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Show shipments deup Considerable Tonnage of Zinc Ore Held Up by Snowbound Railroad. Oro bins iu the underground ivork-ings ivork-ings of the Lower Mammoth mine, in the Tintic district, contain about 500 tons of ore, -which the company has heen unable to ship, due to the high-line track of the Salt Lake Route being snowbound. Meu are now engaged in clearing the track. According to Superintendent W. Fouver, considerable work is being done on the 1000 and -lSOU-foot levels. On tie 1000-foot level they are driving for the contact, where good values are expected, ex-pected, and on the 100 a raise is being sent into the big body of low-erade zinc, which extends almost the entire distance between the IbOO and 1400 level. The bulk of this oro carries from 10 to 12 per cent zinc. On the 1S00 level of the mine Wilder end Smith have about seventy-five tons of ore that carries from 2S to 29 per cent zinc. Ano:her lot of zino that contains about 35 per cent is being mined on the 1500 level, where Smitu and wensen have been at work for some time. These lessees have enough ore to load two cars and they are making mak-ing arrangements to- ship it within the next few ciavs. Two lots o'f ore, each containing about fiftv tons, are readv to be hoisted from the'llOO level. It Is a lead-silver product. prod-uct. Copper-silver ore of good grade is also coming from the 600 level, where Spargo and Tiewilla are at work, and Sorenson and Neiieon can soon ship a carload of the same class of ore from their lease on the 1000 level. Anderson Ander-son and Bush have about forty tons of ore from their block of ground. It carries 15 per cnt copper and from 5 to 6 ounces silver. On the 400 level of the Lower ilammoth Perry and Coleman recently opened a nice body of ore, the values being in silver and copper. cop-per. It is about a $16 ore. One car has already been shipped and the lesses will not be long in getting out their eecond consignment. Austin Carter and William Freckle-ton, Freckle-ton, lessees operating on the May Day property, have received a check for E5S4 in settlement for a carload of ore that carried zinc, lead, silver and gold values. They have another car of ore ready for shipment. Work is to be started by the Mav Day company on the gTOun'd leased from the Chief Con-eolidated Con-eolidated company, according to the management. |