Show THE JUDSON CLEVENGER STRIKE standard silverton colo one of the richest and by far most important strikes in the san juan county in the past ten years was made during the week by judson clevenger on his group of claims on sheep mountain in south mineral creek district just west and adjoining the bancora group the discovery was made in the main working tunnel between and feet from the portal of the tunnel and at a vertical depth at about feet below the surface the vein is fully three feet of a solid lead and copper sulphides sulp hides and runs on a general average ounces gold and ounces in silver being worth per ton at the pres present ent price of silver A small force of men were put to work at once and arrangements ar are e completed for immediate shipments the force of men will be increased from time to time as developments advance the ore is very similar in character to some of the ore in the bancora group which has a production record of over the bancora group is now owned and operated by william sullivan who for the past four years has confined his work solely to development and has today over worth of good shipping ore blocked out and ready for shipment |