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Show Mary Ellen Company Elects New Officers Company Preparing for Canipulgu u IlrielopinciiL ' The Mary KUen Mining Company held on election this week, when tho following new odlclnls wcro chosen: H. C. Johnson, president nnd director; direc-tor; T. M. Allen, vlco president nnd director; W. F. Nccdham and Roy C. Holey, directors; J. Wntt Storrs, sec-rutary-treasurer nnd director. Tho Mary Kllen has a peculiar history. his-tory. In tho early diiys many tons of oro in tho form of boulders wcro shipped from the Mary Kllen gulch. At first the) woro picked up In tho bottom of the creek bed. Later men plowed down tho hlllsido nnd shi, tho boulders of galena that ran hlgl. In silver nnd lend. These boulders wcro part ot tho debris that covered tho solid formation. No ono was cw nblo to locato the vein from whlcl tho rich llout enmo. Hut ovcry one conversant with the locality Is llrmlj convinced that somo day a great, mini will bo opened up In tho Mary nil guloh. This company owns seven patented claims nnd several others unpatcuU About COO feet ot tunnels huvo been run on tho propcity, and work will I bo resumed with tho opening of I spring. Tho property adjoins tho I Uelorophan ground' and somo aro of tho opinion that what has como to bo known an tho Clcghom flsBuro runs through tho property. Tho company Is negotiating n deal with outsido peoplo peo-plo who will probably take n block of 200,000. shares of treasury Block and spend tho mouoy In going after the oro body. |
