Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 12 | Strike on Davis Lease Improving

STRIKE 01 CIS lease mm Greater Activity in Fortuna District, According" to E. C. McGarry. The strike maile recently on the Davis lease in the Kortuna district continues to improve, according to K. C. McGarry, who haa recently returned from the dis-I dis-I met. There is at present about twelve ; tons of hlt-rh-smde ore s:u'k-d for shlp-I shlp-I ment to the local smelters, and there is :il least forty iuns at the Sheep Rock. mi ill ;iv.';i iti ii t rt-atmnt. The I'nited .'tales Hrnoltmsr. Refining it Mining com- iany, whieJi has an option on the r.uniry Xr. Moon; ground, on which 1 he ore was iStiuck, is maliiig an examination of the property. On tiie 1 "avis leae a shaft has been sunk to a deptli of forty feet on the ore hody and a d lift has been driven in a non.hea-sterly direction, with the values holding out in good shape. Mr. McGarry said. Sinking lias also started in the shaft a nd it is t lie in l en lion of the leasees lo drive It down to the lOO-foot point before be-fore any mdre drifting or crosscutllng is done. As soon as the amalgamating plates for the Sheep Rock mill arrive from San Francisco the mill will be started and the milling ore treated. The, lessees-expect to have out a shipment of bullion from the milling ore in the near future. Harris & Gitlis, leasing on the southwest south-west portion of Lutnry & Moore ground, have recently struck pay ore. They have encountered a northeasterly ledge which is between eight and ten feet in width and which is said to run In the neighborhood neighbor-hood of ZTt in gold to the ton. On the Independence ground a six-foot ledge has been encountered on the 'Gondola's 'Gon-dola's claim that is showing free gold and excellent pannings, according to Mr. McGarry, Four men are working developing devel-oping the find. There is considerable activity in the district dis-trict and prospectors are arriving daily.