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Show EGITU1 SI0W1G GREATERACTIVITY Population of Camp Has Doubled and Prospectors Are Arriving Daily. H gh rade ore has been struck on th.e Dav s led e by the United States Sn e t ing & Refin ng company wlu e do ng the prel mlnary work or the s nking of the 300 foot shaft on he tuo a ms recen y purchased f om Lumry &. Moore In the .Newton m n ng district at the Fortuna camp The ore was encountered at grass roots at a point about 150 feet nort of the shaft that s being sunk on the Davis lease and on the same ledge Cons der ab e exci ement has been caused by the str ko The population of Fo tuna has doubled within he past fve da s Pros pectors and- min ng operators are arr ving at Fortuna from Montaaa, Ne ada Colo rado and Arizona The new camp is lo cated about thirty file miles southeast of MUford It was learned yesterday f om euthorita tive sources that the United fetates Smelt ing Refining A. Mining company is now negotiating for properties adjoining the newly purchased ground and also for the Sheep Rock property The new shaft of the smelting interests will be driven down along the footwall of the ledge and In the andesite formation. The Beaver Goldzone Mining company the property of which adjoins the two claims purchased by the smelting com parjy on the north and east, is now sack ing high grade gold ore that was struck recently In the bottom of the, shaft The shaft being sunk on the Davis lease on the smelting company's ground and where the attrike of high grade ore was made is now down sixty feet, -with the ore etill going down .strong and growing richer as greater depth Is attained. Joe Davis has now out 275 sacks that average eighty pounds In weight and running from, S4st to 3800 per ton In gold He Is mak tng arrangements to ship to the smelter Seven different outfits are now engared In sinking along the Davis ledge The price of water for drinking and cooklns Srposes has been steadfl climbing it ving reached 32 per barret A few months ago water was selling at Fortuna for 51 per barrel |