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Show SHE BETTER 01 M EMM Mi Bedding East of Fault Runs Higher in Both Silver and Lead Values. The ore body encountered in the bed-ding bed-ding lying east of the fault on the Hamburg Ham-burg Mines company 's property near Piocho, cv.f is showing ninth better values in both lead and silver, according accord-ing to reports that reached the local officials of-ficials veaterday. Since operations were started the company lias shipped sixteen carloads of ore, and it is believed that the tonnage will bo increased iu the near future. The main tunnel has been driven a distance dis-tance of about 550 feet, part of whn'h i waa on the fissure that traverses the property. The work being done at present pres-ent consists of driving west in the upper up-per bedding reached by a raise from the tun n el level and cut by the shnr't sunk on tho fissure. This bedding is , about live feet thick, and is believed to be at, least ltiO feet in length between the shaft and the porphyry dike to the west. Miners are also engaged in driving driv-ing to the east on what is believed to be the same ore-bearing bed at a point 110 feet to the east of the shaft. Between Be-tween the east and west faults the beds were found to be twenty-five feet lower. Miners are also raising on the fissure from the tunnel level to cut its point of intersection with the bedding. Three feet of ore is showing in the raise. The fissure will bo followed to the surface. Between the east and west faults a raise is also being driven up on three feet of ore. The average of all of the ore shipped is about 15 per cent lead, 10 ounces in silver, and $4.50 in gold to the ton. One important feature in the present development work is that the ore in the bedding Iving east of the east fault is of a much fiighcr grade. The bedding is five feet thick, and as the work progresses pro-gresses depth is being attained rapidly, due to the topography of the surface, the mountain rising raDidly to the east. The ore being broken there for shipment runs 42 per cent lead, 50 ounces in silver sil-ver and $2.50 in gold to the ton.' |