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Show LEONORA STRIKES RIME BODY Average Sample runs 194 8 Ounces in Silver and 58 8 Percent in Lead ON TUNNEL LEVEL Property Visited by Mine Officials, Milford Is Ex cited Over Find V Ua a o e e bv h se who 1 live e as e tl e r ke ai ade o r"r a as o the Leonora b prope n o S ar d st 1 of N o nt a -e bod ub ueo en o r a e age aanii of an 94 u ou Hi u d U Per le Te san r e vas ake a roaa the f a e dr ft n eauu g s 68 w dth ad ne teet In he g l s Impoaa ble oa ye o deter e e ex e t of he ore bod B e e a a J nt broken to t d ate) po ws of e s rlke John Wa son president and go era u nuKer of onpany a connanel p ec ors h e a om a 1 v a d Hanse Jr eft 1 eetav iS h fo he I "Per spe t edneedav o tfcoo tleio k1 and returned to M ford Wednea h wl ore t ey fou d the ex teme eRttrd nar e e r ke qu te apparent The a ed in m t 1 ake yes e -da morn s w t sa plea of e o n h e e ke fro f ther In on ha bod and v t w be assayed Odd feature of Strike One of tie pec ar features of the strike Is U e fa t at n dr 1 g a cross ut about t cara ago f o n a ahaf f nine feet dee tie prxwrpe tor who e er 1 e as, n ssed t I the ore bod juat dls o ored b ah ut f ur feet Had e continued h a rosa ut about four feet more ha would a e ut the ore body The n nars on he Leonora had planned to connect w th s sa e cr es ut for t e purpose of ve tl a lo in caae tie air was bad but this waa not found eceaaarj The claim on whl h the strike was made, lies ea-s of t e liooaler which joins he property on the eat a 1 north of the Moscow and Red Warrior Larsre fissures runn ng east and west are crossed b) north and south Assu ea The or was cut In t e tunnel on the 1 0 foot level The tunnel la In about 3-S feet and has been dri en in a northeast erl d rection to cut the intersection of the Assures. At a point about 276 feet from the mouth of tl e tunnel a crosscut vas run 100 feet east where hea v n In era. satlon In the white lime was en oun ered At that point the miners drifted north the mineral sat on grow Ins heavier and aluea in lead and ailer belny encountered from time- to line. Bunches of ere were struck on last Frl day and with further work the ore body opened up Juat befo e striking- the ore a contact between the wh e lime and ae 1 rae was encountered and where the fissures cut this on act the ore was found The o e aeem to He In the As sura, but at present there ts no wa of do term ning whe her It la in the fissure or In the bedd ng planes. outh fron the mouth of the tunnel and down the tail aide is the ma n work Ins; shaft of the proper ti This has been sunk 100 feet and fro n the botton a dr ft taa been run 600 feet north for the p r pose of cut ng the same Assures whe e he Intersect There la still Idti feet to i be driven before cutting the fissures T s point however when reached w II be 500 feet below the present ore body Th rt years axo th a same property produ ed about $100 000 worth of ore P ealden Matson said ester-day that he wished to view the strike In as conservative a man ner aa posBib e and he added tha a though he had confidence In the proje ult mately becoming one of the bg ro dueers of Bea er county he waa ro n a position to say as to whether the o e body wou d e permanent or as to whether the values would continue. He admitted howe er that the company ex pected to push the development work to the utmost In an effort to determ ne the real value of the strike |