Show lOCAL CROWD MAKE MAIE A SILVER-LEAD SILVER MINE MIME NEAR ElY William A. A A Ekman pioneer r Utah Uth and Nevada prospector Is in the city with wih announcement that h he has discovered discovered ata at ata t ta a point sixty-five sixty miles mies northeast of Ely in Wh White te Pine county indications of the making makinI of another large producing producIng producing ing silver lead lead siver-lead copper mine A test shipment shipment shipment ship ship- ment consisting of 2175 pounds from this strike was settled for tor by the smelter smelter smelter ter with wih a check for and the as assay assay assy as- as say sy certificate showed silver siver ounces gold 01 ounce copper 88 per cent lead per cent iron 15 per cent After paying all al charges including transportation tion ton Ekman's net return on the consignment consignment consign consign- ment merit yielded him He has two men working The oro ore is in a vein which cuts across the mountain in the lime explained Ekman Ekman Ek Ek- man and the shipment was taken talen from I the full ful width of the vein which is as asyet asyet asyet yet but slightly opened Shipments can be made practically from the beginning of operations with wih considerable profit profi and the indications are that as depth is gained the vein will i widen The vein can be distinctly traced on the surface 1500 feet It is opened I on a twenty five twentY foot shaft shaf at one place and there are I openings at several other places which confirm the great geat extent of the ore deposition deposition depo depo- I horizontally A few thousand I dollars f on development f n I believe e will l I on place this p property n in condition i for c continuous continuous con con- roots production practically from grass gass I I Ekman is credited with having made I the rich discoveries of gold in the hills his I II I around Battle Batte mountain a few years ago and also several others of lesser im im- im I This is his home and he is isI getting a local crowd interested in the proposition which he feels can be made madea I a regular producer almost from the outset 0 |