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Show I" I ji ! v NELSON VEIN AT MOUNTAIN 'j CITY IS GROWING WIDER ' ' i That former commendation of the I i I '(;. Nelson group at Mountain City, In ' j ';' northeastern Nevada, was not mls- !; ', placed, Is shown by the statements of r !f' the manager, W. C. Pedder, who was . ' I, at the Knutsford yesterday. The south 1 ' drift from the tunnel is in 125 feet on I tho vein and the north drift extends J';- thirty-five feet. Two feet of the vein V averages over $300 per ton in gold, and 1 a streak from eighteen to twenty-four ,J inches will go $50 to the ton. In the I ' 'i- face of the drift the bottom of the vein I ' I ., now measures five feet, having widened . I -').,; materially since It was first encoun- I 1 ','!' . tered. The new. mill, which has been ,1 , ! In operation for thirty days and han- ' ,1,; 1 ' dl6d 800 tons, has been closed down to i ' ,') permit the addition of two Wllfley Ml ', H tables and several Prue vanners to , ' ''). its equipment. , 1 1 ' I iff Mr. Pedder came to Salt Lake on , j At business and returned home last night. |