Show 11 low grade ore from black jack at the black jack property pro e ry t the tunnel which taps the shaft at a depth of feet is now being cleaned out andre and re timbered and with within inthe the next few weeks everything will be in readiness for the shipment of some low grade ore which is now exposed n the old wol woi kings of the property this tunnel connects the old sar N corkings of the black jack with the railroad and during the several beals that this portion of the mine i is s inactive the aroud sloughed off somewhat and some little work will be necessary to put everything in good shape again then some repair work mork is also needed before the engine can be put into commission again but when this is fin finished shed the black jack will be in position to send out a very respectable tonnage of ore ac chiding to the best information ob tamable the star v or kings I 1 of the black jack are said to contain a large quantity of ore which canies su sufficient values to make worth it in the neighborhood of 15 5 per ton while some of it may even go as high as 20 years ago when ore was being mined in this part of the property the treatment charges amounted to about tle 13 per ton on this class of ore and consequently it could not be handled railroad and smelter charges on this ore at the time will probably not exceed 8 per ton and it can easily be seen that while the margin of profit will not be large a good piece of money can be made by marketing marL marketing eting this ore under existing conditions |