Show zuma will start sinking next week 0 shaft will be sunk from the to 1200 level the work to b be e handled under contract no change in machinery 0 early in the coming week the work of sinking the main shaft cul wul be taken up at the property of th zuma company the shaft which has a depth of feet will be sent on down to the 1200 level and this piece of work which will be hand led under contract will cost the company several thousand dollars it ls is thought that it can be accod in five or six months the parties who have taken the contract will handle the work at a ascertain certain price per toot foot furnishing kols and powder and it I 1 is understood od that the contractors acao rs ha haye e bauc faith in the property that treasury r y stock will be taken tor for a go good d p part t of the amount the company wll 11 furnish and oper ate the mach machinery ii ry and supply the timber two gifts will be used and as soon as a barding house can be fitted up the entire force will remain at the mine everyone connected wish wih the contract is determined to push the work along as rapidly as possible and it is quite probable that the first feet of sinking will be completed within two months the zuma s main shaft Is but BOO feet deep but the workings extend t the level the additional depth having been reached by sinking dinzes there is considerable orp exposed in the lower levels of the mine and it is thought that the best way to bring the zuma into the pro stage Is to sink the shaft and cut the same deposits at greater depth no changes to the equipment will be necessary |