Show ON THE CA california NEVADA LINE special correspondence lundy mono county cal june 18 the mccormack lease at Lucky boy shipped another carload of ore to hazen last week and is sacking ore from the raise from the foot level and the west drift on the the main company is hauling from the former hubbard block of ground about fifteen tons of ore every other day the shaft Is down feet on the incline the standard at bodie is the only company working but with the completion ot the power line from copper mountain four miles below lundy a renewal of activity by a number of the old companies is planned the standard ak i working about men and running twenty stamps themay lundy at lundy is only working one shift in the mine blocking out ore there is enough in sight to warrant the mill in starting up again it is rumored that an english syndicate is negotiating for the property the broken hills mining company is working the old parrett property adjoining the may lundy considerable high grade ore is available for immediate shipment the broken hills company will shortly install a mill on this property enough low grade 10 to 20 ore can be taken at the surface to keep a small mill working aside from the high grade there are porphyry bodies cropping on the property that sample 4 and considering that the property can be mined by tunnel and has wood water and immense water power on the ground this 4 ore should yie d a big profit when handled on a large scale the gold is mostly free except in the high grade shoots where it is ne cesary to concentrate the veins of the may lundy increase in size with depth but the average of the ore is lower in value the formation is diorite with occasional droppings crop pings of porphyry the veins are in the diorite running northwest and southeast and dipping to the southwest at various angles usually under 50 per cent the ore is a hard light colored quartz values occasionally come in the seams in the diorite close to the veins kr mr parrett has worked the parrett property for the last thirty years mining alone and packing his ore down the hill to an which though slow effected a very creditable saving |