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Show GOLDHELD CON. IN ilCilEfi 60L0 OSES EELOY 1000 LEVEL After the quarterly meeting of directors ' of the Ooidneid Consolidated Mines company, com-pany, last weak, mining, men igaa to marvel at the wonderful record ma Is by this property In so short a time. With lis Isst dividend mre than 11C.000.COO has been distributed la profits among ehare-htidera, ehare-htidera, In addition to which it s claimed that Immena fortunes were taken o il in the early days la that camp. Vet there appears to be nothing In sight which would indicate that this property is rearing rear-ing tha end of Its usefulness, for It is shown that some of the richest ore Is now being opened up below a 'eplh of loos feet. The official report of J. F. Thorn, general gen-eral superin-ndant of the OoMflell Consolidated Con-solidated Mines company, covering operations opera-tions for the month of April, has been submitted to President George Wlngneld and the directors. It shows a totsl production pro-duction of 39.261 tons, containing 11. Ml. -' 4M.M. at an average value of 1ST. 17 per ton. and a net profit of $7.U&1.44 for the month. J Ievelopment of Important new ore nodtea Is reported In the Combination and Mohawk, and the work In tha Clermont is bringing most gratifying resujU. Td wlnse thai Is being sunk from the lOOO foot level Is tn ore that averages 159 p-r ton, and development on the 1200-foot level of the Grimy Bear shows tha quarts mass to be wider and stronger than on tha 1000 -foot level of tha Clermont. Coata 7.M tv Tom. Three thousend nine hundred god sixty-one sixty-one feet of development work warn performed per-formed during the month of April. Th- total cost of mining, development, transportation, milling, office and general expense was 17.48 per ton. During the month 110 tone of ore woe mined from ths sill floor of ths 114 storle on the second level of the Combination mine that averaged 1200. per ton. There was alao cut another ore pody fifty feet west of the 114 slope that will Crohebly connect up with main stops, losing los-ing a stone seventy-five test long, aad tan to fifteen feet wide. In the Mohawk mine, the J4 elll floor on ths seonnd level, and the 1M alll floor on the third level were eoaalderably extended. ex-tended. Twelve hundred and twehty-thres twehty-thres tons of ore that averaged 110 per ton weea mined from the l4 sill floor. Ths M4 snd 1S 0 rifle, on the third level. In the foot well of the 14 stops were extended ex-tended 104 feet through ore that ave-raced ave-raced t?e per ton. The foot wall waa not eipoaed but the Indications srs that ths re body wilt be about ten feet wlds. It l now opened up ?c feet tn length, ths fare of the south drift still being In ore-gave ore-gave General Superintendent Thorn's report: Report of Superlnsstidsni. "In the Clermont we sre sinking a wlnse through the 404 ore body to coa-nect coa-nect with a raise from the 1200-foot level of the Orlsslv Bear. Ths wtnss wss Parted in ths hanging wall of the ore body, snd was rather low grade, out it la now down fifty feet, on the Incline, and la sversslng 40 per ton. Ws hope to hsve the ralee snd stlnse connected about the first of June, and will then have good air and ran rush the development work on the 1?ofl.foot level. We are now driving two hanging wall crosscuts on thle level, one north and one south of the Oriaslv Bear ahaft. and find the Quarts mass wider snd stronger thaa en the loos-foot levej of the Clermont. Ths 7O0.C hanging hang-ing watt ralae. which Is practically a croeecut on the l:ort. foot level 2oe feet south of the shaft, cut etx or seven feet of ore thst sveragea 111 per ton. Ths sir on this level has been very bed. snd until the erlnse snd relet are connected, we ahall net be aole to do much work on this ore body. Tha mines ss a whole are looking well, and srs producing about 140 tone per dav. which la all being treated at the mill." |