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Show RICH ORE IN LOST JOSEPHINE Gold and Silver Ore Taken from Property That Assays S2,-256.10 S2,-256.10 to the Ton. The concentrates from tho lostj 'Josephine mine, which were brought . buck by A. O. Smoot, have been I jBSfcujed by Mr. Kroupa with the I following result: 04 ounces gold und SOU ounces silver, which gives ' n value of 2,250.10 to the ton, i The concentrates from which tho ' nbove asay was made were taken from about reventy live puns of' dirt. There is mime surprise that there should bu so much silver as that Is rather unusual. The mineral min-eral which the miners believed to be platinum appears to have bceu silver. Work will bo prosecuted vigorously on the initio all winter. ! President Singleton and the other membtrs of thu board feel that' there Is no further question of the value of the property, und liat 1 with greater depth, wlion the levels j of thu old workiugs lira reached, j the gold will bu taken out lu quun- titles such ns thu Mcxlituis used to I cart y away uecordlng to tradition j and records. 1 , |