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Show B GRADE BOCK IN THEZACK SHAFT Ely Consolidated Has Penetrated Pene-trated Over Thirty Feet of Splendid Ore. Superintendent .lames Qulnn of the Ely Consolidated Copper company mndo a report to President S. M, lcvy Saturday Satur-day that was extremely favorable, proving prov-ing that this property Is being developed devel-oped In a manner highly gratifying to all concerned. The best results are hcing obtained in the west drift N'o. .', on the 500 level of tho Zack shaft, and tho drift has penetrated ore for thIrty-Uvo feet beyond the lime lenze, and before the lime was encountered there were twenty-seven feet of ore averaging 5 per cent copper. This thirty-two feet of ore has boon sampled carefully. The average face value Is fi.5 por cent copper, the ore being extracted and sorted for shipment Is running 22.5 per cent copper, while the poorest rock to be found throughout this entire distance runs 1.70 per cent copper. Qulnn states that this ore carries car-ries a splendid Iron content as well, which will give It a ready wolcomc at tho hands of the smellers. On the same level the management Is sending what Is called the south drift to the point where an ore body Ik logical at any time. There have been bunches of good copper ore In this drift for a considerable con-siderable dlstanco, and recently the Improvement Im-provement has been very marked. |