Show WORK PROGRESSING RAPIDLY V AT PRINCE CON I Drillers Within Feet of I First Big Ore Or Body Reports Reports Reports Re- Re ports Manager Godbe The work of sinking the new vertical shaft In the Prince Consolidated mine to the immense ore are bodies revealed by the diamond drill Is now proceeding at a amore amore amore more rapid rate since the Installation o of ofa ofa a compressed air all pump according to General Manager Murray Godbe who re returned re turned today from a trip to the I property and which was extended to the coast Mr Godbe states that the first ore body will be reached within a further distance of about feet teet and that three shifts shUts now are employed In the shaft sinking I operations I In the tha meantime he states active de development development development de- de and production operations operation are being continued I above the water level leveland leveland and a 1 large amount Un of fluxing u g ore et Is being I mined 1 As generally known the first of at the ore I beds disclosed e by y the e diamond drill is 1 composed po of soft O Iron 0 oxides 1 Assays of the drill core gave In gold old an and and- twenty five ounces In silver slIver being much I richer though U more re siliceous than the I i iness he heU hbo beds mined above e A Although t the tar ar thickness thickness thick thick- i ness of or the ore are was definitely determined I and checked by the several diamond drill I holes the softness o of the ore ore composing the bed d made d the obtaining t of a a. a satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- s dc lm factory c core difficult Ul as the circulating i waters u used In the diamond drilling I op operations op- op r su g gr lf s under e pressure s u washed out much of ot the soft sott and possibly richer portions o of I Ie the core consequently n q the assays s ays o of the cores e oi should u be conservative ve I At a a astill still greater depth approximately I feet vertical below the tho silver bed the 1 base dew bed d will be encountered f This ore I Itz bed was d demonstrated n r to be on n the contact contact con con- tact of re the shale and the underlying l i quartzite tz The cores esa obtained tta d from this bed were solid and clean and data se secured secured secured se- se seI I cured from the drill holes hole was conclusive I the ore ore which was a cl clean an zinc sulphide contained no lead or silver and assayed I over 30 per cent zinc content o of exceptionally exceptionally exceptionally good quality and free from im Im- im- im i Besides these beds the extensions ns o of the fissure veins at depth present Tin n In Interesting interesting In- In field for extensive development work These fissure veins go down strong below water level and bear every evidence o of permanence and productive productive- ness The first class ore produced during the last few years from shoots In these fissures assayed 4 20 in gold old 1497 ounces In silver and per cent lead while the second class ore assayed 3 50 in gold in-gold gold ounces In silver and per cent lead a wonderfully rich prod product ct which has made possible the continued financial I success of at th the Prince r nce mine |