Beaver County News | 1917-07-06 | Page 3 | Four Feet $40 Ore on Moscow's 1400, and Heavy Shipments

EOUU FEET $40 ORE OX MOSCOW'S 1400, AND HEAVY SHIPMENTS' Four feet of ore carrying gros3 'values of $40 a ton was the last sampling sam-pling made on the 1400 level of the Moscow of Beaver, according to Supt. G. S. Wilkin, who was in Salt Lake yesterday. The values have been improving since those samples were taken. One of the first showed 20 per cent lead, 1.5 per cent copper, 5 ounces silver, 11 per cent zinc and an iron excess. It is estimated that the ore will bring net smelter of $30 to $25 a ton as the expense a ton is only about $7.00. Mr. Wilkin said the. first appearance appear-ance of the ore was in little pockets, then a few inches streak and finally widened out to four feet. It has been followed and raised on with gratifying gratify-ing results. This disclosure is on thei south side of the big fault, and the ore is making south into the heart of the big domain. This is 400 to 600 feet from the north side lines. The ore is running toward the dike and with the main bedding, a condition similar to all the big ore slopes on the other side. The Moscow is now employing eleven teams on ore and they deliver a carload daily to the railroad cars. This is the heaviest production in the history of the mine. All this ore-is ore-is coming from the old stopes. Many thousands of tons are in sight. The ore is bringing $700 to $800 a car. When the ore starts from the 1 4 0 n level in earnest the Moscow will be in position to resume dividends, as it already has a comfortable casti treasury. Mr. Wilkin is superintending the work in the adjoining Commonwealth, Common-wealth, lie says it is developing splendidly. On the main tunnel level he has opened a body of ore that samples 61 per cent load and 15 ounces silver. Herald-Republican.