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Show ALTA CONSOLIDATED STRIKEHVIPROVING Due to Ore Being Excellent Flux, Smelter Offers to Pay Premium The recent strike of steel galena ore made In ho east drift off the tunnel leve of the Alta Conso Idated mine and 150 feet in from t e raise where the body was f rst encounte ed is mak ng off Into the foot wall, accord ng to a telephone report received la e 3 esterday afternoon , by Pres dent V. O Jacobson from Su perinte dent R, O sen At tl e last ro d of shots j esterday afternoon t e ore body -nas eighteen inc es across and Su per ntendent O sen has been Instructed to follow It Into the foot Mai un 1 t e f ul face of 0 e is re ea ed Asay returns Tecei ed esterday f om a erage amp es taken across the seven foot body in t e east dr ft off the ra 3e where tVa o e was f rst cut gave he fo ow ng retu ns ampe No. 1 BS 6 per cent in lead 40 ounces in s er and 0 of an ounoe n go d to the ton, samp e No 2 6t 3 pe cent in lead 64 8 o nces in si er and 02 of an ounce in gold to the ton Due to the fact lhat the ore is an exce ent f ux, t o sme ting company has b d 6 e ts a ton fo it besides pay ing for a the n eta content The bu ding of the ore c ute in t e se entv foot ra se off the east dr ft f -om the tunne e el s Proqres ng rap d v M he th s is con pleted anothe ra se w 1 be s ar ed w ere the ore was f rst en countered T e ea t dr ft off the raie w 1 a so be cont nued It s now n e ahteen feet through so d o e fron the top of the raise to the east In peaking of sh pments President Jacobson sa d vesterda that in a 1 probab ty t ey wou d f st be s arted from, the Co umb s Extens on property and the Wasatch M nes property as the snow wi have been me ted off the road wa up to the portal of tl e Co umbus Ex tens on tunnel much sooner than to the ot er properties In a probab lity he South Hec a property wi be the next to begin s pments and due to the fact that it Is located h gher up the mountain s de t e Alta Conso (dated p opertj w 111 be the fourth property to begin sending down ore He expects that the roadwajs wi be tn cond tion not ater than May I 1 and poss b y much sooner depending ; on the weather , |