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Show RUSH DEVELOPMENT AT COEUR D'ALENE James Taylor returned Saturday from the Bullion Copper property, according to the Wallace Press-Times. He said : "We are employing only four men, working work-ing one shift and drifting on the lead, which shows chalcopyrlte, the original ore, with some gold and silver values. Our shaft is down ISO feet, and the present pres-ent work is 580 feet below the collar of of the shaft, but at one time we had about 1200 feet depth when crossing under a "hog-back." At the present time the drift is entering under a big hill, when depth will be gained very fast. The vein In the" upper workings was thirty-two feet between walls, but was cut with a Iwrse about eight feet wide which does not appear in the lower workings, and the vein here is twenty-seven feet between walls. We are drifting in, in the hanging hang-ing wall side of the lead, while the work in the upper tunnel was carried in on i the foot wall, and the ore appeared to j be of so much better grade. The drift ! has been practically dry for some t tme. but in July we encountered water, which ; has been increasing in volume since. It 1 Is our intention to continue the develop- , ment, and we may add another shift later. 1 The property is well equipped with a three-drill compressor, the motive power being water, of which there is plenty at present. The underground development in tunnels tun-nels and shafts is about 5000 feet, and possibly $150,000 has been expended on the property for development up to the present pres-ent time." A portion of the force of the AJax, I located above Btirke, celebrated the ! Fourth in Wallace, while a few took in i the regatta at Coeur d'AIene. In speak-1 speak-1 Ing of the property, one of the miners said they were working twelve men at the mine, and when work was started up. after unwatering, it was discovered that the timbering had given away in a part of the tunnel, and it was decided that it would he more expedient to start a new tunnel and drive around the cave, as it would require some time to clear the old tunnel and retlmber. A new tunnel tun-nel was started, and it required 170 feet to get around the cave, and not until last week was the connection made with the drift ahead of the place where the cave-in had taken place. The present drift seems to be In a fault, he said, the width of which is not known, but It is believed it will take another 1)0 feet, and possibly a much greater distance, to penetrate this fault, when prospecting will be carried on in locating the lead and future development. The A. in x is well located and during past development some good ore has appeared. |