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Show IOREVALUES GROW I VERY M BETTER 1 1 Western Nevada Company Gets Higher Averages on Three '!; Hundred Level, if TWO DRIFTS OPEN GOOD COPPER ROCK 'i' . '' "Workings Are Getting Nearer the Heart of Resources of Property. I I; ?j Sonic decidedly encouraging news Tvns received Friday by General IM'an- i I' ;icr Maurice M". Johnson from the property in the Mason mining district jj.j. of (.ho Western Nevada Copper com- 1.1 pany. Thc'suporinrendent reports that , ; t ho 'two drifts nn the 300-foor. lovol aro 1 jj breaking into much better ore than has j Y been the case, this level boing the first i 'below (he main tunnel. Last week tho 't'i face samples from the drift running north iu i lie hanging wall were rking- k ing from 1 to 1.7 per. cent copper. Now jjj the face samples range from 1.6 to 4.6 its per cent copper, tho drift hcing in 'P lorty feet from tho crosscut, from the 1 sh5. I Them is another arm entering tnis I tjrif same oro bod', but it is in the footwaU S ; ; side of the. ore. Last reports gave the liij" face samples as ranging from 1 to 2,1 I i per cent copper. Now the face aver- 1 1 ages 2.6 per cent red metal. This ore .' is J20 feet in width. On the -lOO-foof 'I. f;rcl last, week the drift ranged from 0.7 to 2 per cent copper, and at the L j present time the face Jias improved so (,' Hint the general average is per cent. J The management is crosscutting to the y same oro on (ho. HOO-foor level, being in hi' a solid face of iron sulphides, and while 3 tho ore has not been reached yet, tho JJ report yesterday stated that the forma- j j,) tion was growing easier. Jwj Mr. .lohuson natuTally feels very .J much gratified at this steady increase j jj in the valuation of tho ores now being Jjjj developed. If tho values aro main- ij tained, or improved as they should be, lu as the workingH approach closer to the !i ' heart of the resources, the Wosteru lA.li Nevada (,'opper company will have one jj i of the big propositions, in the Sagc- m brush si ate. |