Show california skidoo news charlie walker who has the contract for a foot tunnel on the lucky swede came down to camp wednesday with some magnificent specimens of ore from that property sam adams and a party went out on thursday to it returned jubilant with the showing the vein which was about eighteen inches wide on th surface has increased in size to five feet values are approximately 50 to 60 to the ton the strike was made on the pearl claim of the lucky swede group on lucky swede nos I 1 and 2 there are two other ledges assaying 17 and 11 to the ton respectively tile the work on the tunnel which is being driven on the ledge will be con coil tinned linued with all speed skidoo news tile the arrival of bob montgomery and matt haveck and their news that most of the new mill had already been shipped from coburg Jo burg the first wagon of which should reach ballarat ballaran Ball arat today has caused the osborne lease people to telegraph for a complete hoisting lioi sting equipment to be expressed immediately this will enable the lucky leasers leaders to have quadrupled their output before their first parcel of ore is treated the board has been augmented by milton 1 I baird of pittsburg pittsburgh t h pa who will act as director and treasurer mr baird has taken up a large block of stock which puts the treasury in a very healthy condition operations will be extended and pushed with all speed nevada city miner transcript this week the vein at the murchie which is turning out such splendid ore from the seventh eighth and ninth levels was caught on the thousand foot or lower level at a point feet west of the shaft and superintendent superintend e nt henry fitter and his assistants are in high feather over the outlook at the point of discovery it was two and a half feet thick and the new drift which is being pushed ahead shows that it is steadily widening it is from ten to twelve feet thick on the tha level and gives every promise of holding its own in size and quality below it is all good milling ore and pays a splendid profit the twenty stamp mill is running night and day and the cleanups clean ups are of a most satisfactory size about fifty men are employed A little later the sinking of the shaft f for or another level will be commenced I 1 |