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Show Pffl STAR GUTS-: GUTS-: FIVE-FOOT VEIN a a.. J ' "High-Grade Copper Ex-i Ex-i pected to Be Encountered u Any Day. X u i . a. Hpecia to The Tribune, "j GOLD HILL, June 0. In a short cross-''ut cross-''ut to the northeast from the fi-north I'ivrjl of the Victor shaft of the Pole Star Copper company, :i. vein five feet wide has been dlsrlosed In solid formation. The r vein has a general nor I !i west -sou I hcast i .! pike, being filled with hard quartz and y tourmaline, and heavily impregnated with l iron. Samplfs have been taken and sent -to an a:-sayer, the report of one showing 1 1. carried 1 .8 per cent copper, with 5' - gold and 2 ounces silver to the ton. Other s.impls In ken later show le;id, hut flic nssnyer's reports on them have not been e received. In tlie we.t crosflr-ur. from the Itffi-south level stronger Indications of ore n ro he-" he-" in cc found, and the work nf driving ahead U being pushed with all available energy. j P.eciiiiHe of a pa rt in I suspension of work j last week when the compressor was being , I rrpnired, hoium of the men left, and a MM.rtr.e ut labor h;is resulted in no work ! lining done on the winze for some days. h The discovery of the vein to the northeast north-east is one of the most encouraging developments de-velopments in the property for Nomo time, a and by following it the management be-. be-. lievrs'a .shoot of hlgh-gradft copper ore i is likely to ho disclosed any day. The material being extracted from tlie vein 1m of such a promising character that it I is being saved on the dump until reports 'as to the values can be received from the "; assayer. .The vein occurs between j t wo "perfect walls and is clearly defined, there being a narrow streak of solid iron e, pyrites on the, footwali. Some of the rock, a ecu nlliitj to oxperlenced miners, has the 11' millennium of helrtR ailver ore of a ptood I ui-aile. and it is also expected to show a liiRhcr value, in sold than did the first .1 sample, taken. While tho vein is in solid " formation north of the rrossellt. to the ; i south it enters the crushed zone, and Is I not so easily distinguished. . It Is, there-. there-. fore. liohiB prospoeted by a drift to the northwest, and more interesting results 'C in the near future are anticipated by the management. in tlie west crosscut, which is rapidly ' lipJtiff advanced to a point about -100 feet a west of the shaft, whero the Keno fissure a should be Intersected, the work is beinK (Nino In a crusliod zone. But the crushed , area has about the same width as the crosscut Is belns driven, and tho course is d the same as was beinK followed. For this i .-.,..!.. .t.tocc cnti be mnrln and li the Keno fissure will be nioro quickly lj reached. . J An encouraging feature of the crushed zone i.s that it. contains many slips that i ylvf It a foliated appearance in places. ,1 and that all the slips are deeply stained ,' I with iron. This condition is believed to I Indicate proximity to tlie Keno fissure, as ' i the s'alnlng Is believed to have been y caused lv surface water that seeped n through the crevices, and which carried Iron that was dissolved out of ore in the l' fissure filling. It is confidently expected j: tlial the fissure will soon be reached, and I that It will be found to be filled with hlgh- jf grade copper ore. |