Show ANOTHER STRIKE IN MASCOT range news wilcox ariz last week a rumor reached wilcox to the effect that the mascot copper had cut a large vein in the west croscut from the consolidated tunnel A ai special trip to DOS cabezas by the writer verified the rumor and they were just drilling a round of holes ready to shoot the first charge of 0 dynamite in the new ore body the ledge shows for thirty feet in width in the center of which is an immense pay streak of the finest high grade ore we have seen anywhere no assays essays have been made to determine the exact am amount aunt of copper contained per ton but no assay is needed except to determine exact values as anyone even a green horn can readily see the high grade character of the ore no accurate idea can be formed at present of how large a pay streak will he be but from the location with reference to the surface showings and the solid massive character of the vein matter as encountered in the tunnel level it is indicated that one of the largest bodies yet uncovered in the workings wo akings of the consolidated soli dated tunnel has been struck and that is saying considerable I 1 con considering daering the size of those already discovered A drift has been started on the ore and wednesday was ay in four feet and the entire face top aids and bottom were in ore of a sens high grade character the tyre ore in the new strike is exactly like the ore in the other oilier veins cut in this tunnel excepting that it appears to be of a higher Z grade and is another proof of what may be expected when openings are made under the other large outcrops that are so prominently seen upon the surface at other points on the companas comp anys ground |