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Show ' ' . - the more exthusiastlc, shareholders have- felt that it was only a question , of opening up the lower workings of the ground to have the. long-cherished hope realized of converting the property prop-erty Into one of v the best producing mines of the camp. j. Superintendent Ball is about ready to cut the station at the 1700-foot level, lev-el, and It Is anticipated that by driving across the country, about thirty feet the fissure that was exposed on the upper level will be cut and shown to contain a higher grade of ore than that on the upper levels. If this condition con-dition proves to be true, the management manage-ment will give orders at once for the equipping of the property with a large hoisting plant, and the mtne will be opened up to the 1700 or 1800-foot level with a working shaft and at the conclusion of this work drifts will be run from the various levels to get under the ore, and stoplng and hoisting hoist-ing will be Inaugurated on an extensive exten-sive scale. SULPHIDES STRUCK IN THE LOWER MAMMOTH A great many inquiries have been made as to the cause of the big advance ad-vance In Lower Mammoth stock, and the fact, that the company has been reaching out into virgin ground as well as driving the winze to the 1700-foot level has not been sufficient informs- tlon for the investor, who must have something tangible in signt to satisfy him. . . At the local offices of the company, . there Is no one. In the absence of Man- ager Dern, to throw any light on the situation, but It is said by those who are in a position to know that some Important disclosures have been made on each level that has been tapped from the 1300 to the-bottom of the winze on the 1700-foot level. Several cars v of high-grade stuff were. taken out of the 1600 level, and respite the fact that the ore had to be handled several times before reaching reach-ing the surface, owing to the fact that the mine has only been explored in the lower workings by means of tempo- ( rary openings to reveal the existence of the ore channel to a greater depth. there was a nice margin on the ores taken from that point. At the 1500 "station there was a good tonnage taken ta-ken from the fissure and hoisted- . 0 The greatest surprise was a - few dayr ago when at a depth of 1680 feet the lower sulphides were encountered and It began to dawn upon the management man-agement that the theory advanced by ' some of the most eminent mining engineers en-gineers was being realised. Some mining mi-ning men have advocated the .policy of getting greater depth in this property prop-erty every time the ground has been experted. and since tha appearance of the sulphides at this depth, some of |