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Show BULLFROG- SHIPMENT. First Lot of Ore From Camp Headed for the Furnaces. Tho Nows of Goldfleld. in It ctory of a week, saya: "The Initial shipment from tho OrlRlnnl Bullfrog mlno pa.'Hed through Gold-Held Gold-Held en route to Reno on Tuesday afternoon, Tho consignment consisted of approximately ten tons of ore, of an estimated valuo of $3000 per ton. The shipment was under guard from Bullfrog to Tonopah. This whs tho first oro shipment from tho Bullfrog district, nnd It attracted at-tracted a great deal of attention hero. "The Klorenco yesterday sent out a standard gnu so car of ore, making tho second for fiio week. Tho output of tho mine Is avoraclng over sixty tons a week of oro that roluma closo to SVXi per ton. 'The striko, on tho Ucdtop, reported last week. Is holding out well nnd meeting with every expectation. "The Slmmorone continues to be productlvo of sensational developments. Tho latest striko on thin remarkably rich piece of territory was mndo a few days ago. nnd eclipses previous exceptional flnds. In tho bottom of the Incllno shaft, which hns attained on approximate depth of forty feet, there hns comn In a streak nf conglomerate porphyrltlc quartz tliul averages In valuo above 125.000 a ton. "Oro worth up to J2000 a ton hns been opened up In tho north drift of tlio' Dixie, on tho 70-foot 70-foot level. Tho striko was mode Wednesday nnd since that tlrno tho showing has developed Into one of the greatest shoots of oro ever produced In camp. "Out on the Sandstorm, block C, thoy aro now taking out the richest oro ever token from this remarkablo pleco of ground. Oro running SS0O0 to I10.O0O p ton was opened yosterdny. Tho streak Is small, 0 to S Inches, nnd Is so literally alive with gold that In tho light of a candle ll Hashes from tho crevice. It cannot bo known how much thcro Is of thle, but half a ton was lifted to tho surface In a few hours." |