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Show FEOERAL ELI FINDS RICH COPPEH ORES Queen of West Shaft, All iu Ore That Needs No Concentrating. Concen-trating. Orders from Ely for the stock of the Federal Ely Copper company, accompanied accom-panied by word that a magnificent find of rich copper ore had be'ou made upon the Ely possessions of this company, brought the first intimation that had succeeded in reaching outside local circles cir-cles regarding these interesting developments. develop-ments. It was learned Wednesday that the strike was registered upon the Queen of the West portion of tho group, and in the shaft of the same name. The company in proceeding along the policy of much work and uo smoke, so that news of tho find could not be authoritatively au-thoritatively secured in tho local of-llcos of-llcos of the company, but tho word from tho copper camp of Whito Pine county was considered sufficiently correct. Tho Queen of tho West shaft has boon penetrating a very patisfnetory character of sulphides for Eome time pait, the copper ore being found in bunches as is the caso invariably with the upper levels of the great mofizonite bolt. At n depth of about 110 feet, however, the present point of interest, the shaft is entirely in a grado of rock that needs no concentrating to place it within marketable form. Tho report states that the whole business will pay-to pay-to shin, and pay well, too. The ore is doscribod as being extremely beautiful, being much belter grado than early experts ever dared to hope for in Ely. The success of Ihe Federal Ely in se-curiug se-curiug lhi3 character of rock is not a Ejrent surprise to local circlcB, as it is uiown that tho Cumberland Ely company, com-pany, adjoining tho Federal, proved tho existence of the same kind of rock upon its possessions by means of tho churn drills. Tho Federal Ely is ono more Salt Lake proposition whose showings show-ings entitle it to be lifted over from the prospt-ct to tho positive column, am. tho n-'ws will bo gladly resjtve-l in Jia'l usl-'e City, whero there nre a great nu'sy strong people interested. |