Show EIGHT FEET OF ORE G great rat discoveries in inyo county attract 1 1 ing widespread wide spread attention lon during the past few mouths months a of very important discoveries have been made in the near vicinity of keeler inyo county california and as a consequence keen interest has been manifested in this richly mineralized section the recent strike in the estella however seems to eclipse all other bonanza finds and the excitement cit ement there is now greater than ever in speaking of the new field the herald of B shop near keeler says the production record of tho the cerro gordo is about to be eclipsed the first rank of tonopah among silver mining camps is seriously in danger and even the glorious history of virginia city may be somewhat subdued by the great future alich wh ch has suddenly dawned upon keeler the gateway of cerro gordo and the keeper of the great treasure mountain from which so many millions have been taken this was made the most significant strike f ore in the recent history of inyo county whether or no it will prove as it now promises one of the greatest in the history of all mining remains to be determined but the facts are too astounding to be ignored by a skeptical world in the tunnel were uncovered eight feet of assaying over to the tori ton this fact deserves italics it means to the mining history of inyo what the discovery of america by columbus meant to europe A new world of wealth has been discovered and in connection with this discovery the following details are worth remembering mem bering the tunnel is now feet long it was started over two years ago by the estella mining co to tap at great depth the ledge of the morning star claim on cerro gordo hill from which were mined from the surface the projected tunnel will be feet and its greatest depth from the apex feet lie recently feet from the portal of the immense adit a sixty foot vein was cut which was unexpected and unlocked for on this vein at a depth of 2000 feet from the vertical and fully 1500 feet lower than the deepest workings in the adjoining cero ro gordo drifts were started north and south in the north drift eighteen feet in the face opened a solid block of ore which filled the entire drift and the assay sheet shows it to go better than mining men will appreciate what this signifies and others with a library of explanations the ore is in the sulphide zone R C manager plans to haul the ore to keeler with a huge traction engine the mine is about four miles from keeler the estella mining company has equipped the property with a model plant for boring the tunnel and mining the ore A compressor is run by gasoline engine the tunnel is eight feet square in its face and so straight that standing at its end feet from the mouth daylight can be seen mr is a mining engineer with experience peri ence in colorado and idaho that he knew his business in undertaking this great project is fully proven by the result the company is a close corporation with no stock for sale and the men interested have been spending their own money on this tunnel nine veins parallel on the twenty five claims owned by this company and about tons of ore from old diggings are on the property dumps As one correspondent writes to the herald if this district was in nevada people would be here now and the prospects would justify their presence |