Show will soon start sinking within the next week or ten days the work of sinking the main shaft at the victoria mine will be under way the victoria is now operating at a depth of feet and it is said that the shaft will be dropped down to a depth of 1300 feet owing to the fact that the big body of quartz upon the 1050 level has now been crosscut for a distance of about feet important developments are expected upon the next benel lei el below belou the new hoist is now in successful operation and while the sinking is going on there will be the usual shipments of high fiade ore aiom the property in some manner a piece of timber upon the 1000 level of the eagle blue bell mine caught aali aaflie eat at an early hour tuesday morning and when the men on the da daa shift v ent to work they found some parts of the theine mine filled with smoke supt bupt owens and some of the men immediately located the blaze which was soon extinguish ed without without any difficulty there was wag no damage except the loss of about an hour s time the air current car ned ried much of the smoke over into the centennial eureka mine but the em of this company ele able to keep on with mith their work as usual the fire probably pio bably started from a ll 11 the night shift |