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Show HIGH GRADE ORE IS . SEIZED IN NEVADA Material Valued at $1500 and Eeduotion Plant Discovered by Officers at National, Nev. There have, been many rumors of Mali-grading operations carried on at National since the Jsational Mine9 company com-pany closed down its property a few months ago, but little attention was given tho reports, as they did not seem to have come from a reliable source. However, it now seems probable that high-grading has been going on, as a seizure of ore valued at about $1500 was made here by the authorities lant Monday. The ore was turned over to R. 8. Bolan, superintendent of the Ka-tional Ka-tional Mines company. No complaint has been mado and it is not probable that there will be any arrests, as there does not seem to be a disposition to prosecute. From what can be ascertained the high-grade rock was brought in from National last week by three men and turned over to two others, and by them taken to a cabin a few miles from town. A "leak" occurred and the cabin was raided Monday, the two men being caught in the act of reducing the high-grade high-grade into bullion. They acknowledged that the rock came from the National Mines company's old workings and Superintendent Su-perintendent Bolan took ehargo of the stolen ore. In the cabin was found a small pan-arrastra pan-arrastra mill, engine, crucibles, in tact, a complete plant for turning high-grade ore into bullion. The amount of ore seized was about seventy pounds and is said to be worth better than $20 per pound. Humboldt Star. |