Show COPPER IN PORTIS DISTRICT it another promising mining riold field in nevada with samples ot of ore sanning as much as 40 per cent copper 15 ounces silver find and 9 in gold cold roger nara and john F hardic have returned from portis mining district lium humboldt boldt county nev key the description given by the gentlemen gentleman of the district cannot but impress the man mail who Is in search of copper deposits with its possibilities for seven years these gentlemen have been tile mineral bearing regions of if t the ile debt and not tit hi anti and were among the first to eurry curry the search tor for the metals into british columbia about three months figo afro their attention was drawn to portis mining distinct which is reached by way of riko elko there they found a well dellner outcrop and digging into this a hody body of copper ore showing blaek black oxide they had erected no ila cabins and taken jn ili hut but little provender fco bo that when tile the ca lher began to ranch pinch they willi diew to await aalt the 0 of several years BRO ago ground in the locality was worked and some eme ore shipped to swansea Sans ca but tile margin was as so beall that tt it was abandoned among the favorable favo raMe locations in ili the district li 19 that owned nned hy by mrs Ilar harrert riot hanks of 0 this city and others the was owned and walked by her husband up to in the time lime tit of his death and shows it a good body of ore fays bays sir at all events an option Is 13 now out upon it in which the hollers bollers undertake to pay on the little salmon Ba linon in the same saine district montana parties carlies have pelt pat up a smelter with v to hall handle the ores arcs s was originally designed as an experimental plant it lias has been operated with such success hov Never that others have been induced to put in one ot of larger capacity the machinery for which la 19 now arriving at ketchum to ix a teamed learned in from that point mr mcnamara says that thai in his opinion on tile the metals are in porch district for 1 9 camp and that he has already arranged arran ced ro take capt george icv W thatcher of colorado into the country |