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Show COTTONWOOD KING -STRIKE RUNS HIGH V ' The ore body struck recentlv in the , main .tunnel of the Cottonwood King , : Mining company, the property of which i is located at the head of Big Cotton- ' yood canyon, is growing larger, accord- ; ing to reports received bv President 8. ; A. Perry from Superintendent h. T. , Wakeham. An averaeo sample of the ore body gave the following returns: Nine per cent copper, 15 per cent lead, 1 i 29.40 ounces in silver and .14 of an 1 ; ounce in gold to the ton, the total value 1 ; of the ore at- the present market prices being in the neighborhood of $60 per ton. i' ! The main tunnel is now in a distance of about 1100 feet. Ftooi the last sur- : vey made bv Consulting Engineer ' (ieorge G. Bywater, a director of the ' rompanv, there is still about fortv feet , ! to drive for the interaction of the , : cross-fissure with the '-ontai-t. The of i ficials of the company are confident, of I encountering a large body of ore when that point is reached. The property a 1 .' ' joins the .Silver King Coalition and the iialy-.Tudge properties. , |