Show independence shaft has passed foot level a alex mattson who is in charge ot of the development work at the property of the independence mining company in east says that the shaft has now passed the foot level and that the contractor robert Kal lando Is making very good headway but one shift Is in use at the present time but the pro perty Is well equipped having an electric hoist and compressor the showing at a depth of feet is reported to be highly encouraging the drills are cutting through a porphyry formation and no parti cular change is expected until the shaft Is sunk to the or SO 0 level in the same section of east tin tic a short distance to the east of the independence the east standard company is sinking a s shaft haft isaac isaacson of goshen Is in charge of the work at the east standard and sinking is being carried on at a depth of about feat feet |