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Show PETER WEISS LEASE SHIPPING LEAD ORE Noted Mining Man Secures Success Suc-cess iu Copper Camp of Nevada. Strange as It may seem, within 600 or 700 foot of the steam shovel operations of the Nevada Consolidated company at Ely thoro exists a good sized body or lead carbonates, which 1b bringing In no small incomo to ono of the leasers on tho Copper Mines cstalo. Tho fortunate leaser leas-er Is Pctor Wclas, and his fourth car of lead oro has been received In tho local market. Judging from pat. shipments, and the present car Is an average of tho entire,' tho oro carries about 30 per cent lend and a little silver. The leaso Is located lo-cated on tho Bndgcr claim. Mr. Weiss is known to tho mining fraternity fra-ternity from Mexico to Alaska as "Dutch Pete," and among the well-known characters char-acters of tho mining world ho docs not stand second to many. Not very long ago "Dutch Pete" made a good-sized stake at the mining game, and he concluded con-cluded to go to New York to show the Wall atrccl gang how a true son of the west can spend money. Tho story goes that Pcto ran Into a crowd of bunko men. who Bet him down as a millionaire mine owner, and ono who would bo an easy mark for them. A deal was framed up to separate Pete from his money, and for the several days leading up to the logical hour they eer-tnlnly eer-tnlnly gavo him a corking good time. When tho tlmo had come for plucking the victim. Pcto was led by his friends to a room where a fako faro outfit had been Installed. Tho dealer took ono look at tho victim and. laying hack, roared with laughter. "Why. It's Dutch Pete," he howled, and, falling In tho arms of his old friend, soon convinced tho eastern sharpers that they had met with a man who could let them .shufflo and deal and still walk away with the pol. "Dutch Pete" has a groat many friends In Salt Lake City, and they are glad to hoar that his leaso Is nctllng him a good profit. |