Show I CUT PRINCE BIG VEIN ON 55 FOOT iO-FOOT FOOT O-FOOT LEVEL I South Drift on Level Is Getting Into Rich Ore I The Prince Mg mangone manganese e ein vein hAfl hAa hA I boon cut on oil 01 tho the foot fooL Coot level o of the mine or feet teet deeper doper than development develop develop- meat ment has has been previously been done on tho the ore bodies In Iu size and com coin composition position of ot the tho vein Is virtually tho the thoI same a as on tho the upper levels levels It I is not until the is reached reach cd at the I probable depth of ot something more than than 00 toot feet that material change In Inthe tho the vein le is anticipated Then judging from experience in the old tames mines of or Plod the vein Is likely to narrow I I down town considerably with corresponding correspond correspond- lug ing InS concentration of or values In the I lime belt bel the tho ores have havo been torp formed by replacement and tho values alucs have ha be ben been n lessened h by oxidization while In inthe tho the firmer Ormer quartzite below the tho solutions havo have been beon confined to the tho f fissure sure and ON oxygen gen has been excluded ed Asido from the tie ol opening of or the bl big vein eIn on the lowest level ol according to 31 M. C. C GO bo and J. J Frank Elan who ho arrived frola yesterday mornIng morn- morn lug Ing hiP the mine is i looking bettor better botor than ever wherever ol work Is 11 being prose prose- One of the most Important developments de do- e- e Is In the south drift on the tho first drat rich fissure easl cast of ot the bl big vein Little work ork has heretofore been beon done south of the crosscut in that thAt fissure the extremely rich ore oro shoot having hu been found lound north of ot the tho crosscut Now Xo however drifting Routh Is Ie In progress on the level lovel and that drift is getting getting get set ting Into high gr grade e ore Which Which makes maltes it I appear that thAt there thoro Is almost no limit to the riches of tho mine and its Is wonderful system of s otil The crosscut cut on the 50 level lex-el has SO feet yet ct to run to fo catch the first of oC tho the two rich fissures the intrusion of oC nio lule imm masses of or Igneous matter mater been c contracted d in bulk bulk and bent upward along alonG Its Is east cast and west vest borders Into a a shallow trough trough- i shaped mass resulting In a series of deeply IJ burled buried led wide-open wide north and south fissures along Its inverted h arch which are In effect upside down own and naturally tight or n tn on their termination on at tho trough like lkc surface of th the great great mass of ot limestone beds mountain that now noW constitute the thc bulk of or Go Godl a h n In In the thc from the new net 1100 foot shaft of the Yankee mine and in inthe inthe the tho now Beck Tunnel runnel shaft ahat 1100 feet deep deop a n close series of ot wl wide open open e-open north and south fissures with wih attendant bug- bug holes and cavernous ca connections filled with moro or less limo Hmo and quart breccia breccia and rich stained iron-stained so go sar is now In evidence c Give GUo Different Those These big fissures put a 3 far different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent light l ht on n the east side formations formations forma forma- onN n as Ut probable sources of Important ore bO bodies les from what Is Indicated ot at atthe atthe the surface surface One of th these se bl big open fis fissures fis- fis rM 8 is connected with tho the full tun len length th of ot the flat oro ore bo body it In the time Colorado and Sioux mines and has ha been exposed b by considerable drifting from the foot toot crosscut of or the No J i Color Colorado do youth fouth shaft shar whore It Is no now HOW showing strong manifestations of ot making makinI ore oro that may continue down and afford aford a permanent vertical channel connection to tho the deep The Tho open nature of ot the fissures In Inthis inthis this part of ot the district afforded Ideal conditions for rot the the downward circulation tion ton of oxidizing surface waters that have havo ha a doubtless largely displaced d the vertical connection of the thc flat flat bec bedded ed sills sms of ot ore arc now nOW producing such rich results in il the Sioux and aHI Colorado tn mines i n es This replacement proc process ls would naturally be checked ho however at the approach of or ground water lov level l and t o a a occur that Is likely to afford atford accumulation of bonanza ore at depth out of ot all aU proportion in size to the big r remnants that havo have been beeD mined and arc aro now In sight along along his portion porton por per tion ton of ot the district Only l in Sit It I has haa been pretty conclusively shown In tho the government report re referred referred ye- ye forred to that tho the bulk of oC the lead