Show W A CLARK JR IN BIG PIOCHE DEAL it develops that W A dark clark jr of los angeles son of former senator W A dark clark of montana and owner of the great ophir hill mine at ophir utah is heavily interested in the E and F property in the pioche district control of which has just been acquired by R J evans and associates of salt lake the E and F property has been owned by the ellis estate of salt lake mr evans has confirmed the report that W A dark clark jr is interested in the project but he would neither deny nar nor confirm the report that the property was acquired with the expectation that it would be consolidated with that of 0 ile he bristol silver mining company whose hillside mine which produced approximately in the early days of the camp adjoins the E and F in discussing the deal mr evans said about of ore has been shipped from the E and F property in doing feet of development work A total of close to fifty cars of ore shipped shows average smelter returns of 25 per cent copper 1812 18 ounces of silver with good values in lead and some gold several cars averaged better than 30 per cent copper and from 15 to 42 ounces silver per ton twenty samples from different parts of the mine where ore has been left show an average of ten ounces of silver and per cent of copper good values in lead are found in some parts of the mine in several parts of the mine work can be started on ore showings which are making in into virgin territory richly mineralized on the surface no doubt the size and values of ore bodies will increase with depth it cannot be said that there is any particular tonnage blocked out but in several places small tonnages ton nages are exposed which carry good values the equipment on the property is suf to develop the property in a small way it is expected that bodies of ore similar to those opened up in the bristol silver mine from which during the last months of the year ear approximately of ore has been shipped will be discovered in the E and F property |