Show to develop ft ridge valley mine work will be carried op through alie gemini mine control oi both owned by practically bame parties that the ridget valley property to the north of eureka is to be worked through the gemini mine now assou reel in fact we have learned thoroughly reliable source that this las already been commenced for some time past it has been gener ally understood too 3 that the large bodies of high grade ore the northern work aga of the gemini exter ded into ridge 1 valley ground oa 01 in of the fact that the control of the latter stock is owned by people who are also the heaviest owners in the gemini it is only natural that arrangements should be made for the opening up of the ridge valley territory and now that the proper arrangements have been made it will mean that these ore bodies sure to be followed 1 further to the north and within a very short time the shipment of ore from the ridge val ley will be commenced at the present time this work is being done in the the 1400 and 1500 levels and naturally it will be extended to the ether parta of the mine te everal years ago the ridge A valley mining corn pany whose holdings consists of about 20 aeres of ground just north of and adjoining the gemini installed a hoisting plant and began exploration work A haft was put down to a depth of ol 01 over feet and a great deal of pros was done upon the various levels hut later the mine was closed down on account of the inability of the stockholders to agree upon points in evolved in the management of the pro perty the new ridge villey cera are as follows W R wallace president J 0 mcchrystal vice pres ident henry J wallace secretary and treasurer and these with J H me chrystal and mrs sarah A tal constitute the board of directors the announcement that the section of ground owned by this company is to be explored as stated above will be good news indeed to he people who are acx ious to see alie bis ore one which has made the older mines of eureka fam ous followed into that vast section to th north of this camp the first shipment of ore from the eidge valley mine it is believed will be sent out within a week or ten days bupt jackson mcchrystal of the gemini mine who years ago favored the sinking of the bidge valley shaft to the 1000 or 1500 foot levels because he the great possibilities the held in store at that depth is highly elated over the present arrangements which will enable him to dem on strate the correctness of his theory |