Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-17

dips downward sharply On the Prince claim to the north of the. Ad- D anac the diabase is within about 250 feet of the surface.
 Therefore in the basin between the boundary of the Prince claim and the present workings of the Adanac is the zone wherein leading geOlogists q believe are deposition is likely 10 oc- cur. and 1t is in this section the Ad- anac proposes to develop. ElIiott-Kirkland
 With full force of men employed and the electrically driven mining plant operating satisfactorily. the work of driving the shaft of the Fl liott-Kirkland to the 5OO-foot lovel is proceeding.
 The 400-foOt level has been passed and at the present rate Of progress the 5O0-foOt will be reached and T lcrOsscutting will be under way before the end of February
 T Due to the fact that some n or l2 feet of ore of a commercial grade was encountered at the S0O-fOOt level there is considerable importance at tached to the results that are tO be met with at the 500 foot
 Like. the Kirkland Lake Gold Mines the Elliott had only a narrow vein at the 10O-foOt level. and. like the Kirk land Lake, the management are hopeful of finding increasing width as greater depth is attained
 The strike of the ore body is a lit tie south of west and is expected to cross the Elliott from the east to the west boundary. a distance of ap- prOXimately one-quarter of a mile. With the Lake Shore having cut their vein at the 400-fOot and the Wright-Hargreaves having cut their main vein at the 200 foot. the Elliott now appears to be in line for the next important strike in the chain of development that is gradually placing the Kirkland Lake field more perma- nently on the map.
 The water troubles. which for time retarded operations. have been i overcome and no further trouble from this cause is anticipated
 Beaver Cone
 At and below the 7OO-foot level the exploration work being carried on by the Beaver Consolidated is being at tended with encouraging develop ments. A winze is being driven down on Q promising vein. Some fairly high grade ore is understood to have been opened up
 With regard to the Kirkland Lake property of the Beaver there as vet appears to have been no decision reached as to the duration Of the | present shutdown.
 PorcuPine V. N. T.
 4 feature among the gold produc- ' ing mines of PorcUpine Is the steady ! improve enent being made at the Por. ! cupine V. N. T. Where a few weeks ago. the mill heads were running about SS.50 per ton, it is nov officially ! learned an average value of approxi- mately SlO per ton. is being estab- lished.
 ! This increase is especially signifi- cant, due to the fact tha. it is only recently that the management began to draw ore from the lower workings | of the mine.
 ! On the former grade of ore a profit was being realized, and the present | higher grade is serving to swell the margin of profit materially.
 The recent new additions to the mining plant have made possible the more efficient carrying on of theI big underground development pro gram.
 Pittsbure-Iorrain.
 Mining and mining operations at the Pittsburg-Lorrain are progressing sat isfactoTily.
 The old mill of the Wettlaufer mine, and which is under lease to thei Pittsburg. is understood to be giving good satisfaction. During the past few weeks the mill has been kept going on ore from the Wettlaufer However. a change has now been made and ore from the Currie itself is being treated.
 The former management of the Pittsburg was of the opinion that mill ing operations would have 10 be sus- pended during the winter months. but contrary to the general expectations the new management has succeeded in carry ing on both milling and min ing operations uninterruptedly
 At tie present time crOsscutting at the third and fourth levels is under !. way and the general outlook is un- derstoOd 70 be satisfactory.
 4 diemcnd drill is also in operation . on the property.
 Chambers-Feriand.
 Al the Chambers-Ferland mine the | axploration campaign along or near ! he contact in the lower workings is | progressing satisfactorily.
 Nothing of unusual importance has as vet been encountered. although | geological conditions continue favor able. A number Of narrow but prom sing veins have been cut
 Plans are now completed for the commencement of operations on an aggressive sale at the newly ac- quired Burnside property of the Aladdin-Cobalt. the controlling com pany of the Chambers-Ferland