Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-12 | Page 6 | Swansea Stoping on Lower Level

SWANSEA SW AN SEA ON ER LOV LEVEL EVE Manager Geddes Drawing on Eight Feet of Fair Ore WILL CONTINUE ON DOWN DOWIl Hen Heavy Tonnages o of Iron Again ComIn Coming Com Coin In lug ing From Dragon on lion hUll Mines Around Sliver City Tho The management of tho the Swansea of Silver City which continues to re report re re- port lOIt ort at tho the furnaces with an average u of about tons of or Iron ore monthly has decided to re reopen reopen reopen re- re open the foot fool level and upon this will begin bedim sto sloping at ut once Of or the class of or ore oie in question Manager Theron Theran Geddes said ald during the da day that there is exposed at this time as much as eJ eight ht feet teet on tho SOO Ie the tho product maintaining an average of 20 o pet per cent Iron l 15 ounces silver and from 50 to 75 cents gold although at Intervals tho the latter later metal shows as much as 2 The Tho properties of or tho the company have been fathomed to a depth of 1050 feet to lo which level the tIme better heter fual quality of ot ores were extracted and from which a n half hair million in dividends was derived before the flow of water became and the tIme need of heavier pumping machine machinery became urgent urgent That at nt depths greater great great- er than has been heen attained important disclosures await awai the company Mr lr Geddes f says S 'S he has no doubt but to tJ demonstrate it must incur considerable expense and ant the control Is not dl disposed I ed to subject the company to It I at this time AIr Mr rr Geddes reports report the management i of or the Dra Dragon on Iron mine mine- supplying the tho smelters with wih ith an average erro a of ot HiO tons of oC 01 ore ole c dally daIly daly at this time Ume and while the time zone has been drawn drawl on for fou very large latre tonnages it show no 10 sign o of Impoverishment Impo yet In tho the name fmc locality Con Sullivan Sulvan SulvanIs Is preparing to Inaugurate work voik on adjoining tho the old Rabbits Rabbit's 1001 which at tt one period held out so 80 much prom promise Iso to tIme the company owning