR MIS OJEJfiBIS Rich Shoots With Development Develop-ment Give Indication of Considerable Extent. T'ovniopnuMit wurli prohfiutod daring I he p;jt month nt the Monitor mines pruperr.y, al tujtturi tv-'iJve miles bouthwest ftf Milf'M-'l, l:i.avt;r county, is demonstrating demonstrat-ing th;u tho Hhoul.i of rl:h ore a.ro of ron.-)ii'r;i.lila x t : j i l and that tho chances of p-;i-iatt;iM:t; to d':ptl are good, according accord-ing to J. i .Si ott, manager. Mr. Scott trt in halt I.;ilo to spend the holidays. A little over a month ago the main drift, rT-nliy Innn to tap at depth tho olt worulnijM from which htsaea had 1 Hiiippr-j ov. r .J'M,,l,0 worth of or, struck ! an e i h t c r 1 1 -1 1 1 ; 1 1 streak of ore -;i fet rioiit tin! face, and on the liitersectlon r tin; t.cdilhi-; jiljirn; and a fissure, one of Iju; iivciii.;.: .amphs taken irom this M r:.i k ,-ihovi an ashay value of more I it;i n i 1 no, ;i nd I lu; s.-fond 10ti.23 ounces or Hilr and i,2 per cent lead. To pro.sM;ct this :;howh)K. a cronscut v'iis driven, jierunlhiK to Mr. Scott, a distance of fort y fee t ulontf the inter-e.'Lion inter-e.'Lion of (he hed witii the fissure. This 'lOHHciti has 1'oimmJ neither the foot nor the 1 1 ; i j i i 1 1 K wall of the fissure; the .shoot nf ore 1m koIhk .strong' In botli facea i I hu crosscut , it is said. A nother Mi not. of ore, which averages from one i o t wo feel in w id ( h, naa been cut in the mailt drift a distance of eighteen feet from Dirt point at which tho first shoot whs struck. This shoot la made up of rich sulphide and carbonate ore, which carries IhkIi values In silver, it ia said. In its general d ircct lnti this st reak of liiLch-rade ore is following the strike of (he fissure. A n important feat urc of this second find is that ninety teet above on tho dip of (he fissure In the old Duroe workings, work-ings, and twenty-five feet to the south-w south-w eM, the same streak was encountered, A raise- from the main drift upon this shoot has been made for a distance of nine feet, u nd a drift started to the southwest. In both workings, the shoot is showing strong. Fieeause of these showings, which indicate that the shoot 1h of considerable sU.j, the management is confident that It baa an excellent ore body upon which to no to work. A winze with an Incline of forty decrees has been started lu the crosscut a short distance from the main drift to prospect pros-pect these shoots at depth. This winze baa been sunk for a distance of twelve fret. At tho bottom, the first streak lias pinched down to a width of four Inches of heavy galena, but it Is thought that t his decrease In size ts only temporary. tem-porary. At the 100-foot level, a drift will be started to develop tho shoots at this depth. U Is the opinion of the management and eiiKineera who have examined tho mine recently that values will improve with depth. Immediately after the holl- ! days, operations, which have been interrupted inter-rupted only temporarily, will be resumed. To expedite sinking of the winze a gas engine, already on the property, and an air hoist, will be installed, according to Mr. Scott. |