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Show FIND LARGE VEIN AT CRACKERJAGK Ten-foot Ledge With Well-Defined Well-Defined Walls Averages $18 Per Ton. GOLDFIEIJi. New, Nov. 7. Drifting has stnrted from the 449-foot level ol me Cracker-jack mine to open production trom the Craokcrjack vein. The ore continues to average better than ?1S per ton across a ten-toot width, with the ledge showing sustained strength between clearly marked walls. As soon as the ledge has been developed de-veloped sufficiently on this level sinking will be resumed and another level opened at an approximate depth' of 550 feet. The new dlscoverv on the 440-foot gives backs of 105 feet on the vein, which shows eight feet of S"5 ore on the 330-foot level. Drifting from the latter point on the east .-.In la ...li-onolr,.. SToi.rlllV. TilC dCVClOU- ments of the past few weeks have placed the Craclterjr.ck among tho proved mines of Ooldfleld. demonstrated persistence o. the great Goldfleld Consolidated vein system sys-tem bevond the Columbia mountain tault. and reawakened interest In the adjacent Sandstorm-Kendall and Conqueror properties.. proper-ties.. The Crackerjack company is also preparing to comprehensively operate the bonanza Florence Divide lease, which It will acquire on January 1. Development of the north haif of the Florence Goldfield mine by the Goldfleld Development company Is bearing highly satisfactory results. Ore of superior grade has been exposed In several of the old stopes, and It is estimated that fully 200,-000 200,-000 tons are available tor production. Opening of virgin ground is also proving highly satisfactory. Preparations for extensive ex-tensive development of the Jumbo mine are being completed, and active work will start with the return of General Manager A. L d'Arcy from New York. The Red Hilis-I'lorence company is saving sav-ing for shipment the ore being broken in the south drift on the iOO-foot level. The ore is assaying 17 per ton the full face of the drift, with an elgltteen-inch shoot running around 40 per ton. Developments are proceeding from six points on territory terri-tory owned bv the company or leased from the Klorence-Goldfleld. The new ore body on the 500-foot level was opened south of the east-west fault on the Florence, marking mark-ing the first ore discovery in this section of the property. |