Show I SOUTH HEClA FORCES iNCREASED fOR BIG DEVElOPMENT General Manager George II H. I. I Vatson Watson of the South company I Is Hecla Mining company company com corn spending a I couple of weeks at the pany properties in Alta AHa with a a view to working out extensive operating plans Th The force has already been increased 1 bj by bythe the addition additon of a score of miners millers and andI I the lowest workIng working working work work- rOO 00 level which Is time tie ing In the property will wi be ho opened by b. numerous raises drifts and crosscuts When asked about the conditions a athe at atthe atthe extensive extensive exten exten- the mine and tho the reason for this sive Plan of development Manager Watson rat Wat- at atson son said that the company had decided shape fo foa for fora to get this time tho lowest workings in a large production and that the company engineers were of the opinion that there be found were some new ore are deposits to at this depth From the and workings as much ore Is being produced as the smelters will receive at this time and the company wi is taking advantage o othe of the present situation to put all al the ore oreIn orein orein in sight possible and to have the property shaped up for a much larger production at any time the market is broad enough to receive It i. i South Hecla is In position to ship 10 tons or better dally daily daly for an Indefinite period The management has always adhered ad adhered ad- ad I hered beretS to the policy of keeping the ore development well ahead and the new plans call cal for wel getting the last of the three levels in condition for a big ore extraction Manager Watson has been inclined to the belief bele that tat development development o of ore was much better beter than stripping the mine and piling ping up quick profits He believes that he has a a big producer in inthe inthe inthe the South Hecla possessions and wants i ito it I to be a steady income producer for a great many years With Its Is new force fully equipped there thre will wi be seventy men working at this property The rhe management will wili wi not only I be e able able to to carry carryon on the extensive development development devel devel- plans but bt will be prepared e e eI to more than bP its output at any time I I the smelters give the company notice to increase shipments This or order er for larger shipments may be promulgated a at any time as some of t the tle e mines have al already already already al- al ready been served with wih notice to start star larger production by S September 1 |