Show COPPER OPPER STRIKE IMPORTANCE OF Visiting New York Engineer Tells of Sensational Discovery cry ery Near Palisade IMPERIAL IS TO RESUME WATCHING DEVEL DEVELOPMENT OF THE KING CON CONA A to m J 3 Hood a mining engineer ot oC New York who is now in n Salt Lake awaiti awaiting the return of one ot of the owners from the east reports are that oit one of the biggest strikes ot of high grade copper ore ever made in this west western ern em country has occurred at a point close to on the line of th tb South rn railroad in Eureka county count evada The property belongs to J W WFrank WFrank Frank ad G L Kennedy the ry being protected b by twenty claims Jo 10 during the present month Mr Hood has bu for a price on the prop In order that he may present It to his eastern connections and he is now awaiting the return of Mr Frank to tamp when hen he will go out and 00 endeavor to close a deal for it itIn ItIn In company with Mr lIr Kennedy Kenned said Mr Hood UI I visited the property and to say ay that I was waz surprised at the show showing inS ing is stating it mildly I took some sam vIes pies from the ledge and have had them assayed since I came cam to Salt Lake a few days ago Sample No 1 from fifty tifty feet the ledge gave returns of 10 per perre re ent nt copper 7 gold and 19 ounces silver per ton No 2 sample from 60 00 feet across the ledge 95 5 per cent copper si In gold and 31 ounces in silver No sample taken near the top of the mountain where here the ledge for fora a width of O feet went 7 72 per cent cop copper copper per i in gold and u ounces silver per ton Such assays as these dont look reasonable I know but they are correct This copper strike is only one and one half miles south of the town of Palisade and close to the tracks of the Southern Pacific railroad Before going to Palisade and after hay haying ing investigated the mines of Ely for forfa fo fa tern clients Mr Hood took in the mines of Mineral MineraI Hill which are arc midway between and Palisade and east rf of the line of the Eureka Palisade railroad Riches of Mineral Hill It Is a to me said Mr Hood that with all the large s smelters in this valley which need SO much lead ore for fluxing purposes that the Mineral Hill properties have not been gobbled up b by them ere now as the ores carry In ad addition to ithe Ahe lead and silver 10 to 15 per percent tent cent iron to l 1 per cent lime I visited tM the Mineral Hilt Hill mines at the sug suggestion of Jake Israel Israe l of this city who IS n new w at after telling him that J I was in search or of properties At t Mineral Hill I met William V ho showed me over the entire property He told me that J W Frank had a bond n all of the mines and that I would Tind ind him at That is bow I came to st y at the latter place an run on to the big copper discovery had gone Past east RS as stated SO I got no chance at atthe th the 1 Hill properties uTh Fhe old mines at the top of the moon moun lain were worked thirty years ago by an English syndicate and sold on account of the tha depreciation of silver In these oM old workings s there are at le least st 1 oo tons of re that Mr says will average 40 44 ounces silver and 5 M gold per ton In my opinion however this ore will wUl average e nearer ro l ounces sliver All of this tons is broken down and cor corded M up ready for removal to the furnaces On th dumps of this old property there are at least east J tons of material that will iII a ra e 1 15 ounces and UjO in ingold gold geM while in the mine workings there are thousands of tons ir sight read ready tf to tob Ix b broken down that I should jUdge will aen average e ounces or better The records show how that these old mines have produced and t there re are certainly millions more in sight Lead and Silver Mines Down the bill hili from this property Is the Webster which contains A vein or of ore that will wUl run in the neighborhood C 41 40 per cent lead and according g to Mr 11 th 30 ounces silver and LM in ingold gold On the Hecla and claims there is ore everywhere carrying lead sliver and gold oId thousands o of tons being in sight The ore is not as high grade as that In Inthe Inthe the Webster but It will average at le least 15 i per cent lead J i ounces silver and 2 in n gold On the McCo McCoy claim a bi big open ut Y feet Ion long discloses a ledge fifteen r fet et Wide On the dump is at I least ast tons Inns ot of ore that will run 51 G per cent lead 51 ounces silver sHyer and t 6 in gold This is the best beet looking thing I have ever seen in a prospect and mark m my words it will go o down A tunnel ba has been started below belo to tap It at a depth of feet below the open cut Fifty feet more will wiH reach the vein And when it itis Itis is opened there the claim wilt will be worth The Inspection ot of this property ended my investigation as I was anxious to get to Palisade |