Show RECENT DISCOVERY IN VETA GRANDE SHOWS BIG GOLD SILVER VALUES reno nev dec 8 recent discovery of a large showing of ore in a surface cut 15 feet wide samples from which assayed to per ton in gold and silver has stimulated confidence dence of the management in the veta grande mine south of the comstock region As this discovery was made about 2000 feet from the main workings it is taken to indicate strong enrichment through a large area of undeveloped territory superintendent R C walker reports that good progress is still being made in cleaning up the 1200 foot lower tunnel and that he expects within two weeks to have the machine drills in operation drifting and blocking bloc kino out ore on the silver vein cut at feet from the portal and the gold vein cut at feet the silver vein which is about 40 feet wide is estimated to average 14 per ton as far as developed to a depth of feet and the values in the gold vein where cut by the tunnel are placed at about the same figure the productivity of the property is expected to make a fine showing when the proposed mill and electric power are installed as 5 ore in this region pays a handsome profit above mining and milling costs |