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Show STOCKTON ORE DEPOSITS. Richness and Extent Little Realized by Reading- Public of State. Developments In the Stockton district, that Teflon that gives promise of becoming becom-ing the main lead-silver supply of tins portion of the State, have been coming so last and furious that the public has had stmo troublo In Keeping in touch with tho events transpiring Tho rlchncs of the oro bodies of that camp recentlv uncovered un-covered has not been the only feature of 'the growth of the resources of the district, dis-trict, tho extent of the bodies being really the most encouraging Incident. Large Extent of Ore Deposits. Superintendent Gnligher of tho New Stockton mlno was In the city Thurslnv, and stated that on both the Black Bear and Leopard veins the management Is still going through ore with no evidences of reaching the end as yet The Black Bear Is on the west of the shaft, the Leopard on tho east, and these two points In ore are apart a dlstur.ee of GOO feet. The ralso on tho Leopard Is sixteen feet wldo without the foot wall being encoun. tercd yet. Tho management is stoplng to a small extent at present, the scarcity of water permitting only one shift In tho mill of the company With warmer weather three shifts will bo put to work, and then v 111 begin the campaign of extraction that should place the New Stockton in the dividend-paying list for 1505. |