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Show Bq Strifce In Psrarose mim Jit HeaMlU Leadvllle, Colo., Oct. 19. Lcadvillc's ' Home Mining company stock totihed ?12 I this evening and a number of options were taken for $10 at thirty days. The phenomenal' phe-nomenal' strike in the Penrose mine has caused all this excitement, and it was intensified in-tensified today by the reporc made by several mining men who visited the prop- , erty this morning. There are two drifts running parallel twenty-five feet apart for a distance of over 200 feet. It is figured that between the two drifts Is a solid mass of ore. .and I it is figured that this is worth hot less than $2,090,000. This reprtiiants. however, .only a smal amount of the mineral in sight in the Home Mining company group. They have a large body of iron ore opened up In the Bon Air mine, running from forty to fifty ounces silver, from which shipments of fifty tons per day are being made. This will be increased as soon as possible. It has been many years since Leadville has had so much mining excitement, combined com-bined with stock speculation. Holders of from 100 tO' 500 shares of Home Mining company .stock at $1 a share are now reaping a rich harvest. The stock was quoted in August at 15 cents. |