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Show !n CON. WILL MINE THE RUTH ORE Extension of Operations to Large and Good Grade Ore Tonnage Assured. 1 HeportH from Qj If Odd ay bad H that the Nevada Consolidate company wa? contemplnting rt resumption of operations at the Ruth and Str Pointer properties. i'otit of which .ire expected to be actively active-ly in ?ervice during the coming winter months. There is conaid arable Importance Import-ance in this move, for the companv Will iiHe fo openite th section of its t-rrl-inr.- h- the oaeiufj aye tern, but as in the ca"e of the Veteran property, the bet-t--j grade of copper ore than thai afford- t-i b) the hteam-shovel plt more than mpensij tea for the increased cosi of 11 oducUon. The Ruth and st.-ir rointcr properties of thi Nevada 1 oneolldated company ar Inorc 1 ' developed, and from 8,000,000 In 9,000,000 toni .if 11 per '-enl copper re nre developed and awnltinc eSU'aO tlOB The .irr BOfl ill character and aaaily within reu'h of the crvIiir sys-ten, sys-ten, The Ruth tdlrfft i. fill feef In depth, mi it la uaed mainly for venUlattna put -paaea, "l it Is via the Star Pointer shaft, down 158 feet, that hoisting will ' k be ijone. The 4t9 level of Hie Btai Pointer HOI I eapoillll to the BlO-foOl level of the Ruth. Tho two properties have bean connected by means of a ctoo- fool tunnel, and an extenatve haulage S -'tn Is nlreiids- instHlled. For a considerahlr pei !od after Initial operational the Kevaida Conaolldated company took all Its ores from the steam-Bhovel steam-Bhovel pita, but early this icar the com- rn' begun mining ore from tb Vet-rr,.n Vet-rr,.n property of the old Cumberland-11 Cumberland-11 y tcrrltor. it ! evidence, tb.erefore, I thai the company Dnda Itself It-self in ;i poaltion to begin extracting ores from the 'Ruth and Star Pointer sr. iund. |