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Show It j HART DISTRICT IS ft ; SCENE OF BIG FIND 1? " Special to Tho Tribune. R"t, I HART, Cal., May 7. Tho richest body W-f of ore ever encountered In the Hurt dls- m'-i trlct was uncovered In the Big Chlet V ' lease on the Oro. last Friday, and as dc- velopments have progressed since 'tho H , iJnte the ore chifte has widened for a ' width of five fcot. Tlie average value of the rock Is around 5500 per ton, while m'r ' streaks of high-grade assay consider- K ably more than above amount. The dls- K, covery was made In a ten-foot winze, t sunk north of tho Big Chief shaft, which MY was put down In tracing a narrow streak 1 of picture ore. From four Inches In u' width the same grade has widened to I'. I flv,e feet, and from all Indications It I li promises to be a permanent ore body. Developments at tho Pfuwier lease, ad- I joining' the Big Chief on the north, are LJ rially proving up the ore body struck sev- eral days ago. Five feet of ore snow f.A In a crosscut from the Todhunter m- f . nel, through which working the Pfundcr I people are operating their lease hold. f, ' The values average $50 per ton. Both of these strikes have caused great ec- ;i oltemcnt .In camp, and adjoining leasers C are" prosecuting work more vigorously as & a result. I The Red Boy claim, adjoining the Jum- ix bo on the north, was sold by George f A. and William L. Foster to the Quar- f tctte Mining company, consideration said ' to be around $50,000. The Quartelto UV company recently purchased the Jumbo r group for a consideration of $100,000, and i V as tho propeny is developing into a rich producer, Colonel II. A. Hopkins, president presi-dent of the Quartette, decided to secure L the adjoining claim at the figures given f out. A force of men was put to work A i today trenching and prospecting the . ground. This is the largest sale mado r to date in this district, as the ground Involved In tho transaction consists of but one claim. |