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Show EIGHTEEN-INCH PAY STREAK. Blind Lead South of-Virgin River Develops De-velops Into Ridh Strike. Special to The Tribune. CAL1ENTE, Nov., Nov. 22. One of tho richest strikes reported during this year In southern Nevada, was made this week In the El Dorado mine, ono of tho properties prop-erties belonging to the Golden Dawn group, owned by Fucrst and Wclncr. located lo-cated nine miles south of Virginia river, south of Moapa. At a depth of fifty-six feet In a shaft, a blind lead was struck, cresscuttlng the formation, eighteen Inches wide In pay streak, which was a whlto honeycombed quarttz showing values of $1CMG per ton In free gold.. Samples Sam-ples of this beautiful quartz will bo taken to Salt Lake for exhibition ns to the mineral min-eral possibilities of the Virgin river dls-, dls-, triet. Nelson and Flick, owners of the Grand Canyon group of eight claims near Goode Springs, have encountered a nine-foot ledge- of copper ore. showing high values In chalcopyrlto and black oxide of copper. cop-per. They expect to give Burns & Cameron Cam-eron of San Diego, a bond on these properties prop-erties January 1 for $20,000. They have about 300 feet of development work completed com-pleted In shafts and tunnels. 3 George Farmer and Nels Newman have given Donaldson & Black, of Pueblo, Colo., a bond and working lease on their Moonlight group of five claims, for $5000. These properties He northwest from Call-enlc Call-enlc and have had a large amount of work done on them by early locators, and about 250 feet of new work by the present owners. The formation Is lime and(spar,'showIng average ledges of five feet In width going from fifty-six to -170 ounces in silver and from 12 to 5C per cent lead. Morse. Boone & Fulton, owners of the Throe Deuces claim, north of Moaj'.-L, have reported a rich strike this week. They were running a tunnel and when In IK feet encountered a cross lead four feet wide of gold-silver ore. In decomposed decom-posed quartz showing values of. $15 in gold and 320 ounces silver. Work Is progressing rapidly on the Louisiana Purchase company's properties, proper-ties, three miles east of Callente. A drift Is being run on tho Twin Springs j claim, for tho purpose of developing the water supply, which is to bo used for milling and mining purposes. A tunnol has been started on Lucky Bdy In an Immense ledgo of porphyry, the width of which has not been ascertained but which crops ror more than 50) feet in width and averages $1.20 at grass roots. A drift Is being run on tho ledge of .the Sunshine claim, ono of the properties of the Callente Gold Mining company, on a body of pornhyrltlc quartz, which at tho surface went 53S.50 per .ton. On Sun. day last a .strong vein of white quartz was encountered In this drift showing Improved Im-proved values In free gold. Development work is started this week on claims belonging to Charles Cul-vcrwell. Cul-vcrwell. Sr.. adjoining tho town of Callente Cal-lente in a porphyry-lime contact. Boston Market Vacillating. BOSTON. Mass., Nov. 22. The local market has had quite a reaction today, which Is thought by many to be a good thine. Trading lion not ben as brisk as usual and traders are Inclined to soil for :r turn, There Ls also some commission houso eelllng, which caused somo issues to record a sharp decline. The tone, however, how-ever, looks hopeful. Tho market was not without strong spots. Greene Consolidated Consolidat-ed was verv strong in tho morning. on dividend talk, while Bliigham reichc.l a new level on good reports from the mine. Local Issues were quiet and fractionally lower. Hornblowcr & Weeks, Iiroki-rj, 53 State street. Boston, and 10 Wall ptteet New York, furnish, the following quotations: quota-tions: i Sales. High., Low. Close. Amalgamated , , , .577 $f0."5 $78.75 $70.00 Bingham 0140 2S.75 37.7.1 3S.00 Dalv West 271" H.OO 13.00 Mercur 700 (MS 0.42 Utah 1235 41.75 United Stotes ..13.S10 ir,.$7! 24.75 25.12'A Curb Boston, $7.2"W"7.50. " Ores and Bullion. In the ore and bullion market the day's settlements amounted to,?9S.000, Mc-Cornlck Mc-Cornlck & Co. reporting them as thev follow: American bullion, JC9.000; gold, sliver, lead ond copper ores, $28,100. In tho metal market silver moved up to CO cents an ounce, with cornier stationary sta-tionary at cents a pound, "n'nd loud at $3 50ft 1.20 por hundred pounds. |