Show discoveries IN THE COEUR special correspondence wallace idaho march 24 discoveries in the coeur calenes dA lenes during the last six months are the most important ever made in the district according to E D H moffitt of wallace idaho manager of the finch and campbell properties who says these discoveries show that the biggest ore bodies in the country all lie deep and in the burke quartzite this formation underlies the st regis and revett quart in which all the workings of the morning and hunter mines at mullen hitherto have been in the deeper levels of these two mines they now are getting the same grade of ore that has been found heretofore only on canyon creek the deepest level of the morning mine now shows fifty to sixty feet of ore one half of which will average 35 per cent in lead and 12 ounces of silver to the ton the strike in the hunter is equally important it is the first time in the twenty five years history of the property that its owners have been able to see they would not have to go down into their pockets for money to meet the next payroll we are getting encouraging results in the drift to the east from t the he lower crosscut tunnel in the alhambra we have picked up some nice ore but the body has not proved continuous so far at greater depth we believe that it will prove extensive enough to make the alhambra a mine |