Show 0 THREE FEET OF ORE review bisbee ariz the higgins development company has encountered ore in large quantities in its shaft which is being sunk on the south side of the property near the uncle sam claim more than at any time since the company has been operating in this district A meeting of the stockholders and directors of the higgins company was held in may and work on this end of the claim was authorized the first work was a tunnel which was run into the mountain thirty or forty feet in a westerly direction and at this distance was abandoned on on account of the poor showing A new shaft was started at the mouth of this tunnel a few days ago and yesterday had reached a depth of ten feet in the bottom of the shaft is three feet of ore which was encountered as a small stringer on the surface with each foot of depth the ore widened and it is extremely rich giving an assay value of per ton the ore is a copper glance and red oxide and the formation is calcite principally with lime and iron A report from the new shaft last evening was to the effect that the good showing still continued and the ore widening it is the intention of the management to follow down the ore in the shaft and ascertain its dip and when this is ascertained the work will be discontinued in the shaft and another tunnel started further down the mountain will be driven to cut the ore at a greater depth of course there is a possibility that the showing will pinch out before any great depth is reached but the management is going on the theory that they have splendid indications of reaching a permanent paying ore body by following the ore now appearing in the ten foot shaft on the south side of the higgins property |