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Show SPLENDID VEIN OF COAL IS UNCOVERED Manage Bsehtal Jabtleat Over the Showing at New Point of Kntry Above Proposed 'Tram. C, V. Bechtol, the mining man in charge of the work of opening Up the Iron County Coal property at the I new terminal selected for the tram, came into The Record office yester day bubbling over with enthusiasm over the fact that he had just broken into a splendid body of coal at tin-new tin-new development point. A large slid" of rock over the face of the vein has caused him considerable extra work and worry, it being a question 'to whether the vein should be reached from above or below this reef of rock. After experimenting with the upper opening they tunneled iii from beneath be-neath ami encountered the upper por tion of the vein, in exact line ami place from tin- othei opening some two '" three hundred yards around tin- face of the mountain. liter driving in a short distance on the vein he sank a winc eight and a half feet, 1 but had not yet reache l the bottom of tin- ledge. Mi Bechtol Is 'low- looking for men and teams to make a large, level ap proach to the mine and to furnish the uppei terminal for the tram, which work will in- pushed with all vlgoi |