Show BATTLE MOUNTAIN NEWS special correspondence corr esponde nce battle mountain nevada jan 25 dark clark and birch who have taken a lease on the rockwell property have sunk the shaft down seventy feet and are encountering bunches of sulphide ore at present they are engaged in shipping ore from the upper levels william licking is hauling down aown a carload of high grade carbonate copper ore from his property on elder creek george H chaffey has struck some very high grade carbonate and galena ore in his claim at galena which assays essays as follows no 1 per cent lead ounces silver and 4 in gold no 2 per cent lead ounces silver and in gold the streak is small but is improving with depth the copper basin mining milling company is taking out some fine galena ore foreman pope is getting out a shipment for the market manager clarence E lee of the little giant mine has returned from austin with his bride after an inspection of the work done during his absence he reports the ore body showing big improvement with the improvement in the copper market it is expected that the old humboldt mining company will soon start up there is a large ore body in sight in the mine that can be marketed with good profit donald macdonald in charge of the copper baan properties of the glasgow a western exploration companas comp anys domain in company with mort horton manager of horton co were in salt lake last week for the purpose of consulting with officials concerning the future development of this property C S |