Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-09-24 | Page 6 | Rumored Victor Strike Denied

Humored Victor Strike Denied Mammoth Utah Sept 23It is rumored ru-mored here today that a strike of sensational sen-sational nature was made last evening in the Victor This new strike IB said to have been made In tile south drift from the SCOfoot level This would be toward the Star Cons ground The principal value in the ore runs In copper cop-per This strike is without doubt the most Important yet made at this property prop-erty Vivian McCune general manager of the Victor to whom the special from Mammoth was referred last night says the report has evidently been confused with a streak of copper ore encountered In the tunnel which is being driven to connect with the main workings a depth of 200 feet This ore which occurs oc-curs in a seam has been run on for some time the contents consisting entirely en-tirely of copoer There has he adds been no work dose In the south drift referred to for some time Meanwhile the tunnel which was started from the surface has penetrated the zone for 2CO feet and will connect with the main workings at 100 feet from the mouth