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Show MOSCOW SHAFT TO BE DEEPENED STAR DISTRICT PROPERTY WILL BE CENTER OF GREAT MINING ACTIVITY Sinking of the Moscow Silver ?!ines three compartment shaft, 200 f:et or deeper, from the 1400 level t-i the 1C00 level or lower was auth1-orized auth1-orized at a special board of directors' meeting held Wednesday. This work i.i to be undertaken at once. The contract con-tract will be awarded within the course of a week. Supplies, new drills, lumber and equipment has been purchased and shipped to the mine. At the Wednesday meeting of the board, the vacancy caused by the death of Fred J. Leonard on August 4, 11)28 was filled by the election of Manager Garratt S. Wilkin as president presi-dent and of Robert Sherwood, super-irtendent, super-irtendent, to the directorate. J. A. Foley is vice president; M. J. Johnson, John-son, secretary treasurer and F. E. Leonard and Robert Sherwood, additional addi-tional directors. Settlement for a carload of ore mined on the 1505 level f:o;,i the c:ghtecn foot fh.surc was r' dived Wednesday from a flail L.-.V: Vill-y 5rnel'inj; cvii';: y. Tl.e : ;,i; . X rn-;-yed 00 c r;'r. a f'.r. i i : i !, f.23 cnt coo,',f r, .'', c t !,--!, 1Y2' fr cent in-',' ible, !H ,-r iron ,-d brought ti.d cornpar.y k vt n r:-turn r:-turn of ,2'Ml and a net of Z'-W.i. Important news wan brought. 1 a k from the mine by Secretary M. U. Johimon, who visited tiie properly in company with S. B. and Walter Tut-tle, Tut-tle, investment broker. Mr. Johiuon reported that the ore showing utruck on the 1550 level of the winze had been opened up on the bottom or 1,-550 1,-550 level. The showing on the 1550 level, Mr. Johnson said, was a full breast of ore. As the drift hail only been poked into the deposit, further work will have to be done to ascertain its extent. ex-tent. The ore was an exceptionally fine cerussite of lead, assaying 00 per cent lead or better, he said. The last report from the mint stated that in drifting into the blue limestone footwall of the 18-foot fissure, fis-sure, the ore had been opened up. A carload of this ore is being loaded load-ed at Milford. Sinking of the shaft will be rushed rush-ed to its objective in order to explore the Red Wa'iior limestone for the orebodies productive in the upper levels and followed down in the winze below the 1100 level. No great amount of drifting will be needed on the 1000 level in the opinion of Mr. Wilkin as the shaft is to be sunk in the heart of the mineralized area with the ore bearing formations all dipping toward the shaft. Western Mineral Survey. |