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Show OPERATIONS SPEEDED AT NEVADA MINE Special to The Tribune. MINA, Nev., Aug. 25. In many ways the Simon Fagan is one of the interesting propositions in the district surrounding Mlna. Originally located by a group of Reeso river ranchers in the last century, it was later relocated by a well known mining man of these days, known as "Cap" Fagan. "Cap" Fagan held the property for a number of years, but after his death no work was done on the property, which eventually passed into the hands of Alec Bettles and "Irondyke" Smith, who, in turn, disposed of the property to its present pres-ent owners the Simon Fagan Mines company. com-pany. E. S. Chafey, president and general manager, has a shaft down about forty feet, which is in pay ore from about ten feet below the surface. Assays are running run-ning from $35 to ?."0 per ton, and there is a large quantity of shipping ore on the dump ready for hauling to Mina. The values are chiefly in silver and lead, the gold contents averaging from JG to 58. The ore occurs in a limestone formation near its contact with the rhyollte, and the vein widens out with depth and shows better values. From the present outlook the Simon Fagan promises to be one of the early producers of the district- |