| Show I or AT THE MO NTA T NA Scarcity of Water and Fuel Has las Handicapped Operations Dur Hur During HurI ing lug Past last Three T reo Months I MANAGER BILLIES ILLES STATEMENT e Large L e More f ol of Or During Juring the hue Year The Tho printed report of tho the Montana Tonopah MinIng company containing the Iho statements of the Iho oleen which were submitted to 10 tho tim ut lit atthe the Iho annual meeting lucId hold In them city last lean haH been beel and copies of the tha soiree reached the tho city to today Icy day I Appended to 10 the tho leport IH Is one ono of re nc recent reo cent date front from the present general manager Don DOl H 16 bearing on cue physical conditions In ite which Is 19 con I I the Ihl following During the past three weeks wo we leave have suffered considerable delay dellY loss of tune and alit money duo to various causes chief debt of was the tha failure of our water and fuel filet supply Duo to 10 tho tIm first cause causa we wo Yore were Wel compelled to 10 close down from 12 to 10 16 I days daYI I have leave assurance however that the Iho Hye plant will willbe wt willbe be doing service by March 1 antI and ali this problem will be lie solved solve While we wo have wi done dono nit nil 11 that Is possible to 10 keep n u I full tull of both holh wood and oil 01 on hand hanl It seemed impossible to do BO so 10 us lS tho the freight Is IR Il no ito 0 badly bally blockaded that It I ha hM taken tn a n car clr of at oil oi over 60 6 days to reach hero here from Tho rho amount of ot development work now being done don together with tho the In tnt Increased creased output of ore make a new dou double Iou ble Ide drum hoisting engine a necessity 1111 such an nn engine would prove rOVe much moro morn economical than the present plant Our ore bin capacity must mUKI bo ho enlarged ns as this tOils Is 18 now a n hand handicap leap to our oar operations We Wo leave hAve built builta buit a me temporary bin that Ihal relieves us UI for forthe forthe the time being bell Since the annual meeting a total l of ot 1000 feet of development has hn been done clone exclusive r of slopes making the tho Ihl total development to date OH feet fee On 01 the and need GOO COO levels both east itoh west Is faults COUII were encountered The Tho faulted ends of the tho veins velna have havo bode been beel Picket picked up which shows dislocation from 10 to 15 feet teel The width chance charac character changed ter I r anti value s Jf t the tho ore one bodies ore are lre un on unchanged On the he hc SOl level north of tho the McDon McDonn n 1 lie tin ein Is 14 being worked AH Aut A soon an ns possible wo we 10 expect to 10 open Ol n nUI up UI same annie Mie vein eln on the lice KOO MO Development work Is now nOI In pro gross at 01 other points In the tho mine from which we eve e hope by the lice time of the next Quarterly report to 10 be able ablo to give some lome very ery pleasing lea news nes The rho development work on the Iho or tev lowest level consists to 10 date of the main crosscut cro north and 10 10 feet of at drifts Three Thence veins voll have been boon cross and ant unfortunately the lIce main crosscut follows a transverse fracture Intersects the tho veins where same ore are In Iii Ina II a I broken up condition con and drifting both bolh east and Wet went Tho The main cross out will wIl be extended further and wo ee had hall 1 a v right night to 10 hope to Crosscut nt at least two more cicero veins by extending the salute Hame crosscut SOO feet fee further The development to In late date on 00 this level Is 18 en entirely entirely 1 and tho the grade of the theore Ih theore ore oro Is equal In value to that shipped from Any other level leel In II the tho mine The condition of ot tire the mine Is I excel lent tiled Ind with wih a n few fow Improvements for forone ore one handling which are arc already under underway way WIY lurid with thee the large larl amount of ot ore being o opened by h new nets development two Iwo promise Increased 1 antI and much more reg regular rel tutor ular shipments tho Iho property properly lens has ever seen scene |
