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Show STOCKTON IS I m jest sipe Cimp Never Produced as Much Ore as Now Coming " to Market. ' COALITION DOING WELL Old Dump and Tailings Even -Become Available Under Present Conditions. H Visitors from tho noted old Stockton H district of Utah assert that the world H le not paying half tho attention to the H doings of the camp that It descries, for H from a tonnago standpoint the camp Ik H doing tha be.it in its Ions history. There H are & number of regular shippers like tho H Bullion CooJltion and Galena King, while Innumerable leasers arc making steady H consignments of first class rock to tho H emeltera. H Tho improvement In thn price of lead H and allvor has assisted in the process of reviving this district, -while tho moro H favorable smelting facilities and better jj eontraats aro other factors that help ma- H teriaJIy. The camp seems good for a, j splendid record this year, and those best H familiar -with actual conditions point out m that there is a far larger area untouched 1 and of great promise than has been H prospected to date. Force at Coalition. Hj One hundred men aro working on the 1 property of tho Bullion Coalition, about j half being leasers, and 1200 tons of ore 1 u month ore being sent to the market, this tonnago being about half company and tho other half lease ore. The Coal I -tion is doing work that deserves to be counted aa the most Important since the old Honerine drain tunnel wus planned and driven, for it Is being extended to j the east in virgin ground with fully 8000 feet ahead absolutely virgin, which shows ore for practically the whole distance on t the surface. This old tunnel Is now about .12,600 feet in tho hill, and tho property owned by , the Honerine Extension company, prior j to the merger with the Honerine under the name of the Bullion Coalition, is now 9 being penetrated for the first time. The tunnel is well within the sulphide zone, and the oro is making both tip and down in a. very satisfactory manner. It Is 1 going down especially strong and condi- lions are such that It is expected to he better grade with depth, and IL is undcr-H undcr-H stood that tho officials arc engaged in mapping out plans by which work can be started shortly on ore below the tun- ucl level. The quantity of water to be guarded against in this work demands that the management prepare its plans welt and carefully, hut no one doubts that the work can be carried forward successfully. Long Distance on Trend. The property of the Coalition holds about three miles of the trend of the vein system of the camp, and tho Hon-rlnc Hon-rlnc tunnel affords a very satisfactory avonuc of development, drainugu and otraction. Tho company Is working also on the 600-foot level, while the lcas-ers lcas-ers as a rule are engaged in Monks of territory above the tunnel. Those know- 1 lug the Coalition territory aro ilrmly of the opinion that it will increase its lon-nago lon-nago continually until it reaches the f point where it will fulfill all tho cxpec- tatlons entertained In regard to Its ground during the past several years. j A material tonnago is being gathered together from some of the old tailings and dumps of tho camp, material that B. was thrown to one sldo many years ago Bv as useless. |