Show shipments from the new strike yankee about ready to send out the second lot of ore from the new discovery should carry ounces in silver with n the n next at few days the sec see on I 1 cons gement of ore from the new strike at th tb yankee consolidate I 1 mine will be forwarded to the amel ter and bupt lewis lemis merriman ex pacts this second lot of 0 ore to carry not less than ounces silver about 10 per cent lead and perhaps 8 or 10 in gold the first sh all ament aart out a week keck or more ago was of a lower grade because OL of the LUU fact E that it had been mined aa as the was being sink s ink which made it rath er difficult to keep the ore clean mr air merriman states that he is us ing only a couple of men on this or ore for the reason that all waste mater lal ial has to be handled by an arm strong hoist joist but that h Is driving a tunnel which will tap the ore body at greater depth and furnish an out let for the waste the tunnel is s ex pecked to reach the vein matter al at most any round of shots but about feet of work will be needed to make connection with the and after that the yankee will be in shape to send out a nice tonnage of this high grade a iver ore A new piece of work has just been started on the east aide side of the slope at the yankee where a tunnel is be ing driven for the purpose of en countering the beck beek tunnel vein this new work mork is being done fully 1000 feet from the point where the recent strike was made but it is in a part of the property that supt bupt merriman has been desirous de desi rious of pros pecking for several years occasional shipments of high grade zinc are being sent out by the leasers who are busy in the older workings of the yankee the recent sh all prents of this ore carried from 42 to 43 per cent rent zinc the last lot to be placed on the market having been taken from the lease of the mellor brothers |