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Show ALASKA GOLD HAS SOME HIGH-GRADE A couple of wcekB ago we described. In a general way, developments that had recently taken place W the lower levels of the Alaska Gold mine, say Haydcn, Stone fc Co. It will be remembered that the bottom of the shaft of the Sheep Creek tunnel In several hundred foot In the rootwall. nnd to make connections between this and the Sheep Creek tunnel tun-nel crosscuttln?: across the footwall formation for-mation Is necessary. This footwall for-niKtion for-niKtion had not been developed to niiy Rrcat extent In tho upper IcvelH and wna not supposed to be mineral bearlnsr. It la, therefore, particularly rratlfylns: that this penetrated nbout 100 feet of gold-bonrlmr gold-bonrlmr material. Not only this, but for a distance of ten feot or moro. the values havo run very hlsh Indeed, well Into the hundrcdH of dollars per ton. It Is hardly necessary to say that this la as CTatlfylnp nn It la surprising. We do not wish to jrlve tho Impreaslon that any very Rreat tonnage of this high-grade high-grade oro could reasonably be expected to bo developed, as Alaska Is essentially r low-frrado mine, but, nevertheless, this development In moat satlsfnctory, na It lndlcatoa the presence of at least som-s hlKh-Kradc ore. which will tro far to "sweeten irp" the average of tho whole. Aside from thlE thero has also been developed on tho upper levels an entirely entire-ly new oro body to the north of tho main lode, which lias been devoloped for a considerable con-siderable dlnUnco and shows creat width and values of around iZ a ton. In hort, all theao developments have not only materially extended' tho limits of the ore body, but there js a atronff probability that the avcrno Krade will be woll above tho early eHtlmates. Mining Notes. The dtrrctors of tho Mine Operating company will hold their rcpular monthly meetlnc nt tho offices In the "Dooly block tomorrow. The Mlchlcnn-Utah has Jr.xt stripped three cars of orn to tho smelter. More than COOO car of 6ro were shipped out of the camp of Floche laat year, and this year It In oxpected that the number will be doubled. Assessment Jfo. 1 haa been levied bv tho Syndlcato .Mining company. It amounts to r0 contx a thousand shares. Dcllmjuont day la May 2J, and snlo day Is June 13. The loaso that tni city has with the Groat Wftntem Copper MlnlnK company for two second-feet of water has been extended ex-tended to July SO. About two years atro tho city contracted for th -water from tho Great Western tunnel In Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood canyon. This expired on April 15, and an extension was secured. |