Show COLUMBUS CON OPENS UP tip NEW TERRITORY Superintendent Al AI Jacobson of the Columbus Consolidated mine is is down from camp at atIa Alta AIta Ia and says that they are rushing rushing along the development work in several places in the property Operations Operations Oper Oper- on the third and fourth fouth levels and andin in inthe the tunnels are getting some encouraging encouraging encouraging aging results On the fourth level evel they are aTe extending the drift drift to tho the northwest northwest north north- I west in entirely new territory This working is be being n extended through a a good grade of milling ore and a sufficient i amount is bein being extracted in doing do ing tug development nt work to pay all al the tho expenses of ot running the drift ay A good depth is being being obtained in this channel II it being estimated that they are now i 1000 1001 heing feet below the surface They are out about feet from the shaft and andin andin andin Ii in in following tho the contact very little water water water wa wa- ter has been heen encountered The third level el e is being run rn to the I south of the shaft in an effort to tap tat the ore bearing fissure that was de developed developed de- de eloped in baling the upper workings This fissure was quite quie productive and ancI there is every reason to believe beleve that it will willbe willbe wi be encountered on the third level leyel This work was Vas started last week an and already the indications in the face of the drift are very promising A considerable amount of or milling ore has been uncovered in several places inthe in iu inthe the property but the management is confining its efforts to opening up new territory where some first class ore can be encountered u A force forro of forty men is employed in the property ana and only onlY enough ore ore is being heing run through the mill to pay operating expenses After the mil first class ass ore is opened up the mill mi will wi be run at full ful blast |