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Show iich Fluxing Ore Struck Near Oasis Will Bo of Enormous Value for Smelter Smel-ter Planned for Tono-pah. Tono-pah. GOLDFIELD, Nov., Dec. 11. T J. Price hns mndo a fabulouBly rich strlko of gold oro six miles cast of Oasis, somo thirty to thlrty-llvo miles southeast of Goldllold an tho crow files. Tho discovery consists of a scam of quartz from four to six InchcG wldo that carries extraordinary values in freo gold. Samples of oro show prodigious quantities of coarse gold scattered all through tho quartz. Tho strlko was made on a property Mr. Prlco has owned for somo time. Tho rich gold quartz ledeo was uncovered at a point 1000 feet from a big galena lcdgo that tho owner has developed to some extent On tho latter lelgo a shaft has boon put down to a depth of thlrty-llvo feet nnd thero la showing a big body of hlgh-grndo hlgh-grndo galena oro. Tho greater portion of tho lcdgo Is rich In jmlena, oome of It bolng EC per cent, which Is practically pure. Practically all of the ledge exposed ex-posed will avorago abovo CO per cent, making tho total value of tho oro In mlnorals approximately tSO per ton. Its greatest value, howover, Ilea In tho fact that tho product will havo a big demand for lluxlng in tho event thoro Is a smelter built In this section, which will in all probability bo done within a year. |