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Show SILVER STRIKE. X nie- Vein Rr ported la the Hills West of JiephL, Some time ago we recorded the fact that John Harris and Joseph ilyde, of Xephi, had found a slate mmojustwestof ourcity, and teat the material was first-class and found In any quantity. If 0 w comes the nen b that a vein of almost pure silver has been discovered which runs through the entire body of slate, a peculiar affair indeed. A small piece broken Irorn the vein when assayed vent at tbe rate of 13,000 ounces per ton. The owners own-ers are '"mum" concerning the bonanza, evidently wishing to matte sure that it is no big excitement excite-ment over nothing, before makiog known tho entire facts connected (tith the strike. We were, however, shown by Mr. Harris a rlece of solid silver, M large as a common vest button, which had been taken from a piece of rock no larger than a walui'L It is evident that if much of that kind of material exists in the mine there is something more substantial sub-stantial than mine fever behind the west hills' prospects. Aept,l Ji-tl. |