Show OLD HICKORY STRIKE beaver news the old hickory mine is coming to the front at a pace that promises to crowd the other bonanza properties oft off the track foreman charles price reports another big strike more important than any that have preceded it it was made in the tunnel which is now feet in the hill at this point a body of high grade copper ore was encountered there is a chute a foot in thickness that will average fully 40 per cent copper while the entire workings are in ore that will run 15 per cent or better the high grade streak is a beautiful mass of chalco chalaco pyrites red oxide e and malachite every foot of development work woric upon the old hickory shows an improvement in the property the gasoline hoist is doing its work to perfection raising a ton every load there are now about sixty five people at the mine and the camp presents a lively appearance A large portion of the forces at the other majestic properties has been engaged in doing assessment work for the past few weeks the christmas holidays necessitated a partial shutdown shut down but operations will now boil be resumed on a a heavier scale than ever the new abw shaft at the 0 K is down almost thirty feet and will soon be equipped with a sd 34 horse power gasoline hoist things are moving smoothly down at the smelter and every effort is being made to complete the plant at the earliest possible date the lead furnace arrived some time ago and is now nearly completed |