| Show STRIKE IN CON MASCOT MINES previous to his departure for the east about the first of the month general manager charles peter of the consolidated s soli oli dated mascot corporation operating twenty miles north of hailey idaho returned from the mines with pounds of ore that had just made its appearance in the face of the main main operating tunnel the strike was made on ony only y a few hours before mr pet peter er left the property I 1 so lie he was without knowledge of its real import and extent As he was compelled P belled to b go 0 o east on the first of the month no additional information concerning the discovery has so far been obtainable tai some of the ore brought Z down was a high grade close grained galena that looked as though it would easily carry 65 per cent lead and probably 40 ounces of silver per ton A general sample of material just as it was broken down carried about 35 per cent lead and 16 ounces silver at the point in the tunnel where the fissure was tapped is more than 1000 feet from the portal and beyond the point where the tunnel swerves to take an ail easterly course through the patented claims of tile the mine the ore came in at the top of tile the face and was w as dipping easterly with the vein and it had not been cut in the bottom of the tunnel when mr peter left the mine for salt lake the significance of the strike lies in the fact that it proves the contention that the ores developed in upper workings go down to the main tunnel level insuring the permanency of the mine at depth many other new disclosures are promised d tiring during this years operations at the property |
