Show BETTER THAN ASSAY TESTS long tunnel in the kentuck at horseshoe bend strikes ore statesman boise idaho the dewey 10 stamp mill at thunder mountain produced bullion to the value of during the month of january this yield was much more than was f shown by the samp sampling ling there were tons of ore milled the average battery sample was 1015 and the average tailings sample the indicated saving being 80 per cent the total value of the ore as shown by the samples was only while the bullion return on the same basis should have been the actual bullion return is thus shown to have been more than the indicated assay value of the ore and in excess of the indicated saving several times before similar discrepancies have occurred the bullion yield being greater than indicated it is somewhat difficult to get accurate samples the tendency being to get the values too low by the furnace test it is very satisfactory to have the returns differ from the indicated results mr dewey states his advises adice s from superintendent in haug are to the effect that the latter is far more enthusiastic about the mine and the entire district than ever before the mine is looking far better than ever and the developments in other portions of the camp are such as to convince the superintendent in that the district is destined to be one of the most productive in the country mr haug is expected to arrive from the camp today he will go with mr dewey to pittsburg leaving on wednesday big strike in the kentuck information has reached the statesman to the effect that the long tunnel on the kentuck mine at horseshoe bend in the pearl district has reached the ledge and opened a body of ore 10 feet thick the ore is of the same sulphide character as that mined from the upper workings and is said to carry values of 30 a ton this being much higher than that above the average value in gold in the upper works was only about 5 a t ton on the ore was concentrated and the concentrates be mg ing heavy in iron were valuable for the companas comp anys smelter at mackay the mill was designed solely for concentrating cent rating while it is known there was oxidized ore on the surface it was supposed that the character of ore would give way at less depth than it did consequently there was only a limited amount of the concentrating ore above the level the ore body was sloped up to the oxidized zone and when this had been done the mill was closed down in the meantime the new tunnel had been started to open the mine some feet deep ep this tunnel had been in progress for two years it was not supposed there would be material increase in the value of the ore and if the report of the value found at the tunnel level proves true the property will be far more valuable abe than the management has ever anticipated |