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Show -?: COPPER ZONE ; ' HAS RICH STRIKE '.' V'V-'. :,!., Three Feet of Rich Stuff En- ' , -.'i ,-? countered in Drift on the ,'uvV . 200-Foot Level. &?" ' VALUES RUN WELL INTO V" '" HUNDREDS OF DOLLRS. t' - - Manager Rickards Receives Telephone ? Message from Foreman and ; Departs for the Camp. " J. R. Rickards, manager and one of the heavy stockholders of the Copper 1 Zone mine, situated in the vicinity of k New Castle, this county, received very k encouraging: news from the workings , Pi last Wednesday evening, when Forc- 'f man .Walter Spencer called him on ' the telephone and reported that they i f had struck it "bigger than a wolf" in f." the drift that was being run on the , 200-foot level. Mr. Spencer stated jf that they had more than three feet of f " the high grade stuff that has been en- icountertd heretofore only in the form of float or small scams. No assays have yet been obtained from this new 7 striko, but it is the same ore that has ftf been assaying well into the hundreds : of dollars in gold, silver and lead, v " Tho entire ledge, in which this vein ,, of high grado has been encountered r samples $70.00 per ton in tho above minerals, and a discovery was recent- H . ly made that much of the ore contains quick silver, one assay showing ?80 Lto the ton in this substance. fc Taking everything into consideration considera-tion Manager Rickards is greatly enthused, en-thused, and begins to feel that at tyst hla long and persistent work in this t ,.' -""" d'8trlct is about to bo rewarded. ' The Copper Zone mine is a com- ) paratively recent discovery, but is in r the some mineral zone with Bullion I and Chloride Canyons, which have f been prospected to some considerable ' extent for a number of years, and give promise some day of becoming important producers. " i The development work at Coper Zono consists of a shaft 200, feet deep b, and a few short drifts and cros-cuts. I With the completion of the railroad i from Lund to Cedar City next year, a great impetus will be given to min- f ing In this vicinity and an important 1 camp is certain to result. |