Show REACH BOTTOM OF OLD V I ARD SHAFT L' L Ledge dge in Sight ight and It Is Hoped to Make Property Pay Again I 1 Virginia Olty Ity t Dec I Superintendent Hall Flail Hal of or the thear Ward Ward- ar shaft has ha reported that the time shaft has been beem drained an and that the bottom of or it i h ha been reached at a a depth of 2181 ISI feet wh where re work was us suspended c twentythree twentythree twenty twenty- three years ean ago ngo when the g great eat mines of the Comstock declined It I is now the Intention of or the company owning the tho Ward Vard Vart mine to sink Ink time the shaft to the foot level IO c anil arill to t work the mine and antI develop the time lower lowi 1 orl workings ln s to a n extent nt The llio old nh ledge e I Is still tl In iii 11 sight 1 1 and ane th time the Ward mine m may again be a t 1 Heretofore draining time the shaft huC down lown downto to 0 the bottom has been boen accomplished I under the tt most trying ansi and costly costy cull cun- for t 1 em- em tIme tho nn that this tho and slit sill Mi th t o h loose dirt that hint hal hail 1 tilled l cl the shaft url 0 tIme the suspension rf of work for ris' r l' l nearly a n quarter century a Was as Il up lit t by hy the time pumps cutting Sill out I lie tho valves ais and amid aHI materially I Impeding lug ing 11 the tho work vork olli Now nW that lint the tho 1 bottom m hn has has' been reached thI thore will 1 b 1 bd i no nn fiu lr delay from that cause In lii sluicing I i big ing through ir ln ground SIJ SI iss is's J I sini Fisl Vein Gives Olve S Sensational ie Ss t i I Ills iS nUck Dec Dc TIme The sensation Cn ton tonof of tin tim district is hc the tho th big imig strike s by b 1 the Jack Jacl Bell el Mining sl company on tin thit led Hod Top ol ground thie th the original H t ery Ol of or tho lh camp This Thi lease r. r af has boon boonIn In operation for ci- ci sonic nw time hue and h had l h all al kinds of ne handicaps It I ha heln been almost l nn fiTi to tn work material to do tb tu th time tho l' l Tho Time shaft hlf wa 31 sunk funk to iii lf the iho tho G foot CS-foot sinking had hael to t be liP lt l discontinued discon con con- on account of o lack of or limbers The lease lense was 1 sunk ni Of a n foot IK-foot Vein s son o of eeL oro that gt gave sensational on on The surface h The rhe ort stood In the shaft for 01 or S rl feet t and panned and nud ns as- ye In time tho pictures After tel crosscut crosscut- for 1 a n distance nee of oC 10 19 foot feet t the oiVi was discovered Tho Ilie rock mock showed free CIce 1 gold goll when liei struck und and waa was full ul o of sulphides H that gave shipping returns TIme The crosscut a was ivas e continued to tho the hanging ln wall wal and tho the 01 ore now new measures mea meas Ut ures M 3 32 f foot feet et In wj width th Four Four- feet feel from Crom room tho the hanging wall wail and lying against It I IL L was Wt found a n copper vein that was 1 l sacking oro ore which returned d OO per por port t ton tou Picked sample than ihan in sold gold colt |