Show THE VENUS this group of claims adjoin the burro group on L the south and Is owned by the venus gold mining milling company a corporation formed by wyoming parties mr hittell is preil president dent and G Y candish secretary treasurer and manager the company 00 PP its F 50 1 T fa ophir mine and mill has feet in length on a large north contact vein which is one of the largest in stateline Stat eline mining district it will average from fifteen to twenty feet in width the i alues are about equally divided between gold and silver some high grade ore occurs in this vein but the main ore body Is low grade averaging a few dollars per ton professor james E talmage of salt lake has examined the property tor for the company and reported very favorably in ills his judgment which agrees with that of others who have gone over the ground the property merits a deep shaft and extensive development the main shaft has lately been sunk to the foot level and the company isnow is now preparing to install a steam hoist hois tto to go to still greater depths |