Show A RARE SPECIMEN through the kindness of willard J potter traveling 11 representative of the cleveland varnish company of cleveland ohio the alining review is able to add a rare and rich mineral specimen to its cabinet the piece of ore in in question being a small chunk of nearly pure horn silver combined with chlorine the combination being t the characteristic making the specimen so rare the best of the ore assays essays 76 percent per cent silver and 24 per cent chlorine a peculiarity of the ore being that when a shaving is taken from it with a knife or other instrument it is translucent and almost transparent A pocket of this ore was found in vulture no 5 of the con mine at leadville in 1881 the bunch weighing 11 about pounds at that time professor W S keyes now one of the most noted experts of th the west was manager manager 1 of the C H robinson of this city and butte also at the head of his profession as a mining expert was mining engineer for the company harry levens was chief assayer assay er and mr potter was sample assayer and all four secured specimens from the pocket the ore for cabinet purposes is as valuable as it is rare and specimens can be seen in some of the most complete mineral collections in the united states and they command four or five times their intrinsic value at the hands of metallurgists and veteran collectors |