Show I ORE IN I I OL OLD MINE MINEI I Portland Men Finance I Company for More Ac Active AcI Active tive Development e ment I The Mining company which is being financed by wealthy business men of ot Portland Ore Ore has ha be begun ben begun gun n in earnest the work on Its it proper properties properties I ties tes about twelve miles mUes east eat of McGill McGil where several hundred dollars dolar worth of low grade ore was taken out be before before before gade ten fore the mines were deserted about Expositor years ear ago aso says the Ely El The original owners ower reached the ore oreby oreby oreby by means of a tunnel and followed it to a depth of feet feet At that point a Q was sunk 45 feet deep and work was abandoned because beuse the ore orewa was wa not rich enough to pay for haul hauling haulIng haulIng ing it i to the railroad miles mies distant While hUe cleaning out the old two weeks ago brothers opened a threefoot vein of ore that showed exceptional values in gold and ad silver siver The new operators are concentrating their energies on the and will wil drop into depth of ot several hundred feet if It necessary The subject of their attack atack will wU be bethe bethe bethe the lead lead which was wa accidentally dis discovered discovered discovered covered some time ago in removing a alot alot alot lot of overburden that had accumulated in years the workings working for more than thirty Vein Velu Becomes Larger At a depth of 70 feet the vein In the had bad widened to five fhe feet and feet assays assas Taken from the lead show val vat values values ues in gold and sliver silver siver ranging from 35 upwards A portion porton of the ore body is extremely rich and for eighteen inches will wil assay in gold besides carrying cring silver siver values Albert came in from the Koh moor mines today toda after an abse ce of ot five months and will wil spend several days das in Ely Eh with wih his parents Mr and andrs Mrs rs A A J He was exhibiting some fine free fre gold specimens from the properties We have had a small force of men working for the last two years ears in two different spots said Mr and andIn andin andin In both places the results are are re encouraging encouraging aging One of ot our workings is feet deep and some good milling ore has taken out although it is not rich enough for shipping purposes The Te where we found the rich ore is still stil showing up In fine shape and assays assas taken from the lowest point are sufficiently high to Justify further sinking |