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Show I UNCLE, SAM ORES. Eirst Consignments From New Ore Body in Tintic Mines. Two lots of ores, first from the new body In tho property of the Uncle Sam at Tlntlo to reach the furnaces of tho smelter, smelt-er, will bo settled for this morning, these to be followed by others as rapidly as facilities for Its extraction shall permit. "While the sampler had not certllled to Hie metallic contents of the oro last night, ( It Is said that It will disclose not less ' than 50 per cent lead, according to assays i at camp, while tho silver and gold prom- I iso to add largely to tho gross. Mean- whllo tho Interest of the miner is riveted 1 upon the work on the f00-foot level, which j Is to Intercept tho big chnnnel at a dls- tance of 200 feet or thereabouts from the 1 shaft, and that this will bo accomplished i wlihln the next sixty days appears almost J( positive. Connection with the artery at . this point will enable the management I not only to come forwar;! with a larger tonnage than evor Jn the annals of tho property, but extraction will be made possible pos-sible at the cost of a few cents. Indeed, the policy at present is to extract only such orfi as can be broken down in the prosecution of work, as tho facilities for j raising it are confined to a whim. With Superintendent Griggs, President John ' Dern left for the properly Thursday night, to return with full particulars of the latest lat-est developments this morning. |