Show THE HOMESTAKE SHOWING Encouraging Developments in This Tintic Property E P Sears superintendent of the Homestake mine near Silver City Tin tic who is in the city informs The Herald that the shaft in this property is now down to the 260foot level and that as work progresses the ore body is increasing in size as well as in values Two shifts are employed in the development de-velopment of the Homestake and in the bottom of the shaft the pay streak is 18 inches in width and carries values of 25 per cent copper from 25 to 30 ounces in silver and from 2 ti 3 in gold to the ton The ledge on which the shaft is being sunk is about 15 feet in width and live feet from the pay ore in the bottom of the shaft there is another chute of ore of about the same size values that carries about the same assay I I On the dump the company has about a carload of ore ready for shipment which will run better than any consignments con-signments yet made from this property prop-erty Mr Sears is also directing the work that is now being done in the development develop-ment of the Florence mine which adjoins ad-joins the old Park at Silver City I Operations have hardly begun as yet on this property and yet at a depth of only ten or twelve feet a body of ore has been encountered and it is believed be-lieved that the company will work in pay ore almost from the surface The i Florence holdings extend from Silver I City to Mammoth and there is little i doubt but that the mine will prove to be a most valuable one On the Park adjoining as stated in these columns yesterday active work has been begun and the owners of this ground expect to strike ore at a depth of only ten feet Iu fact they know that this will be the case as but a few feet distant in one of the old workings of the property a fine lot of shipping ore has been taken out in the past at about this depth According to 11 Sears all is life and activity in and around Silver City and this promises to develop into one of the most important portions of the district dis-trict |