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Show PROVE HE DEPOSITS DEEPER THAI All Gibraltar at Bullfrog Responds to Development in Most Generous Way. One of the first properties In the Bullfrog Bull-frog country to bo touched by pick and shovel, the Gibraltar mine, has proved Its oro deposits deeper than any other property In tho district. This has been done by a systematic and faithful course of work for the successful performance of which no expense or tlme'hua been spared by tho company. With the single exception of tho great Shoshone property, the Gibraltar hns more oro In sight right now than any other property In the district. Large Tonnage of Ore. A number of large piles of high-grade oro In sacks and great lots of lower grudes of ore are stored Ht tho portals of the tunnels, awaiting the erection of a mill. It Is thought likely that the management will follow tho more economical method of milling their oro on the ground, rather than send It out, paying pay-ing tribute to the transportation companies com-panies While the management hns been accumulating oro on tne property, no effort has boen made to extract ore. and as much ns possible has been left In tho various workings of the mine. Ore Body Shows Improvement. Tho drift on No. 2 vein has shown a steady Improvement with development, develop-ment, the averages Increasing from $20 a ton to $0, and from all thr various portions por-tions of the property where work Is being be-ing pushed forward more high-grade ore could be taken today than from any property prop-erty In the district, excepting the Shoshone. Tho Clark railroad will pass around Bonanza mountain, directly under the Gibraltar's main tunnel, and by resorting re-sorting to tho gravity system the expense ex-pense of loading the high-grade ore on cars will be reduced to the minimum. Machinery in Readiness. Awaiting shipment from this city to the Gibraltar Is a forty-horse power hoist, which the company will forward ns 30on as the railroad conditions nre such that a safe and speedy Journey can be made. The gallows frame for the property Is being made In Bullfrog, and with the beginning be-ginning of spring the work on the Gibraltar Gib-raltar will be Increased practically a hundred per cent over that now being done. |