Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-07-30 | Page 32 | Eagle & Blue Bell to Sink Main Shaft to 2000 Level

EAGlE E BLUE BELL TO TOMAIN T SINK MAIN MAIM SHAFT TO 2000 LEVEL G General Manager Imer Pett Is much pleased ed with the new ore body cut lii tr the main working shaft at the Eagle Blue Bell mine in Tintic which he In Inspected inspected In- In yesterday The Tile showing Is such suet a as to warrant the belief that the ore oro will make to even a a. greater depth than Its present location which Is 1832 feet feel from the surface at the point where It ii was first encountered For this reason reasor It Is III highly probable that the sinking will be continued to at least the 2000 lOOt level leve-I which It Is believed will be th the water level The ore encountered at this new depth In the shaft appears to be Independent of the two big ore ote shoots that have been be cn so productive In the working I down to the 1700 level It appears to te tomake tomake make from the opposite side of ot the shaft from where the ore was first found and confirms opinions expressed months ago when the first ore discoveries die dis were made In the virgin ground opposite the veins where mining has I been carried on extensively by th the company com corn development pany Io for et several th the years rears ka Of OJe Reporter the he te recent ech has the following to say On Thursday of this week when the at the Eagle Blue 1311 11 mine went to work vork the they were somewhat surprised cur sur to find large pieces of ot lead lend ore scattered through the tho waste at the bottom bottom bot bot- tom torn of the the- shaft the round of holes holu fired the night previous having opened what t is II undoubtedly an Important ore I bod body It Is most moat too soon anon to learn an anything any any- thing thine of an authentic nature regarding the new discovery but U h from all 1 reports the ore is practically U the same as that which Is being rained mined on the upper level levela of the gle being an excellent excelle nt silver lead product When work was wall taken up tip in the shaft haft of ot this mine some come weeks week ago aco It was waR the Intention of the management to sink to the Ue 1850 level ivel but It will now be S. necessary for tor the tbs officials tI of th the on company mJ down to to the change anfOot 1900 t their th or lr well w plans plan below and d the theor tg go goon goon or ore deposit which nan has just juat been en found to tot After the 1700 tanking sinking level the a main drift rJ was waa working sent shift shaft out after the ore and then a 11 was waa sunk abort jt eighty feet teet hem being In ore for forthe he the entire distance and d with cre ore in the bottom of the when the w work rk was waa topped stopped This Thin wines wince I li is fully futh feet away from the main working shaft of ot the he Eagle Iagle and there are many reason reans to o believe t th that t the ore will wm bt be continuous con con- for the entire distance The Tb Theore ore or which ha h. has been cut by the shaft abaft Is t. I perhaps worth 35 J per ton carrying SS 28 per cent lead and about 12 ounce ounces fiver Excellent progress programs Is being mad t in I Inking shaking the Enl Eagle haft batt and ard Superintendent dent clent O n Is la of the opinion that full fully SO feet of work word will be du during n a abort Ort month cf of twenty eight day days II It I this hi mine the tte hI WAt tester wo r level la is undoubtedly about S feet below the point where I wet 1101 k la is now going coin on In the main abaft shaft and this means mean that the ore can an be d H is c c. c without r he the least leat difficulty I While the Kagle Ie U is unable unaN to ship p It its normal tonnage of ot ore ort a la large amount amoun ot rf development wo eve wok k til tO under wa Way t the t. t mine mlle Connections ar aralio are also alio being made malt between betWee the l Ba-l an ant and the t e Victoria properties rOlt tie which are era now owned and aid controlled by the sumo same In In- In testa It la Is said Id that the there have nave aln aLso b. b n n Ii souls Mome n 11 w 0 ori orl d. e In th the Victoria a since this I property was waa sold Mid lo to t the Eagle Kagle people I