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Show DEEP IS ON CMCOU'I -IS EEL'IG WATCHED t The attention of the Investing public at prsssnt te attracted te the deap prospecting prospect-ing which at being done In the mines on Oodlva mountain la Tlntlc. The results thai are obtained from thla work will hava a great hearing on the luture of the eaat Tlntlc mining properties. With the announcement by Superintendent Lou Merrtmaa of the Yankee Consolidated bat forces will be put to work crosscut-ling crosscut-ling on the 1700. 1100 and lsos-foot levels. In addition te the too, there la every assurance as-surance that aa long aa favorable Indl-vatlona Indl-vatlona exlat. prospecting will be continued contin-ued for deep sealed oraa. On the 1700-i 1700-i foot level there Is a body of quarta which will he opened up with the hope thst It will lead to valuea Above thla level, there waa a fold In the lime and an aaundsBA-s of manganese and Iron was found. These miners la are the leaders lo ore In that section, and the company ' waa greatly encouraged with tha Indications Indica-tions sbown. With crosscuts being driven oa thess foua levele, and both to the east end 10 the west the Yankee le In a position posi-tion better than any other mine In the tflatrk-t, to demonstrate the value of the lower lime beds for ores. Ths discovery of valuea In the Yankee would be of great Importance to the Beck Tunnel, whlrh adjoins It to the south, for thla shaft la on a big north and south break, which cuts other properties es well. It would llkewlss make InifortanlJ disclosures to Msy Day on the north end lo ths mines south of the Beck Tunnel, that le Crowa Point. Colorado, Sioux. Iron Blossom snd perhaps Tlntlc Central. Deep mining Is the thing that will make the production of east Tlntlc when the eurfsce deposits are exhausted, but the work le being confined to one or two properties, ths olliers awaiting the re. turue from those which are going ahead, but ahould the Yankee make any dlecov-erlee, dlecov-erlee, the othera would In all probability fall In Hne and go to depth, making history his-tory fur the camp snd causing new math-ode math-ode and Ideas to he adopted for the extraction ex-traction of the valuee. |