Show r LOST PACKER VEIN VEINIS r IS STRONG AS EVER EER I p Rich Ore Opened to Feet Tunnel to Tap It at 1000 1 That Tat the vein of copper gold old ore In the famous Lost Packer t mine In Loon Lon Creek district Idaho Is up fully as strong and rich as ever over in the lower levels l vels is information given out yesterday by Manager John JohnP P Boyle Bole who Is in this city for a Q c brief vaC an l during the dull dul season 4 at the mine Finding of the rich ric ore are unimpaired at Ut depth Is I particularly Important for forthe forthe forthe the reason that between the depths of feet Leet and feet was encountered a relatively lean zone and It was wa feared that the values might pinch altogether But It tt U has been proven that the tho re reduction h ducton of values for tor the distance of feet on the vein was purely a local condition due to some freak of forma formation formation I tion which has not been fully explained I The Te vein upon Its Is downward course is iso o J broken by a series of dikes It I was In the space between two of those dike that tat the lean place occurred Restoration R orton of the values when the lower of the two dikes was passed was wasas us as abrupt as was their loss lose losS when the upper one was encountered encountered And upon the the and the SOO levels as aswell well wel as in a which has been sunk f BB 15 5 feet below the level the values JV c are re found to be regular at the high average of the ore are In the upper levels The he ore are la 19 I almost pure i and the values run 15 per percent cent cop copper copper copper per 50 In gold and 8 ounces In silver siver 4 to 0 the ton tonA tonA tonA A tunnel Is now being driven to tap I the vein at the depth of 1000 feet and andI I 1 the level of the tunnel will wi be 40 feet LJ higher than the ore are bins at the smelter May Ship Its Ita Is Ore i With Wih the building of the extension tram roni City of the Pittsburg Pits burg Gilmore railroad the distance to rail railroad ral railroad road from the Lost Packer mine will wil willI I be reduced from miles mies to 25 miles t It t Is not yet known whether the mies ex tension will wil be completed In time to 4 give the mine the benefit of the tho im improved Improved I proved transportation facilities the coming season in the event that it I is 1 the company compan may ship Its It ore are rather than to make a smelter run The Lost J Packers matting plant is a complete success but the cost j of coke laid down at the plant Is so Krent reat eat that It I may be more profitable to ship the ore are than to operate the r |