Eureka Reporter | 1906-07-27 | Page 1 | Sinking at Eagle and Blue Bell

sinking at eagle and blue bell shaft will be dropped to the 1500 level news from the mines jamea creighton field for the bingham consolidated mining company was over from bing ham on tuesday and spent the day at the eagle and blue bell mine he stated to the reporter that the mine never looked better than at present the disclosures upon the lower le els have added greatly to the mine s riches and it was the splendid showing upon these levels that caused the man argement to give order to put the shaft down to a greater depth bupt wil liams started sinking from the 1000 level on monday and no time will be lost in dropping the shaft to the 1100 1 or 1500 levels mr reighton says that with the present machinery ork cin be birned on to a depth of 1500 feet and that the sinking of the shaft will not in any way interfere with the other ork at the mine thi means that the mine will continue to come forward with a little better than one carload of ore biily the shaft it the fagle and blue bell mine was sunk the to the 1000 level in sixty da s this was done while mr creighton Creigh ten was superintending the work there and it is doubtful if better time was ever made in if the same time is made in sinking below the 1000 the shaft will be down the required depth beaole the end of the year