Mohave County miner., 1918-07-27

delay has been experienced on account of unsatisfactory electric service due to storms and the changing of trans mission lines, gooc sped has been made, and a total of PA feet has been accomplished in the six headings being run.
 Since July 15 two new headings have been started, both of which expose conditions which are more than prom ising. No. , was started at a point west of the shaft and on the south side of the station and runs south. 1t lis following a well-mineralized lead showing an abundance of chalcopyrite and pyrites. The formation is a sheared schist and the heading has naw advanced IA feet.
 The following work has been accom- plished in the other headings:
 No. 1, the southeast drift and now running more easterly. Total advance of 4S feet. Formation, well-mineral- ized schist.
 No. 2, the west drift. Total of 27 feet. Work was resumed in this head ing last week, and with good results, for at a slight advance a well-defined contact was encountered showing a footwall of diorite, porphyry on the hanging wall side, between which lies a soft schist gouge, the latter show ing chloridization. The contact ap- pears to have a northeasterly and southwesterly course and is now being followed.
 No. 8, the crosscut being driven to intersect the No. 13 quartz ledge which was exposed on the 700 level, has advanced a total of 76 feet. The face shows a schist with stringers of quartz running through the formation. A very favorable conditions is also eX- posed in No. 4, running north from the west side of the station. A good looking quartz was cut in this heading and the face of the crosscut IS now entirely in the body which has its or .igin in the No. Is ledge.
 On account of the fact that No. 13 was encountered as a blind ledge on the 700 level and therefore no exact knowledge of its downward trend has been revealed, it is next to impossible to prophecy its distance from the bot tom of the shaft at the present depth.
 The Labor Situation
 Nothing new has developed in the labor situation in the Verde district, and no ruling has as yet been handed down by Hywell Davies, the represen- ative of the federal government. A wire from MT. Davies stated it would be necessary to have a further conference with the representatives of the com panies in Los Angeles this week, and that any ruling made as to increase in wages would obtain as of July l. It is expected that he will arrive in Jerome the latter part of this week, at which time some definite decision will be made.
 In the meantime work has been go- ing on as usual, there being no fur ther talk of walk-out, and it is evi- dent that all parties will abide bw the decision of the federal mediator.
 Green Monster
 With the visit of President w. $. Humbert and Director w. W. Lawhon to the Green Monster properties last week came the announcement of the temporary cessation of development work in the Gorge tunnel. Some months ago the Gorge tunnel cut through a body of low grade chalco- pyrite which proved to be about 90 by 100 feet in size. At the outer edge of this ore body a winze was sunk to a depth of 100 feet and passed out of the ore. 4 crosscut was then run back 100 feet under the pyritic zone and raise driven for the purpose of determining the dip of the mineralized formation. The work done so far has revealed the fact that this ore body lays rather flat, and for that reason it was decided to discontinue work at this point for the present. Later its planned to thoroughly prospect the 1 Gorge tunnel workings by vertical diamond drill holes.
 In the meantime work w;il be con centrated in the sinking of the Dor othy May shaft. The shaft has passed through some very good schist and the formation is now getting trifle hard CT, although it is not diorite. The present depth is 765 feet, and the shaft will be continued to the 1000 level unless the white intrusive eX- posed in the crosscut from the 800 lev el in encountered at less depth, in which case it will be followed and prospected. There is no water in the bottom, of the shaft, and in case a flow is struck, it is the intention to pump to the stump on the 800 level and lift the same from there up with the equipment already installed at that point.
 Since cutting out the work in the Gorge tunnel a force of "A men is be- ;1o au,nlOuad