sU lead sl vcr er er ores of ot tho the Tintic district was precipitated from ascending mineral min eral em-al solutions In the form Corm of ot sulphides es and Ind subsequently subsequent altered alered to their present pres pres- ont cut form torm by oxidizing a agencies The rhe considerable bodies of ot galena that arenow are arenow arenow now being mined in the Sioux and Colorado Colo Cole rado i alon along with wih tho carbonates point quite quie conclusively to a a deep seated Hour source e of tho time ore and and to the time character I of or mineral that ma may bo be expected at depth when the big connecting fissure that underlies lImo iho flat ore bodies has been fUl fully explored i Some concern seems to ho bo manifested manifest manifest- I ed cd that tha In a n district of such open fissUre fissures fis fis- fis sUre and caves covos oxidized a and d dr dry to i such a great depth when permanent i water level le el Is 18 encountered it will wi bo be impossible to COO copo with wih It by pumping This Is not necessarily the tho cane case how- how over In fact where water level has been encountered In the time Centennial Lureka Eureka an and Gemini mines of ot this district diM dis at at about 2200 00 feet vertically It U to havo have been lowered with Ith ver very little effort It If I am rightly informed The water basin of oC Goshen valley 1 Id Is vcr very probably dammed off orr b by the Impervious Im Im- un- un pervious contacts contact o of dikes that border tho timo northeast flanks fanks o of the tho i Tintic mountains In fact tho the ore ore- bearing area aren of or tho the district is practically surrounded b by eruptive dikes likes that may embrace a n comparatively ithal- ithal low ground rou d water vater basin of ot sedimentary formations restricted to its Is own local drainage area Ground water volumes are about as uncertain a problem to figure on In advance nd as are mineral an and amid geological problems in general It is a fact not generally appreciated that most lOt of ot the ver very deep mines mine of ot the world are aro dry r und and dust dusty In their lower lo ls Heck flech Tunnel Work urk Your Uncle Jesse Knight Is tIme the real red blooded operator of ot tho east Tintic section His recent plunge for fOl a deep deCI mine in tho time I neck fleck Tunnel property is 11 well wel warranted and based on goo good logical conclusions if I ho lie docs does not got get it in the time first frt one thousand ff fret feet t that ho lie will IJ In tho tim second Is almo almost t a taint And when he lie does coes It IL I l Is l likely eh to e prove an aim e eye e Mr Ir Knights Knight's me methods hods of ot mining are arc sometimes criticised deed nU and they ther ma may not be bo up to present pres pres- set ent practical standards but his faith in nature and sense of or direction in looking for tor mineral apparently apparent amounts amount to an Intuition It has repeatedly brought results and will Ill wil doubtless do doso doso 8 so again Ills His wide open policy of or tak- tak talc tak In ing tho the public Into his confidence b by monthly reports of ot tho the financial standing stand stand- ing of ot his ills different enterprises Is well wel worthy worth of or emulation and his methods of oC conservative assessments for tor de development development do- do enterprises whore where treasuries are nrc empty Is the only true system of ol carrying oil on 01 speculative mining development devel devel- enterprises Th catch catch penny phra phrase non should JeI non ls sable be I eliminated b by law from association with wih Western mining Incorporations If U If time the Fast East Tintic ever got get Get through waiting to be le shown and get down to real mining on an energetic ener ener- getic scale I think there thero will soon bo be something doing In the tho way of ot real strikes of or ore In that portion of ot tin tho fluid field Tho They could well wel afford to sail n 11 out their trea treasury ury shares at public auction and gut get Jul on an nut assessment basis basic a as aM soon noon as necessary This Thi ma may sound like Iko heroic treatment but a man mal that will wi not nol stay tay with a white chip a ante 11 nt to where such Much luch Jackpots a as a the tho Colorado and Sioux ore or bodies arc are the stakes takes played for for fo ought to be eliminated from rom tho the game ar Companies too weak financially finan daily B to tt undertake de deep p mining should combine and get Jet together on oi 01 a an acreage acreage acre acre- age 50 basis for I think that properly di directed dl- dl l- l effort fort specially especially to tho the deep under the summit and east slope lop of or Godiva mountain will wil surely additional ore bodIes bodle of the time Sioux Siou and nill Colorado type and also alao allo of or tho moro more i permanent typos types referred to to |