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Show SLVLHAL S I H KES AT EUREKA MIHES ; Ore Struck at Depth Proves That Deposits Have Not Been Exhausted. Xext in importnnco to the big strike mado in the Kurcka-Crocsun mine rcent-1y rcent-1y is tho now a Riven out by the officials of tlio company this wnck, says the Ku-' Ku-' reka fXev.) Suntlnnl. In the winze below the 400-foot level whfjre tho bitf bonanza titriko v.-fis niiid-', ribs of hard ore liave appeared v,hich asay 21' per cent copper, fS ounces Hilvnr, 5 i per cent lead and : 0.3 ohiu'cs KOld. Tho most interesting; and certainly the most tniportiuit feature of the great discovery dis-covery is the coming- in of a high percent-g'" percent-g'" of copper. It should be borne in mind that this ore is found far below the lowest old workings, and is in entirely i virgin ground. Tho ore ma fin has now i been fnllov. ed down 2:ifi- feet, and ha s gradually and s ten (lily grown richer until i it is h bonanza of magnitude. It lias completely exploded the theory f-'o long held by many mining men that Kurpka ores bar br-en worked out. At the same time it proves beyond doibt the ) correctness of the theory so tenaciously j held by Clarence King, admittedly the , I greatest mi idng geologist of his time, j and the belief of Major Henry G. Cailin, the great mining engineer, that greater i and richer ore bodies would be found at I depth than had ever been discovered in the district. Tt was likewise Clarence. King's belief, ; ; mid it is Major Catli n's conviction, that ii t depth high-grade copper-gold ore ; ' would be found. While the officers of ' the company have shared in the belief of both Cat 1 in a nd K in sr. they did not expect ex-pect ' eorpcr in paying quantities to be encountered minh. if any, above water level, which is e:-tim:Ued to be over 400 ! feet below the bottom of the bonanza ore i body. On the 'I"') -foot level, in virtrin ground, TCureka-Croesus has made n not her very i m port ant strike, the ore assfi ying over 40 ounces silver, 70 per cent lead and 0.2 ounces gold. This strike is about 300 feet i from the top of the bonanza winze on the same level. On the property of the Peerless Mining company, which adjoins the southern end of thn lihireka- Croesus mines, several good show ins have been struck. . On the 200-foot level, the officials an- ! nounce, are large bodies of high-grade ! ore. Recently a body was encountered ! showing vnlues of from ?9S to $1Ij9 per ton. Some assays give 6 ounces of gold. On i he samo level an ore body over eighty feet wide and averaging in excels of $26 per ton has been developed. From the north winze, now sixty -eight feet down from this level, ore has been shipped that returned over 4100 net per car of fifty ; , tons. j Prom the bottom of this winze a drift :! over 200 feet long has been run in high-j high-j grade milling ore, and from this winze , connection has been made with the 400-foot 400-foot level where much high-grade shipping ore. as well as great quantities of high-i high-i grade milling ore. have been developed. The officials of the Peerless Mining- company are highly dated over the pres-; pres-; put showing of the mine, and assert that its value is now demonstrated beyond the shadow of doubt. The ore bin is now full of ore ready to ship, and a considerable quantity has been mined and stored in the mine. Lack of teams has rendered it impossible to make shipments, but facilities facili-ties for hauling the ore have been provided pro-vided and it will soon be sent to the I smelter. |