Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-01-12 | Page 5 | Davis Lease is Showing More Rich Ores in Lower Drift

DAVIS lEASE IS SHOWING SONIN MORE RICH ORES IN lOWER S Local officials of the Davis lease in leae Fo Fortuna if tuna Heaver Beaver Deaver county were elated to today today to- to day over the samples of gold ore Just re received re- re from the lowest workings The rock rok carries good gold values and is the richest ore that has been found in the district to date It I made male its Is foune appearance on the hanging walL the drift off the n wal waln or I bottom of the shaft shaf which has attained a depth or of sixty feet This lease Is a apportion portion of the Lumry Lunny a by and y 1 d d dt t the Moore h h. h of United I properties Jo States i ess s Smelting that f t was company bonded smelting th Im a company I I la 15 a S th Im smelting a company I I la 15 a m Davis foot f Sw shaft a S short rt distance from Tom the theS am workings The new shaft has at attained at- at tamed a depth of ot about sixty feet and the new e hoisting plant lan Is s b being Installed and will wi be ready for r operations being within a few days The smelting r company has hasi also Installed a compressor and the shaft work worle i which ui shat has been let to contractors will wl be carried on rapidly McGarry McGarr and lodges hodges are ae operating the Davis lease leae on which the richest ore in ia the camp has ha been found They have made one good sized shipment from which tom they realized a neat profit They are now preparing to treat all al the tho product at at the Sheep heep Rock Rok mill ml plant which is wIth i ia a few miles mUes of the mine The They expect to tomake tomake tomake make regular regula consignments of rich bullion bulon bul bul- lion on within a short time A late arrival arival from the camp today said that there was a a great deal of activity geat In Fortuna and that vicinity When new locations were being made and assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment work performed It was estimated that there were men engaged in mining min mm- In ing operations The cold weather will wl drive c some of them out of the camp but there are enough men steadily engaged to I insure a considerable amount of development develop develop- mont ment work bein being performed