Show li I IS W MINE Strike In of Great I f i ft Significance S fi can e eORE I ORE FOR ABOUT FEET IF t r it U CHUTE CHUT OPENED 9 ENED IN DRIFT PROM FROM OLD WORKINGS w t f One of the most Important strikes j I recorded In the mines of Tintic in inmany ini i 4 i many a day Is that which has ha just oc occurred occurred ocI I i in the Cham Chum Champion Champion t pion property adjoining the p Gemini Eureka Hill and Centennial I If 1 f ureka on the west we The strike con consists cont t of the th opening up of the ore are chute encountered on the surface of the 1 Muldoon claim last spring in lii the drift from flom the level of the theold d 4 old workings and all of feet beneath the surface of the claim in which the j vein was first discovered vered f Quartz was encountered d in the lime formation two or three weeks ago but c the ore are chute was not tapped till Mon Monday Mont t J day and yesterday when Superintendent I dent Kent Farnsworth telephoned in ini i he reported that a very fine quality of 1 SilverIe ad ore had been exposed I though its extent had not then been I determined Manager P T Farns Fame Farnsworth FameI t I worth verified the story which had hadi i leaked out and said he was Satisfied that it was sas the same caine chute which had been followed down from the tl e surface s for lor a distance of I it as the making of a new 1 mine in territory f The ore where encountered red below belov is rich in sliver silver and lead both the per percentage percentage 1 of the former omer running from BO io to 60 While silver values approximating approximating mating ounces are are also present i The Tue only difference in the ore opened up below from that above is in the j j greatly increased percentage of lead j and while Manager Farnsworth F was as loth lath to have much said about the mat matter mattel tom tel he le was unable to conceal the pleas pleasure pleasure ure nrc he felt f lt at the disclosure From the 2 level in the shaft shafta a n vinze has been put down over twenty twenty twenty ty feet In solid ore of high grade and j Mr 1011 Farnsworth is now morally certain tain tam that he has practically feet of I ground in the new portion of 1 the mine mind J 1 The price asked for stock in the company c mp has been gradually strength strengthening strengthening ening for several Jays flays but on change i yesterday morning was the best offered During the afternoon as much muchas as 75 was bid and one of the directors directors 1 tors was willing to wager va gel that better than 5 would be tendered inside of a af aI f I week |