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Show CONDITIONS IMPROVE II iWEVI Washoe Copper Completes Grading fcr New Camp; Begin Building Soon. Special to Th Tribune. rorrEBVIELD, Xev., April 13. Hall a (iotMi q liu rt stringers, varying iu wulth t'rom one to six'mi'has, have beon envouutered within tbe last taw days in the crossont from the main fliai't 01 the Kixou-Xtivada ruir;e. Until it. is actually opened up iu the crosscut it is impossible, to tall just how far back the No. 4 vein was thrown by tlio fault, whioli was run into soma disi-tance disi-tance back, but similar quartz stringers hav boon encountered, Before opening up the other veins on this same level and therefore this development is looked upon as highly encouraging that thti Xo. i vein Is close at hand. Outside of the exceptionally high-grade high-grade character of the Xixon'Xe.vada ores the geological conditions of the Copperfiold section are out of the ordinary. or-dinary. A mining geologist who recently re-cently made an examination, v- said: '"You have a condition here that is not in the books on geology and its study is very interesting.'' The most interesting condition is expected ex-pected when the permanent water level is reached, -which is the objective of the winze now being sunk from the uoiih drift on the Xo. 1 vein at the oOO-foot level. This winze is now down forty-three feet and unless the water level is encountered before, a station will be cut and drifting started iu both directions when, the 100-foot point is reached. Au air hoist has been ordered and will bo installed as soon as received. re-ceived. The Washoe Copper company has completed the grading for the new-power new-power house and the blacksmith shop, and the grading of the road leading to the same will be completed during the week. Construction of the various buildings will begin at once. George Hiell, leasing on tie old State Line mine, is still drifting on the vein and finding occasional bunches of high-grade high-grade ore, but it is evident that he will have to get more depth to reach the point where the values have not been leached from the bigger portion of the vein. The bunches of high-grade, which resisted the leaching process, aro not uumerous enough to pay so close to the surface. |