Show A BIG COPPER F FIND IND free press elko nev last week an item was published irl in this paper relative to operations in the sweepstake mine at old bullion by P D delmas engineer reese who came in yesterday from that district which is twenty eight miles south of elko brought news of a most sensational strike having been made in this old property mr arl reese did not see the property himself but he got the particulars tic ulars from thomas adams and ed farrell two prominent mining men who had just inspected the property according to ithe info information matlon given by them a ten foot foo t ledge was encountered general assays essays from which run upwards of 50 per cent copper seventy five tons of ore are being broken down daily and 1200 sacks of ore are ready for shipment thousands of tons are said said to be in sight on either side of the main ledge is ore of low grade this property is one of the oldest in the district it was owned and worked thirty five years ago by charles Bros somer several years ago A W hesson J J hylton and senator hunter interested themselves with mr Bros somer and considerable development work was done by them ile recently the property consisting of six claims was bonded to P D delmas for it is reported that mr delmas has since refused for it a cash offer of the sweepstake property adjoins the property of the nevada bunker hill property which is making regular shipments engineer F davis is superintending super intending this property and is carrying on an extensive campaign of development A number of other properties are being developed in the vicinity by dr eby joseph taber and other elko parties mr reese says that from the information received the strike is the most sensational sat ional made in elko county in years adams and farrell declare it to be the biggest proposition they ever saw and both are mining men of extensive experience A happy thought in connection with the discovery is that the hopes of charles Bros somer now old and decrepit decre pid and an inmate of the hospital are realized for bears years he toiled unceasingly in the sweepstake burying in it all he be had too old and weak to longer drive the drill he left the big ledge for others to uncover the sale will now go through without a doubt and mr Bros somer will step again from poverty to affluence his reward is tardy but it is good to know that in his declining years he will have plenty |