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Show RED STREAK COPPER DOiGfWEClG Mining Company Reports Good Showing From the North Hillside. Prospecting work is being done on the property of the Red Streak Copper Mining" Min-ing" company on the opposite side of the hill- from the present workings. There are good showings of ore on the south side, on the same break which is producing produc-ing so much high-grade copper on the noi th side, and about 200 feet lowej. Some good ore has been taken from the south side of the lull and there is a possibility pos-sibility of cutting the large ore body there. Should this be done it would no a considerable advantage in mining and handling the ore. The ore haul would be shorter and the climb to the mine easier. George Hotli is having a carload of high-grade copper ore run through the sampler this week. The ore comes from the Copper Chief, another of the Campbell properties, which never looked more encouraging during its entire existence. exist-ence. M r. Roth is pushing work on the adjoining mine, the Mobile, which he has under lease from S. E. Yount. fie re he has a big showing of molybdenum, with everything looking toward the opening up of a big body of zinc. Rcnaux and Schwartz are taking out some . beautiful copper ore at the Cop-peTsides. Cop-peTsides. This is some of the richest, finest looking ore ever mined in our district. dis-trict. Burros have been kept busy during the past week packing down a carload of copper cop-per ore from the Copper Peak which has been leased from the company by P. S. McClanahan. The hoist at the Oro Amigb is not as yet entirely installed. In cutting the station some unusually hard rock was encountered en-countered which has delayed things somewhat, some-what, but the wej ther forecast at the Oro Amigo is "bright and fair.' Leo "Wilkinson this week transferred the lease on the "Lookout to Bright and Logger. Tli is property is part of the Campbell estate and was originally leased to Wilkinson and Kennedy. Some time ago Mr. Wilkinson bought the Kennedy Interest and is now transferring his entire en-tire interest to YV. C. Bright and J. A. lCgger, both well known operators in this district. Gus Klein was displaying some peculiar pecu-liar ore this week which he had secured from the Piute claim, which adjoins the Oro Amigo. Tho ore somewhat resembles plumbojarosite in weight arid appearance, but has a grayish white substance running run-ning through 'it. Mr. Klein l-s having several assays lun in an effort to determine deter-mine the character and value of the ore of which he lias encountered large bodies. ! Tt is the first ore of the kind ever found ! in t lie district. i The nine hundred level of the Yellow Pine is steadily progressing toward its objective and will in all probability reach the point in line with the winze being sunk from the 7n0 level by February 1. An upraise will be made im media tely to connect with the winze, after which exploration work will be undertaken on the i'vU level. several small ooaies oi ore have been encountered in the recent work on the !'o. but no effort will be made until probably .March 10. when the upraise should make connection with the winze. The mine is making regular shipments under its mixed ore contract. The crusher crush-er at the mine is in place, but operation has been slightly dclaved by the nees-Fity nees-Fity of waiting for'a pulley. Good Springs Gazette. |