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Show PINION QUEEN MAKES EXCELLENT PROGRESS Excellent headway Is being made with the shaft work at the property of the Pinion Queen company, located in the eastern end of the district, says the Eureka Eu-reka Reporter. The shnft is now at the 160-foot level and the contractor. Jack Aho, Is able to make ftbout six feet per t&y by tiling three shlfls. The shaft has patted through the porphyry por-phyry formation, whb'h Is not very thick At this point, and Is now in the lime. Some water was encountered, but not enough to interfere with sinking operations. opera-tions. Officials of the Pinion Queen believe that the new developments in the Apex Btnndsrrd will have an Important bearing bear-ing on their property. They feel quite confident that If a large ore deposit Is encountered In the Apex Standard It will hs found to bo another ore z.ono paralleling paral-leling that of the Tintlc Standard and in thst esse the' Pinion Queen, Independence, Indepen-dence, North standard and other properties proper-ties of that KSc-tlon would be brought Into the limelight. |