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Show I I''!' TUSGARORA FORGES Hf ' TO THE FRONT rl (, l Reported That Grand Prize, Fabu- j loiisly Rich. Mine, Has Been rii,'l A REPORT comes by private Inf.orma- ) , fk Hop that the old Grand Prise mine fill j. . Tfi. it Tuscarora, ?ov., pas lcen sold, j Wj , Lnsl fall .1 proposition wan made I j j,' j upon the property, but pn account of the I fl it 1 Obsllr.ncy or aomo of the owners It was 111 jiJi not consummated. Tho deal Is belwi hun-' hun-' u'h ' dUfl by a young mlnlnrr engineer, rcpre- Ljl inline capital mode In tho copper Holds ) I ,- of Michigan. I 1 j ( i Tho Pri20 holds tho record for both pro- ' I f J'' ductlon .and yalu? oC.oro In a camp which , I , j has been famous for hlgh-erado ores. Ono ' ,' ; , hundred and ten thousand dollars per ton h Is very gooil ore a slnplo mine car which 1 I if' l . rebuilt the bolHtliiff works and mill that '1 J i b were burned down. Is something that few 1 enmps can produce. But this la tho rcc- . ; ord of the Gram! Prlzo of Tuscarora. Tho I ' 1 story Is told of Cornlshmcn running mor- tar all night on oro carried out on their duv shift. And many a miner made a It 1 stake and went homo on tho ores of this j l famous mine and Its nelphbors, tho Nava- i J , I jo, Del'e Isle, Queen and Commonwealth. I . Tho Grand Prize dump Is said to con- 1 1 tjiln one car of ore, thrown over by mls- I take, which would pay for the mine sev- oral times. Some 100.000 tons of oro an) I , In tho dump, which close .sampling shows (1 j to bo worth ?7.50 per ton. so the pur- ' chasers arc not llkoly to make a mistake. I, Then' out of the Dexter property adjoining adjoin-ing thoro was taken some shipping oru j 1 last wlntvv, whllo large bodies of low- grade were exposed. 1 The Queon and Commonwealth have , been explored by an Eastern party the fl 1 1 past spring, and a deal will likely bo con- i suminatcd there before the season Is over. 2 11 , 1 Tho Dextur people -recently "bucked" on a ') ( i proposition they had for a deal on their y. 'I group of mines, milk and power plant In Tuscarora. Eastern capital was ready to , r lake up tho matter, but a delay occurred j f and tho matter was not brought to a suc- .,; i'i U Ofssful termination. l, I I Surrounded by the Bexlcr. Indcpcnd- lll 1 cnee. Navajo and Belle Isle, lies the jfl ( ' Eclipse, now being worked by Ogdcn par- I ' ., ties, who expect to bo able to begin mlll- , j lng oro Jn Auyust. They havo a slxty- j foot slope opened that an average assay, I'I taken every live feet, shows nearly $55 per III ton. Tho compimj holds the property un- I, I dcr bond, put cannot afford to lose their Jj1 I I ontloir and will take It up. This claim Is 'II , virgin ground and promises as good ot , (' I better results than Its neighbors, with a ' 1 , ! record production of over J3O.0O0.O0O. , ' ( Some new strikes on McCann creek. I I ' four miles west of Tuscarora. promlso ; " something big in tho way of heavy low- 1 grade, free milling gold ores, with streaks ii , of native sold showing In the face of somo 1 ' 1 I of the rock. I if Tuscarora has been dead, but will como j 1; to life ngaln, and this seems to bo her jl1 'j year of rejuvenation. Mountain City with I ,' I her new strikes, o.- Bluo Jacket canyon, t! , where tho Carmlchael Bros- and Hunter 1 I , and Kennedy of this city aro exploiting If ' , . some valuable jiroperlles, Elko and Bull i,l I Run, arc making northern Elko county 1 (k ' 1 . loom up, and thero Is every reason to bc- I 1 , Hove that ere another twclvo months pass J I 1 she will bo more famous than Tanopnh or W j the moro nowly discovered Goldficlds. jl 1 1 The whole belt has been demonstrated, ! U Millions of dollars have been taken out of f J the ground, and like tho Comstock, moro l't,?.lit millions are yet to be dug out, "VYatch ' j . ft Tuscarora! |