Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-13 | Page 6 | Outlet for Black Jack.

OUTLET On Fort nL CC JACK JACIC for tor Oro Ore Nears Completion Eureka Oct 11 Less n.-Less Less than GOO feet of or work to be bc dono done before the tho Black Jack tunnel will wi bo be o completed It I isto la is to be 1500 feet reel In length and Ind will wi bo be tb tho th means of or affording the company compan an opportunity of ot placing Its IR ord upon the cars car car of ot tho the Eureka Hill railway Hi without a n haul by y team tear A large oro ore house has been built buit at the the- mouth of at the tunnel and the company In general enral Is Js being beinG placed in a n condition for the shipment of ot a a heavy tonnage of ot ore when It starts start Another tunnel is also being driven which l Is headed toward I the tho old Star shaft and has hns been run anc HO feet feeL teet This Thin avenue will furnish an outlet for tor tho the ore developed In tho the southern part of the Black Dlack Jack territory ter ter- ter- ter and will be about 00 feet In length The pumps at the Swansea have havo lowered the water in the mine to tho the thoi i SOO level lovel It I may only be a C short time now before the Swansea takes Its place as ono one of ot the heaviest shippers in tho the district as it was was at nt ono one time per James Ma May Peter reter James Fitzgerald and Phil Phi havo taken taken taken tak tak- en the contract to sink the Centennial Centennial Eureka haft feet deeper Roughly estimating the sinking of ot tho the shaft the additional 00 feet teet will wm cost which does not Include tho the timbers which will wi bo be furnished by tho the com com- cany