| Show yankee cons gets into new bunch of good ore high grade ore has again been struck in the yankee consolidated according to authentic word that was phoned in from yesterday sa sas one of the dally daily papers this Is what hat Is called the humbug ground judging from the strike of the vein this ore shoot Is now calca to be an extension of 0 the shoot which last fall and winter produced several carloads of sensationally high grade silver ore some of the cars brought to each this ore carries ounces of all sil ver and more to the ton the word yesterday came direct from men at the mine the information Is that the rich streak which had not been tested is making to the north this is at a point in the old workings probably and feet vertically from the sur face when the matter was taken up with the local officials they admitted that they had received word from superintendent merriman about en sauntering cAunt ering a high grade streak in the humbug workings but the work had not progressed far enough to ghe glie any further details there had not been time to make assays for some time the yankee has been prospecting for the beck beek tun nel ore shoot from a reliable source lt it is learned that this work promises to any day give ample re ward tor for labor expended in that par nicular block of ground the min ers have for some time been in a tremendous body of live quartz this has been giving assays of 4 to 6 ounces silver 1 per cent lead and samples have run as high as 12 to 15 per cent zinc every shot is ex peeled to reach the richer ore shoot last month the yankee shipped its heaviest monthly tonnage in more than a year during may the ship ments have been about normal the cars bring from to 2500 each net smelter returns according to re liable authority |
