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Show NEW DISCOVERY MADE AT SPRING VALLEY Ore Encountered Ahead of Estimates Esti-mates in Main Working Tunnel. A promising ore showing has been encountered in the main tunnel of the Spring Valley Copper company, according accord-ing to a telegram received yesterday at the local offices of the company. The deep tunnel was being driven to cut a promising fissure several hundred feet ahead, and the report of the discovery came as a surprise to officials of the company. Details concerning the strike are expected by letter in a day or two. Excellent showings of high-grade copper-silver and lead-silver ore were encountered en-countered in some shallow holes put down by former owners, and the surface sur-face indications are promising for the discovery of big bodies of rich ore at depth. The tunnel was being run to intercept at depth ore bodies disclosed in the shallow workings. There is now nearly a carload of shipping ore on the dump at the Spring Valley, and if the new discovery is as important as the telegram indicates it is predicted that shipments will be started from the property at an early date. The Spring Valley property is in eastern Nevada, in the Muncy Creek belt. |