Show IS 18 WHEELER MINE I i ANOTHER MOHA WK I I t Assays From Latest Strike In Indicate Int Indicate In- In t Local Men Have Havet t Bonanza CUT VEIN AT LOWER LEVEL i Ua Has Widened Iden From Prom One Ono Foot to and a n Half HaU With Hi Values In fl Pictures I EIght Bight Inches of or ore that runs 2 2 a r ton two feet that runt runs and another foot that averages averages aver aver- ages a a. 1 ton are arp tho sen sensational tonal I tures figures which local owners of oC the thi I Wheeler heeler mine received yesterday at as ashe r the he result resul of ot a assays Y from the mot most atI I recent strike In that property The Tho Wheeler has two Important t veins known a as tho east Pst and west t veins A tunnel has been bEen run still I further urther on the west vein gaining about feet more depth than the first tunnel tunnel Recently a n cro crosscut was wat wac driven n from this latter tunnel to tho tiu east cast vein which has just jut been cut L through with wih the result indicated An Important feature of or the strike strikes Is s that In th the upper workings this thit vein eln Is only from 12 to 18 Inches in L width while the values valus generally run L from rom 50 to 00 a a ton At the thc greater depth It I has widened to over three and a half haIr feet and tho the values value I or of f at least leat a portion of oC It I are In the the pictures picture Another feature of or nother Importance importance Import- Import ance nee Is that the two veins eins are 90 feet reet apart where tho the tunnels start but hut at I tho rho point crosscut they are only 32 feet Ceet apart showing that they will wf without doubt soon converge into a single vein Looks s r Like c a oha From present indications the strike Is ato altogether ether one of the tho handsomest that has lias been recorded for a a. a long time The he Wheeler heeter was before this long regarded re regarded ro- ro I as a good mine there thero being feet of oro oio virtually blocked out which has seldom run less le than 50 a a ton Should this strike provo prove all ni t that hat It I appears to be the tho mine will wi bea be bea ben a n second Mohawk Tho rho hc owners had regarded it I merel merely as a a great milling proposition and a amill amm m mill mm ill Is already on the ground which would have been been nearly ready for operation b by this tIlls time but for or the bad we weather thel In Iii running tho the crosscut from rom corn tho the west vest tunnel to the east veina vein veina a a porphyry dike 27 feet In width was wa pas passed ed through which cl a averages a aton ton in gold gold- The Tho Wheeler mine is 30 miles mIles' southeast of or Yerington ton It I is owned by the tho Wheeler Gold Mines nes company which is a a comparatively close corporation corporation cor cor- the control being held held by J. J E 13 E. Caino Calno C. C D. D and Strevell veil vell I Paterson |