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Show SELLS ORE BODY GROWING LARGER Conservative Mining Men Now Predicting That It Will Be a Bonanza The b g 0 e shoot recently de eloped on the Sells property located n the L ttle Cottonwool d st ct and adjo n ng the South Hecla property has been followed for a distance of 140 feet and accord ng to conse at ve n n ng men fainil ar w th the 0 e depos t on n that d str ct t gi es e ery nd cat on of de elop ng nto one of the bonanza ore shoot'? of the can p Tho nan breast s n sol d 0 e and for a d stance of about forty feet back of the ma n b east the drift "has been pushed ahead th ough sol d ore ls,o attempt has been made by the management to determine the extent of the ore body by dr ng cross cuts t be ng the present plan to reach the contact as soon as poss ble The contact between the q artz te and the 1 mestone for nat on at wh ch po nt t s expected that the 0 e body w 1 be n uch larger than where the work s be ng done at present s st 11 son e 170 feet ahead of the p escnt breast In d sc ss ng the present de velopment General "Manager A O Jacobson sa d yesterday that the ore body var es from seven to twelve feet n width and that at one place where the hang ng wall has been ex posed the ore body s at least f fteen feet n w dth It s an excellent q a ty of sh pp ng ore For the f rst forty feet along the body t a erages abo I $lo to the ton Samples tal en along the next f ftv feet show that the al es are mpro ng as the ontact s neared the ore runn ng n that sect on between $9o and $30 to the ton A erage samples taken across the face of the dr ft show that the ore runs appro matel $-k to the ton The Sells ore b ns now conta n about 100 tons of ore and the e are about '00 tons stored n the Ir ft It is the ntent on of the management to start sh pp ng to the smelte s ust as soon as the tean s rel e e the congested ond t on of the So th Hecla ore b ns sh pn ents from wh ch ha o started At the Alta Consol dated n the L t tie Cottonwood d str ct the west dr ft from the bottom of the wjnze is out fort feet anl the eatt dr f t s out th rt f ve feet and Ceneial Manager Jacobson states that the ground s be ginn ng to lool fa orable in both faces Two hundred feet west of the w nze drift ng s n vrogress on the ma n tnn nel follow ng a s x nch streak of good ore in the Bra n f ssure |