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Show TII1IC HEME'S DLTLDOKJS BUT Company Owning Ekker Ground Has Big Body of Good Ore. It is expected that within a few weeks another West Ti title property will be added to the list of regular producers In the Ekker ground, which was incorporated incorporat-ed last week as the Tintic Delaware Mining Min-ing company. According to the assays which have just been made on the ore exposed there is quite a large amount of material that can be shipped at once. An average assay of twenty-one fpet of ore exposed in the tunnel across the width of the vein made by one of the officials of the company shows three ounces in silver, 16 per cent lead, .31 of 1 per cent copper and a little gold. On the dump there are several cars of or and the average samples of the sorted ore showed two, four and five ounces in silver and 17, 25 and 22 per cent, respectively, re-spectively, in lad. On account of the showing at the property prop-erty the officials of th company are of the opinion that but littte financing will be necpssa ry. It will be npressa ry to build two milfs of wagon road so as to start shipments. A small amount of maehinpry will be installed and several buildings will be erected. Work on the property is bing rushed Men were put to work during the week getting rf ady for regular shipments. A survey of the road work will lie made npxt week and this part of the work will be taken care of at once. |