Show larger number working at the knight properties 0 hugh Tren trenholm holin field man tor for the various knight mining companies was in the district during the early part of the week being in consul tation with frank alien allen who Is gen eral superintendent of all of this company s tintie mines mr trenholm says that the iron blossom and colorado are attract ing a large number numble 0 ot fles lessees sees and at woj present the worx 1 ingy da I 1 g f forces or a are re much larger than they fhe y have hav b been ee a at t any time during ath year these companies are doieg g uch to enczur age leasing and a ay a result mining operations have been en e greatly seimu mr alien allen says that a good big percentage of the lessees are get ting along in nice shape and taking out ore of very good grade those who are prospecting new ground are receiving some help from the corn com pany in the way of tree free air and the use of tools with lead moving in the right dl di and copper showing a slight improvement the outlook for the mining industry of la Is not so discouraging as it was some months ago and the knight people hope to be able to do a considerable amount ot of development work in the iron blossom colorado and dragon at the last named property a contract was recently let tor for driving a dritt drift through a portion ot of the mine w which had caved in and shut ott off ore pro the contractors have corn com plated their work and within a very short time the mill at silver city will be taking a good tonnage ot of mill ore from this property money is not yet plentiful enough to permit the knight people to re sume work on such properties as the big hill empire mines or tintic gintic drain tunnel but during the early part of the coming year some work will no doubt be mapped out for these companies |