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Show CHIEF CON.'S NEW ORE DEMONSTRATION HADE ON 1600 LEVEL No more Interesting development work la being conducted In Tintlc at the present pres-ent time than that In the Chief Co n soli -i dated properties. President Walter Fitch ; reports the opening up of new ore bodies; on the 1 400 -foot level, and also a find In the raise from the UftO level. This Is Interesting, In-teresting, for It showa the existence of ore at a depth of Isoo feet, or two feet below wham most of the ore has been mined up to the present time. , The new development on the 1400 level has resulted In the exposure of ore at a point too feet north, where the ore was previously found. The first car shipped from this new deposit brought $2200, or at the rate of t&o a ton. Ore has also been encountered on thle level at a point Jfco feet south of previously demonstrated ground, the returns from which show eighty ounce in sliver to the ton. With ore deposits exposed O0 feet to the north and t&v feat to the south of previous demonstrations. dem-onstrations. It Is easy to be seen that this property has proven up the minerals for a long distance, with the end not yet In eight. Within an area of S00 feet there has been extracted ore from the 1400-foot level of thle mine worth ISOO.000. From present laxucatioaa liter (a H. to oa extracted ex-tracted large tonnage of ore from this working, and If Its average value of tM a ton continues, the mine Is certain to make profits very rapid I v. Its development develop-ment work to date and the splendid equipment at the mine has been paid for from ore extracted. Mr. Fitch appears to have had a correct line on conditions In this property, and he has given It every moment of his personal attention since operations were begun by the present pres-ent company. A raise Is being sent up from the lrtnO-foot lrtnO-foot level, and at a point thirty feet above the bottom of the drift on this level ore has been encoun tered which shows an average value of thirty ounces silver and . per cent lead. The values are Improving as the raise la advanced, and for the last ten feet the average values val-ues are fortv ounce silver and 20 per cent lead. Oettlnar a rood commercial grade of ore at thla depth makea the proposition all the more encouraging, and Chief Consolidated promises to be a big paying proposition during the yeara to come. |