Show t may day makes very important strike supt bupt C 0 griggs this morning in formed the reporter that the new body of ore which was opened up iu i drift from the 1010 level is showing up in splendid shape and the strike gin gies es comise of being the most important to be recorded in thia this mine in many days already about fourteen tons of good ore has been piled up hj ha be cause of the extensive line of develop ment work which has been under way at the may day it mill ill be hect ary to remove considerable naste and otherwise prepare for the economical handling of the ore mr grigge who believes in going about things dyste mati cally says thattie that the hoisting of ore from this new find will be in progress foitl in a day or two the ore is un a continuation of that open ed up a couple of hundred feet above and shows average values of 27 ounces in silver and about 41 per cent lead and the values appear to be increase ing as the work progresses mr air griggs looks upon the strike as being of nast ast importance because it demon strates the theory that the ore de posits in the may day go down to great depth it if the new sti sanke ike con finues to improve as it has done dur ing 1139 the past few days it will virtually make a new mine out of the may av day and will mean increased shipments from alis tf is property at the uncle sam the ore body re bently encountered at a depth of feet is widening out considerable this ore was vas discovered on the in tei mediate level of the old humbug workings |