Show ROCKY DISTRICT COPPER in the last issue of the mining review mention was made of the fact that a big shipment of copper ore was to this pity city from the 0 0 K mine in rocky district beaver county the property y being embraced embraced in the holdings of the majestic copper mining company of which A B lewis 19 is president and manager and the prediction was made that the consignment would run up to in value since then the shipment of of toen ten carloads has been received sampled and marketed the results being so astonishing that mining in the section from which came this heavy lot of high grade ore has received a great impe impetus and now the mines and prospects of this section are being investigated in a manner which would indicate that others intend getting in on the ground floor in mining propositions in this locality Py previous evious to the arrival of the big shipment consisting of tons T R jones local manager of the american smelling smelting Sm elting g refining company was willing to 0 wager wager that the consigny consig consignment nm ent would not average 25 per cent in copper to th the ton and was greatly surprised when control assays essays showed values of 40 per cent in the red metal in gold and 75 ounces in silver to t the he ton an analysis of the ore disclosing the presence of insoluble matter 66 per cent iron per cent sulphur per percent cent and 66 percent silica the ore came from the level of the 0 K mine at which point the ore body is twenty two feet in width the length of the chute not being yet determined a wonderful feature connected with this great body of mineral being that tt it is all pay but very little sorting having been done in taking out this ten car load lot there being beina 1 every reason to believe that another such shipment can be duplicated at any time and every thirty days thereafter surely beaver county with her mines is making a great record for herself this season and the end is not yet |