Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-11 | Page 6 | Ohio Copper Shaft is Fully Unwatered

OHIO COPPER SHAFT IS FULLY V UN Sinking to Be Resumed at Once Once Good Good Progress in Tunnel General Genera Manager Coln Colin Cohn Mcintosh of or orthe the lie Ohio Copper company was yesterday yester- yester day ay unquestionably in lii a complacent state of or mind in relation to the status of ot developments in his company's propertY The Thc principal reason for tor it was vas that the shaft shaf hn had finally been and overy everything thing was WS In readiness for tor the resumption of ot sink sink- lug Ing ng Con Conditions ill in I Ithe the tunnel also are arc highly satisfactory The bore isnow Isnow is isnow now within feet teH of ot the shaft shat and andt It t is II being pushed ahead at ot the rate of ot from 77 tb tt 80 SO feet teet a week weel At this rate ate only onh about five weel weeks s more will willbe willbe wi be required to reach the tho point where connection will wI be made mado with wih the shaft shaf as soon as the shaft can be bo pushed down to the tunnel level Not an unimportant feature of the situation Is tho the heavy of or tho the ground In iii which the tunnel Is being run Although it i id Is 30 feet in th of the tho bl big vein the rock Is carrying one per cent copper and some seine values in gold an and silver siver The Tho course of the tunnel has been made to swerve to the right a short distance to lo make the track single bore which will wJ strike tho the foot of ot tho the shaft and extending on the thc west bo ho housed used as the main transportation tunnel tunnel tun tun- no nel to the Commercial mine The track double tu tunnel nel will wi later hater be run straight ahead parallel with the tho sid siding Bil- Bil sid sid- ing and in tho the space intervening will be bc placed tho the ore bins bIns wf It Is plain that I Mr 11 McIntosh's confidence con con- in Ohio Copper increases as development proceeds and he ho becomes becomes becomes be be- be- be comes more familiar with the Immense immense im in-i- mense resources of the tho estate he Ismore ismore is more than ever satisfied that with wih tho the exceptionally economical facilities be beIn beIng be- be In ing provided for tor handling the product It will 1 be he right at the head of or the tho list of low low-c low cost st producers