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Show LUCIN DISTRICT MS OPERATE i i .Pocahontas Company Drives I Tunnel to Cut Promising Vein at Depth, i ' ! Pi-.ji.a. co..d:t:or.s Cavorab.e to of c tc.-'ivc ore deposits are being c:i- ; countered i:i the development or!t, which; :j hcliic jroseoutod at the property ol the po'.ialiunts .Mining company, accord- ln to Thomas 'Osborne, manager, w".;o , la in Salt Laicc for the holiday k. Th.e Poi:al:ontas property is situated in tiic j Newfoundland mountains, i :i Boxelder j county, a :ew miley south of Ljcln, on tiiO Southern Pacific :a!iroad,. Vor th.e j pai t.iree montha the company has been ; running, according to Jir. OslKjrne, a drift tunnel, which is now about ltfO feet ions. Tlio formation pajs through dally sliorvd stronger signs o:' approach to the vt! n, w bieh is so clearly indicated indi-cated on tho Hurfaec. In running the tunnel various small stringera have been encountered, which, give assurance that v. i thin a short distance the main body of ore will be readied. A blacksmith's shop aid living quartern quar-tern have been bulit. As soon as the necessary equipment, such as rails tor the ore cars and other supplies can be shipped out, Mr. Osborne plans to return re-turn and continue the tunnel until the ore is reached. From the ass-ayg that have been made of the ore already obtained, which shows as high as oO ounces silver, 10 per cent copper and li per cent lead, Mr. Osborne bciieves that an extensive ore body will bu encountered. Operations at the Boston Terrace properly, prop-erly, It is said, hav e been carried on d urlng tho eu miner by leasees from Og-den. Og-den. Vor some time, eigh t men v ere employed. Two oars of good ore were shipped recently. At present, a now equipment fa being installed and the property being put in shape for further development. It is expected that as soon ha the roads are tn condition for hauling haul-ing again, that mining operations v HI be resumed. The Mineral Monarch, at which mine operations have been suspended tor some ti me because of litigation, may resume activity, H is thought, hi the near future. fu-ture. .A bout a month ago, it la said, a party made an inspection of the property." prop-erty." It is thought that since- the litigation liti-gation lias been reported settled that this mine, which has shipped large quantities quan-tities o' sliver, lead and copper ore, aggregating ag-gregating in value several hundreds of thousands of dollars, will be operated again. Considerable prospecting Is being done in the district, and the outlook Tor all mines Is better, than it hay been for some time, according to Mr. Osborne. |