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Show VIRGINIA CITY MINES SHOW EXCELLENT ORE The ore body recently uncovered at an approximate depth of seventy feet in the Southwest Comstock mine has widened to fully five feet, with the entire product sampling $50 in silver and gold, says the San Francisco Chronicle. The vein is growing richer and wider as work advances ad-vances and the ore shows the typical characteristics of the Comstock lode. Drill holes have shown ore on the other side of the granite wall, indicating a huge deposit of high-grade shipping product. The discovery is generating intense interest in-terest hi Virginia City, Reno. Carson City and other points and a rush to the district dis-trict has started. The field lies seven miles southwest of Virginia City. The Comstock Superior, adjoining the Southwest Comstock on the northeast, has started prospecting, preliminary to aggressive ag-gressive development. The trend of the rich Roberts ledge has been clearly traced into the Superior estate, and the owners pvnpi1! tn nnpn thrt main vein svstem at shallow depth. Canadian capitalists have become interested inter-ested in the Eagle Comstock group, lying northwest of the Comstock Superior. Ore has been found on the surface, and plans are being perfected for comprehensive development. de-velopment. Other companies are becoming becom-ing interested and the district has every promise of becoming the immediate scene of a thrilling mining boom. |