Show From Neighboring States White Pine Nov News Bad air has prevented the active exploration of the copper strike made In the ChaIn man mine last week and a connection Is being run to secure ventilation There Is no doubt entertained by the owners however as to the great value val-ue of their discovery Dix W Smith of Elmira N T with a party of friends arc In town for the purpose of examining some of the mining properties in this camp says the White Pine Nev News They arc accompanied by two experts vis Prof Fred D Smith professor of chemistry and metallurgy in Montana Stale university uni-versity and S F Shepherd superintendent superin-tendent of the old Spanish mines at Redding Cal and who has been a mining superintendent for twentynine years They have options on various mining property and were on Tuesday Tues-day engaged in taking samples from the Jupiter group one of the richest properties In the damps It Is understOod under-stood that If the assays are up to ihose formerly made that the party will purchase a large amount of mining property here Aside from their personal per-sonal interests the gentlemen represent repre-sent capitalists In Bradford Warren and Pittsburg Pa and Corning and Geneva N Y |