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Show cons tit to RUN FULL CAPACITY ON EXTENSION ORES E. C. Darin of the. brokerage house of W. H. Child 4Y Co., era's a guest 'of Presideat Jaeobsoa at the Columbus Extension Ex-tension properties la Alta yesterday. He was showa through the mine and saw all of the workings of the tnnnel which are ia ore. He said thia morning that he is simply emaied at the wonderful won-derful showing of ore in this property nnd that the company is now ia shape to produce regularly. The mine ia being be-ing opened up extensively, eo that a larger tonnage caa be put out. and tkel wsgoa roads have beea shoveled out, so that hauling caa be carried on without further interruption. The wagon road work was completed last sight, wad mora teams arrived at the property this morning. Loading was stsrted to-dsy. to-dsy. The bine ar full of Erst class and concentrates. The big raise ia the or is six sets high and seven seta wide. A considerable consider-able portion of this is fine galena ers. which csn bs shipped direct to the smelter. It breaks dowa easily aad requires re-quires vsrv littls sorting. Ths second clans ore is sent out the tunnel to the mill, which is located conveniently at the tunnel portals, la simply carrying ea development work the second elsss ore is seeumulatiag so rapidly that ths msnsgeraent is anable to keep the ore from staekiag up ia the bins, and ths single shift at the mill will be increased in-creased by the addition of another shift within a week. As aeon aa the flant is in good working order with iro shifts, a third crew will be pat on to keep the mill running dny and night. Not only will thia increase ths shipments ship-ments of eoaeentratea, but a larger toa-aags toa-aags of first class ore will be cent down the eanyon to the Murray smelter. The management baa given orders for putting put-ting oa more teams as fast at haulers can be secured. |