Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-08
NOW AT WORK ON THE NEW
 TUNNEL.
(From Sundays Daily.)

Among q number of attractive mining propositions now being developed in this county may be mcntioned the Er press mine in the Big Bug district, now being operated by the Westinghouse zonn Mining ompany. Recently test of 200 tons of it's ores was made in the Poland American mill, the results far exceeding the expectations of the company's management.
 The ore was mined from tie upper tunnel and packed across the noun. tain 10 the mill by the primitive burro method, and the directors realizing that the expense of packing could be eliminated by the operation of their property through the tunnel ' on the Fitz Hugh Lee claim, which is an ex tension of the Express, secured per mission from the owners of the Fitr Hugh Lee to continue tue tunnel through the Express, and believing it to be for the best interests of the. com. pany, let a contract for running the tunnel ahead for n distance of 1000 feet.
 The Poland. American mill, ia which the Express ore was treated is situate q short distance from the mouth of the tunnel, and the operation of the mine through the tunnel will sifect a reduction in the cost of transporting the ore to the mill in the sum of at least Sl.75 q ton. tfesf
 Contractors are now pushing the tun. mel ahead, and recently q paystsesk of solid sulphdc ore was struck, averag. ing over F inches in width, and samp. ling $is to the ton in gold and copper. This streak of ore is followed by, two feet of gangue, which also carries good values in gold. In the meantime, while the tunnel is being pushed ahead, stoping has been discontinued in the upper tunnel, where m mir compressor was recently installed, to be resumed as soon as the lower tunnel is far enough ahead to make conuections with the upper level, when the ore can be trans. ported to the mill at the reduced ex. pense. In the meantime new equip. mcnt Is being installed in the mill, 50 that a greater tonnage can be .. more advantageously and proatably treated. When work was discontinued in the upper workings, continuous and well defined bodies of ore !. of good grade were exposed in eight different head ings, blocked out, and ready to be stopped.
 The Fitz Hugh Lee tunnel strikes the vein in the Express ground at . dis tance of little over 1000 feet from it's mouth. It's continuation ahead will tap the vein at depth of about 600 feet from it's apex, where its croppings show on the surface of the mountain. or about l65 feet below the level of the upper workings, with which 1t is the intention to connect at an early dats through an uprsise in which an ore chute will be built. When this i' done the mine can be ns economically operated as any in- the country. swhen this eonneeti"n is made the upper. tun- mel, which now follows tho vein . distance of over 800 feet, will be pushed ahead to the northerly end line of the mine.
 The mine is situated near the head of branch of Big Bug Greek % the Poland and Lynx creek tunnel the continuation of the vein passing through the tunnel on tho I.ynz creek divide. eti
 Opened on the Ftx Hugh Lee, if will be within easy reach of tho teSminu' of the Poland branch of the. Brad shaw Mountain railroad, .wbich il only about 1000 feet distant from the Poland American mill.