Show PROGRESS AT STATELINE Unprecedented Activity in the Region Rich Rock in Independence While Stateline and the sisterhood of goldbearing camps of which i is the gateway has had the usual obstacles with which to contend they are I practically out of the way said Lou plactcaly = G Basil who is up from the south again and another season should see them nil In most productive condition The merits oC Statcliiic proper are being be-ing hourly mltull ell by resuHs now being achieved at the Johnny mines and mill while over at Fay the payroll ic veals the employment of 150 perfons with about thirty now working at Deerlodge Among the more important I disclosures during the past few weeks said Mr Basil is one that has bcqn made at the Burro where sixteen feet of 12 gold ore has been exposed The Independence mine three miles and by the distant from Fay operated Independence company affords some of the richest ore that has been uncovered In the district In the equipment of the group and development the company com-pany has expended about S10000 while than reimburse it the to more management manage-ment has over 1000 tons of ore on the dump and a mill will very likely be Installed next spring This ore has been broken down in the prosecution of development de-velopment work only while samples from the outcrop show a valuation of SO gold and 310 ounces silver per ton An official of the company says The Independence has been too much occupied occu-pied extracting the good ore in sight to prospect Us properly for new and richer deposits to any extent t but the lust prospecting done developed a very rich vein about two feet In width and anL Intersecting the main ledge LOO feet from the shaft This ore is heavily iron stained and Is a good indication lint the values will Increase us greater depth is attained The ore from this vein could be shipped at il handsome profit but the company prefers lo wait and handle the output with Its own mill With sufficient wood on the property prop-erty to supply a 100ton mill for lifty years all with plenty of water already developed with quantities of ore insight in-sight and acre of new territory yet lobe lo-be explored the company feels that before be-fore It Is all for which il is laboring and development will be continued accordingly ac-cordingly The rogion is certainly entitled to the altenllon of mining men and Investors generally and tapped by l the rails OL the San Pedro should be the scene of great activity |