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Show m - i 4 m In Nu County, Nevada, a qit'clc. iH silver deposit containing largo bodies 1H of ore uvoraglng-l percent mercury Is sfl being worked. Tho clnnuharoro oo UH curs in two forui'itions, ono in u rhyo- H lite ledge, tho other in phonolito. Tho ores vary in richness from 1.5 per cont H to (10 per cent mercury. Thodyposlt H bus been opened to a dopth of 100 foot H nnd trenched fcr 800 feet in length ov- ' or a width wliich In places reaches 40 H ft't Tho richness of tho doposit and - H its extent make it roumrkablo. Tin uvcrngo of thoores In othor minus of H this country is about 1 per cent mor- H cury. Mining Science |