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Show LOWER MAMMOTH IMPROVES. An Improvement In the conditions at the Lower Mammoth has been made recently re-cently In the winze off the 1600-foot level. Superintendent Ball reports that at a depth of seventy-five feet in the wtnre the sulphides have been .cut, and while there are no sensational, values as yet disclosed, it Is very encouraging to find the ore at this point. The management started to sina the wlnse through the porphyry at some "distance from the ore that was exposed on the upper levels, and Intended to drive down 100 feet and then crosscut to the contact. The policy of sinking to the 1700-foot level will be carried out, but In the meantime It may be revealed that the bottom of the shaft will open out into an immense ore body; with the values sure to be of a higher grade, than those that have been uncovered uncov-ered in the property thus far. |