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Show STRIKE ON MOIUTM TOiPJH PROPERTY Discovery Is Reported to Mean Much for North Star Company. The latest strike to be recorded and heralded to tho public Is the cutting of a new ledge on the Sin-foot level of the Montana-Tonopah mine, says t ho Tono-pah Tono-pah Donan.a. This lcilgo was broken Into Friday night from a crosscut that had been run to cut It. The new ledge Is one of the richest In values that has been encountered In this district for some time. Authority, nut official, says tho ledge Is sir. feet wide and ihe character char-acter of the ore la ruby silver and ruby sulphides of silver. Kour feet of the ledge will average from ?S0 to $100 per ton and fifteen Inches of tho ledge will assav from $lfi00 to .VJ000. The latter high-grade ore is of ihe uiby silver variety and Is plastered plas-tered witli native silver. The ore la of the same character as that mined from the '-ttuby Chamber'' In an upper level. The new strike has been kept quiet for what reason Is not known. The new discovery Is northeast of the main shaft and Is bound to enter the North Star ground. This section whore the Jodgc would penetrate H'e N'orth .Star has never been prospected lv tbat company, com-pany, but the old saying lhai one mine develops the, adjoining one will certainly prove true In ihe fliuiin- of thl3 rich ore body In the Montana. |