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Show : MHI LOUISE TOIMLM Davidson Ore Body With Development Improves in Size and Value. An Increased tonnage of ore was sent forward to the Salt Lake smelters by the Virginia Louise Mining company last week. The new high price level of silver, according to the Pioche Record, adds to the profit derived from the heavy ore shipments and the mine Is responding nicely to the increased demands for tonnage. ton-nage. L. G. Glllett, who recently tbok over the active management of the Virginia Louise mine, succeeding R. T. Walker, now has everything working smoothly around the property and anticipates increasing in-creasing the already heavy movement of ore to market in spite of the car shortage and winter weather. The principal tonnage of shipping ore is coming from the second level. The Davidson ore body, which is tributary to this level, is supplying a nice grade of fluxing ore, and development headings run to determine the extent of this ore body are still in ore. This important ore body was first struck on the Davidson claim and R. T. Walker over a year ago prophesied that the extension of the ore bedding when discovered would produce an immense tonnage ton-nage in the future, and the results today fully Justify his good judgment. Describing the initial work In this territory. ter-ritory. Mr. Walker wrote as follows: "The most Important event during the current period of operations has been the recent discovery of a new ore body of large size and considerable promise. This ore body was first struck a year ago in the adjoining Davidson claim belonging to the Prince Consolidated Mining ft Smelting Smelt-ing company, but it proved impossible to trace it thence into the Virginia Louise ground at that time, for the reason that close to the common boundary of the two properties the ore body was interrupted by a strong fault of unknown displacement. displace-ment. In the absence of positive evidence evi-dence as to the Identity of this ore bodv, It was at first supposed to be the faulte'd extension of one of the previously known ore bodies, but later investigation of the geological structure led to the conclusion that it was an entirely new ore body, never previously encountered in the "Virginia "Vir-ginia Louise ground, and that it would be found by development work In a certain cer-tain direction. The accuracy of this hypothesis was established when the ore body was struck two weeks ago. Its thickness thick-ness is not yet known, as the hanging wall has not been struck, but exceeds twenty-three twenty-three feet, while the ore is of an excellent grade, carrying a high basic excess and satisfactory values In silver and lead. "While it will be impossible to make a definite appraisal of the value of this ore body until further development work has been accomplished, a tentative estimate, esti-mate, based on the results of mining In the adjoining claim, where this ore body has for some time been . contributing a large proportion of the current production produc-tion of the Prince mine, leads to the conclusion con-clusion that it will increase previous estimates esti-mates of the Virginia Louise ore reserves by hetween 25 and 30 per cent, and the quality of the oro will equal or surpass that of any previously known ore body." A smaller tonnage is also being mined on the fourth level and a new stope opened up last week materially adds to the ore reserves already exposed on this level. ' Active development work is being prosecuted prose-cuted on the fourth level and Manager Gillett expects to have some interesting news for the local stockholers during the coming month. Ahout twenty-five miners are employed underground and the mine is the scene of great activity, which will doubtless bo Increased In-creased In the near future, favored by the nice grade of the product being produced and the high price realized for silver at this time. Mr. Glllett is to be complimented on tho showing he has made since accepting accept-ing the active management of the property, prop-erty, and assuredly present conditions indicate in-dicate the early fulfilment of every promise prom-ise made by the conservative directorate of the Virginia Louise Mining company. |