Show IMPORTANT STRIKE MADE IN THE VULCAN A strike of vast Importance Is reported from the mines of the Vulcan Smelting Refining company In Iii l the old camp of Hunter about thirty miles from Ely says sas the Ely Mining Expositor Under Und r the di dl direction direction of Superintendent P A Dannaher operations have been largely large confined to driving the main tunnel and at a distance of 1200 Im feet It tapped the Copper Head H d ledge The strike insures that this old White Pine camp will soon be in a process of re xe after thirty years of idleness Assays Assas from the strike average ounces in sliver silver 40 per cent lead and 6 per cent copper Until further work has been done It will be impossible to determine the ex extent extent extent tent of the new find Present explorations explorations have proven that the lead Is wider than the big tunnel and neither the foot nor hanging wall has yet et been found By B this method of opening up the mines Su Superintendent Superintendent Dannaher has disclosed feet of sloping ground The Vulcan company was promoted by Denver mining men after a systematic examination of the ground had been made by Superintendent Dannaher After tak taking takIng ing lag an option on the mines Mr Danna flanna Dannaher Dannaher her managed to get the entire purchase price by b slipping an old slag dump which was Included In the deal These proper properties properties properties ties were owned in the early days by George Kennedy formerly a prosperous merchant of Cherry Creek and were ac acquired acquired from his estate |