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Show OLD STOCKTON'S . . m REGORO More Oro From Its Miue3 Than at AxLy jPoxiod In Twenty Years Now Arriving. TONNAGES of ore from tho mines of Stockton are reminiscent of an output that came to the valley furnaces-from that source twenty years ago, said an 6fllclal of ono of the big plants yesterday, and yet, volun- InnrAl Cnmiinl Tni.v nf t Un ITnnnrl un mines and mill, the present tonnage is but an intimation of what Is lo follow. To achieve even the present output has Involved efforts of which the more audacious au-dacious only arc capable. The driving of tho long tunnel, urged by the founders found-ers of tho Honcrlne, ns the only possible pos-sible means of reclaiming ore bodies that wore locked within the relentless embrace of tho waters that tilled the zone, has incurred the expenditure of a fortune, to be sure, but that fortune Is a trifle compared with those that havo been unwatered and that aro now coming com-ing to the surface. In the splendid undertaking un-dertaking the Honcrlne, of course, has had the co-operation of a cluster of companies, the courage of which Is rarely concentrated In one camp. The Black Diamond, Galena King and the remainder have all contributed and before be-fore the close of the year the wealth from those sources should compare favorably fa-vorably with that of the average Western West-ern camp. |