Show THE montgomery SHOSHONE A dispatch from beatty nevada says the energetic line of development work 4 q started by the new management of the cl 5 montgomery shoshone mine at bullfrog has been productive of results surpassing the expectations of the management A new ore body has been discovered in the main shaft of the property this main shaft was sunk on what was considered the center ot of the tale talc ledge the extension of the crosscut tunnel which intercepts the main shaft however has shown that instead of the shaft point be ing about the center of the ledge it is near the northern side of it so wide has the ore ora body been shown to be by the tunnel running j across the vein to the south owing to jo the dip of the vein this perpendicular shaft leaves it at a depth of about feet this shaft was being extended to a point where it was the intention to run a drift to the vein at a depth of feet however the management was surprised to find that the shaft was running into a rich body of sulphide ore it has not yet been determined whether this body is the big ledge or another vein no indication of its existence having been seen heretofore in any event the strike is considered the most important since the great ledge was crosscut last summer by the tunnel the 1 pronounced sulphide character of the ore has satisfied the management that the new ay ly found body carries its values to a great depth bannings Pann ings of the ore show those long iong strings of gold that have long been characteristic te of the shoshone sho shone mine the management will sink the main shaft to the boot foot level from which point the extent ot at this new vein will be thoroughly investigated k at a meeting of the montgomery sho shone mining company hel held d at beatty nev last week the following officers and directors were elected for the ensuing year Cl charles farles M schwab president donald B gillies first vice president M R ward second vice president oliver wren secretary and treasurer malcolm macdonald irl A montgomery L A parkhurst joseph C schwab and george bartlett the most important business transacted at af the meeting was the entering of smelting smelling sm elting contracts to handle the smelting smelling sm elting product ot ol the montgomery shoshone and the mont gomery polaris the montgomery shoshone consolidated mining company popularly known as the schwab merger is the holding company for the montgomery shoshone the shoshone polaris and the crystal mining companies with the completion of the merger organization these directorates direct orates will eventually pass out and the holding company will take dl di charge of the several enterprises at the meeting of the montgomery shoshone articles were amended to increase the board of directors from seven to nine |