Show OPHIR BULLION AND KEARSARGE ARE REPORTED OPENING NEW ORE an ali important strike has been made in ophir bullion line e in in the ophir dry canyon district according to L W beltzer lel tzer secretary of the coni company pany who 6 gave crave out the fol lolling g sta statement to the daily press on oil the it ey Y actual measurement said mr smeltzer satur day it the ore bed inea measured up from the foot wall is now tan en feet et in ia thickness and the hanging wall has not as yet een eel encountered countered A drift for a distance of twenty feet to the ore along the foot wall has been driven arid and ore ow being mined to five at the rate of twenty twenty tons ons per day an analysis of the ore shows it carrying 10 oz gold oz silver 15 per cent lead co copper p per per cent t iron the company is working sixteen men and in order to increase the output of the ore arrangements are being made to put on a double shift facilities in the way of boarding house and bunk house to accommodate forty men are now being made the kearsarge standard mining company which is being operated by the same saine company made a very important strike on august 18 A bedding of ore immediately under the callahan which produced a large tonnage of high grade ore in the early days has just been opened up on friday the first ore was mined its mineral content being per cent lead 49 ounces silver 3 in gold the width or extent of this bedding has not as yet been determined and only about a ton of the high grade ore taken out but from all appearances according to H D 1 heist engineer for the company the bedding will be from five to six feet in thickness making on the bedding and carrying values similar to that referred to above which has has just been taken out settlement returns have not been given as yet on the last car of ore shipped from the kearsarge t but the one immediately previous to the last car netted the company approximately 50 a ton |