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Show COPPER LEAF HAS SOI 111 GRADE Special to The Tribune. EUREKA. Oct. Small chunks of lead-silver ore have been encountered in tho shaft of the Copper Leaf property during dur-ing the past few days. and. whllt the officers of-ficers of the company arc not ready to announce that a strike ha been made, they are nevertheless confident that they are on the right track and that It will not be long until the eastern end of the. Tintlc district will have another producing produc-ing property. It Is unnecessary to say that this opinion Is shared by many local people and that many are looking for ard with pleasure to the time when "another Tintlc Standard" will come into the limelight. lime-light. The Copper "Leaf property Is almost directly north of the Tintlc Standard and It Is owned by a strong corporation, which was launched some years ago by Thomas Plerpont of Provo and John Taylor of Kureka. who were the original owner of the claims emhraced In the group owned by the company. The company wiv ue'l fin aimed and already a large sum of money has been spent In surface Improvements, Im-provements, as well as in the sinking of the shaft to Its present depth. 10 feet. When the work was undertaken there It wftj with a determination to go to a depth of l?oft feet before driving after the vein which traverse the ground and which are expected to carry the ore. The original plan have pot been changed, and Mr. Taylor s.iys that he will keep pounding right along In the shaft until he fee's sure that the proper depth has been reached, after which extensive crosscut -ting trial be next In order. |