Show NEW FIFTY FOOT ORE BODY IS TAPPED IN BETTY ONEAL MINE the width of the on no 4 tunnel level at the betty oneal mine has been increased from 18 feet to 50 feet by work conducted back of the false hanging wall which was broken through a month ago in no 5 by a miner starting a raise to get waste for filling the extreme width of the ore body necessitates the use of square sets in timbering according to the nevada mining press the first round of shots fired back of the wall disclosed a streak of high grade four to six inches wide which assayed ounces of silver per ton back of the high grade was a large deposit of mill ore of good grade with bonanza streaks running through it the is feet long and has been carried up 70 feet to the intermediate level the new unit of the mill is now in operation treating tons per day which will be increased to tons the first unit which was completed the latter part of october 1922 and has since been in continuous operation has been shut down and will remain idle until the market for silver improves the drop in the price of silver when purchases by the government at 1 per ounce ceased has I 1 been met by the simple expedient of raising the value of the mill heads an easy thing to do in the betty oneal which is probably the richest silver mine in the state new buildings for the accommodation of the employed emp loyes have been completed at the camp near the mill |