Show connection made between mo mines ines supt bupt john hoffman states that the north drift on the level of the black jack in ne is no v cutting through a very encourage ng of mineral ground and while it is per haps a little early to e expect peet any im m change hel he feels confident that th s work iq 1 go ag a to be t the h e means of locating siA fath ng of value 0 no o other develop development mel work mork is being handled at the baack jack a af the present time although th s company is doing some work in behalf of the dragon consol dated property A drift was driven over into the drag on ground from the level of the black jack and after the ore was as encountered a raise follow edthye edTh d th de de posit for some little distance above the level and preparations are now being made to sto stole stoe e th ore from this raise this ore is a very nee n ce copper product and in the near fu ture this particular part of 0 thedral the drag on ground should be in shape for the shipment of 0 a nee n ce tonnage early in the present week a con lection was made between the level of the black jack and the level of the iron blossom at the present the benefits derived from the connection are ch efly in the way of letter better ventilation of the t vo proper ties but later th tho com coni action will be of use in the development of t h c western section of the iron blossom ground |