Show iron 11 V on blossom s splendid Q Q Q Q earning more than tha n dividend charles skie the a iper intend ent is authority toi tae statement that the lion blossom is look ng bet ter than at any time in the history 0 the mine and of course that means that the development work of the past fe v months has increased the ore reserves the discovery of the ne no v east fis sure during the latten latter part of the year was abbat the b gg agest cat th ng that has happened at the iron blossom since the main ore cahnnel nas as opened several years ao a a o mr za brickle says that ha he has no v opened the ne me v vein in half a dozen places and that amuat the n celt ore that a now be ng mined rained at the iron blos som bora is corn com ng from f rora this newest por tor t on of the property thia this ne r fis sure has been develop A 1 to a d ath of or III fet and vh ie le it I 1 perhaps extends to greater depth the bulk of f the ore that haa has already been blocked out is above this po nt at the rev re v vein parallels the rr am ain ore chan nel and undoubtedly extends for several aundrel hundred feet it is by no means unusual for the iron Blo blossom sow tj get cart samples that sho v from 40 t ounces s iver aver li 12 to 20 per cent lead lea dand and sa sane me gold and silver and bhae all ol 01 0 the ore that is being from the no 3 work the end of the mine is not as rich tais the general average of the ore from that aart art of the mine is better than it has been in more than a year it is a fact ho vever that no sensationally rich sh bb prents are being made at the present time the output from the no 1 work of the mine for march will in elude jude about tons of very fair cop per ore in fact the copo coo r have been yield as rl a a toinie e of 0 al moat most this size tor fr several months in copper this ore carries from 6 to S 8 per cent and th a with the 6 9 iver and go d values makes the ore a very desirable product the total output from the mine for the month of feb auary was about 3 tons and the march sh SL prents 1 have been a I 1 atle heavier the operating expense of the iron blossom amo ints to about 20 per mor t th h and has never exceeded iiii aj of th a sum 12 to 14 OCO 00 goes for labar aai aal the balance for timber etc in order to toke kep p even w th the d videna requirements t is necessary for the mine to re cel ceide ve froal ore kilei the sual of b t everyone who is famil ar v th the co a af affa f a rs kno vs that the property has been dong do ng even better than that during thelast the past year and that the b g reserve fund a being gradually increased after the payment of the january dividend the treasury contain d tae toe aura surra of 51 77 and while the figures are not available sone some of the local min ing men estimate the earnings of the mine at almost 9 a month in ex cess of the dividend requirements thos carm carmichaer Car michaei h 4 el the head book keeper f for O 0 r the the C Chief cef cons mine was out f faoro roq alit salt it t i a aring the present week sit at th home of manager katr aber 1 itch and also with his son ibex ca carmichael rm ichael |