Show IT MAY OUTRIVAL AL ALI I EARLY HISTORY Kennebeck Old Producer at atAla Alta Ala Is Being De De- MANAGEMENT AFTER DEPTH Only i Work OIk in lii II Old 01 Ja lays a and rid It I I li Is Believed to Ru lie Rich RichI I Ch Just over o the hill bill hil from the tho Columbus Columbus Colum Colum- bus Consolidated and other producing ing n mines mine of or the Alta Ha district says sars the he Alta AHa In Independent Is situated one of f the old producing mines of the state late It I Is now known knowl a as the beel and under the hands of Manager Man nn- nn ager agel Craig bids fair ai to o outrival al Its Is early hl history tor In the old lays days when sliver silver was king IcIng tale riches this property under the name of if the Reid Heid and Benson was adding Its is wealth to that thal o of Its Iu sister mines mines The exact tonna tonnage o or orro gross ro value alue of the ores extracted from the mine Is not available at the present present pres pres- ent eat time but ores which netted Us Its Is then owners owner over o cr found a market at the local and foreign smelt smell ers The present mana management ement Is at al Plesent pros pres- enl eat bending Its Is energies to lo attain depth and uncover the greater values In ores which arc are known leown to lie le beneath any point reached by the miners of a a bygone bygone by by- gone Jone day The fact Is that In In common cornmon com corn mon with wih all al properties o of that time the workings o of the mine were low Mining had not nol reached rached the perfection per per- o of present methods and consequently con con- i only the near surface was as I developed de and even at that the high I values alue were the only ones sought after This leaves lea the thc Kennebeck practically a a new mine with 11 the tho surface only prospected ro enough h to assure thc uc cess of deep mining Deep In Iii II OIl Order cr As said suld before dec deep mining minIng Is tho the order o of the da lay day In the Kennebeck this thi character of developing has so o far a I progressed ed that thai Its Us stockholders are arc ae assured that shipping will wi be bc under underway underway underway way before the snow flies fe A tunnel has been driven Into the mountain in and arid anda arida a shaft hat h is being beins sunk from the old levels le and the thc connection Is near at hand Tho The ore bodies are arc o of character charac charac- ten ter tel to make certain that thai they will wi be continued for an indefinite period The ore will wi undoubtedly be bc of the sulphide varlet variety and though the tho sensational sen sen- values som sometimes found In the carbonates of or the uPI ma may not obtain yet yet the average value will willbe willbe w be he greater In Iii the future the outI output output out out- put o of this mine will wi multiply the theOld theold I Old ld production b by more than ten |