Show empire mines co gets new ore body on eighteen hundred level drift has already been driven into the grefor some distance and the strike promises albe to be an important one for this property and the o discovery of a new ore body in the property of the empire min mines s company has greatly strengthen streng strengthened the d this stock as well as the stock stoc of the Opo hongo which is ado adjoining InIng and which should also benefit by the strike the new ore was located in the drift which was being driven toward the northeast on oil the level lev elThe the knight people who control the em pire mines have always regarded this section as the most promising portion of the comp company anys s ground and as the indications have tor for some time been most favorable at that p point int they rather expected the strike while local officials of the company are reticent regarding the work they admit that a new bre dep depolite osite has been encountered and that the ore is of commercial grade from other sources it is learned that the drift has already followed the ore tor for some distance and that the deposit C comes in a well defined fissure W which leads the belief that it will be lone one of the most important discover les made in this property in recent I 1 years the course that the ore Is taking indicates that it will make tover over into the Opo hongo hence the advance in the price of this corn com pany nys s shares figures are not avail able but the ore is no doubt of most satisfactory grade the values being in lead silver gold and copper with the silver predominating another piece of development work tor for the benefit of the empire mines is being done on the 1500 1 level where a drift is being sent oft off toward the south this as well as the point where the new strike was made is in the lower mammoth part of the company s extensive territory in the carasa spy sec see tion some leasing is in progress and near the old star workings the company has a small foce fo at work at a depth of about feet |