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Show MAMMOTH MINE CO. FINDS ORE CHANNEL EXTENDS TO DEPTH Tli old Mammoth mine It one of ths most wonderful mining properttr in the west. Minipg operations have been car ried on In this company's estate at Tin-tic Tin-tic for more than forty years. according to well Informed authorities. It has been a constant . producer during this period and U today send Ins: out some of the richeit ore mined In that ramp. Its worklt-K have attained a depth or more thw, Z"(Hi ft-ei. ami for a Ions; time held the record aa th deepest mine In the mate. It lias paid millions In profits to Its owners and has paid good profit to early leam-rs before the present company ws forrnro Iteccntlv it was announced lhat n,r showing of ore l.au been caught up with on the Roo-foot level, and that a ral-e from this level wns up some ditsnee all In ore. Jt la learned that the connection between the MM) and 7 00 -foot levels has been made In this raise and that It It or for the full distance of loe feet. Manager Mcl My re Is now engaged In computing the extension of the drift on the 7H-foot level, which Is still about roo fret distant from the point where the or Is found. When this drift la nmpimiii bo wtenaanwin ran est rait ore from both levels and materially Increase In-crease shipments. The extent of this new deposit nan not been determined. From the present showing the management is satisfied that the ore extends bekw the MX level In raytng quantities, and It Is possible that t can also be profitably mined hisher up. Drifts are to be extended on several of the lower levels to get to the point under this depntlt. If the ore Is found to sny considerable depth. It may result In almost making- a new mine out of this old producer. |