Show deeper work TV ork may now be possible receding water in the gemini and ridge valley properties may permit mining of ore below the 1650 level for some unknown reason the water in the gemini and ridge valley mines Is receding according to manager jackson mcchrystal measurements which mr mcchrystal talo took on thursday show that in what Is known as the 72 the water Is now fully 25 feet below the normal water level which Is 1650 teet feet from the surface some years ago during the time that the gemini people were operating their pump ing plant the workings reached from the 72 produced some exceptionally rich silver ore and it Is generally understood that a considerable am amount of this oro ore was exposed at the time the company in st stopped pum pumping g owing to the heavy expense and ard the mechanical troubles ex experienced perle nty e at jf manager manag mcchrystal Is at loss to account tor for the lovering lowering ng of the water level wh winch a ne says may pos sibly be due t ve dumping n mp aing operations in the chief fieros s mine lessees have been quick to take advantage of this change however and troia from the mike alike ross lease a carload of very good silver ore was recently ship ped some samples showed sensa lional values in the white and the entire carload ought to carry better than thau one hundred ounces to the ton the point from which tho the les lessees S ees are getting this ore was some distance under water until a few months ago manager mcchrystal says that in the ridge valley which Is worked through the gemini shaft the water has receded approximately 15 feet and appears to be gradually falling he believes that with the comp company anys s present pumping equipment it may be possible to still further lower tho the water in important sections of the two mines and this will greatly stimulate leasing operations and add materially to the comp company anys s earn ings his plans do not call for lift ing the water to the surface simply pumping it into open fissures at some distance from where mining operations are being carried |