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Show MSIOCK IS AGAINJOOMING Tonopch is today working between 1,000 nnd 1,500 miners, while tho historic his-toric old properties in tho vlclnty of Virginia City have once more resumod some of their old-time activity, with probably over 1.000 men working In tho mines, according to M. L Mac-donald, Mac-donald, a well-known mining man of Tonopah, Nov. Tho dcopest present workings in Tonopah To-nopah are In the Belmont mine, which has attained a depth of 1,250 feet, the ore having gone down to the lowest parts of tho mine. This is In a new eaBt extension of tho old ore bodies On the west side of the camp Is the Tonopah Extonslbn, which is down 1,050 feet in ore. The ores carry a valuo of one-third gold and- two-thirds sllver.and nro amoat identical wltli those found In the old Comstock nt Virginia City. There are about a dozen doz-en properties now active In tho immediate im-mediate vicinity of Tonopah. Some very interesting disclosures are now being made in several of the old-time Virginia City properties, including in-cluding the Comstock. Some of tho shafts on the old Comstock had attained attain-ed a depth of S.3Q0 feet. The new ore strikes have beon made on the 2.S00 to the 2,400 level of the Mexican Mexi-can Here Ib a great ore body proven for 200 feet vertically, and drifted on flftv feet In places with a twenty-foot breast in the lower workings. This huge ore bod will averago close to $70 a ton. This Is an extension cast of the old bonanza from which it la claimed $000,000,000 has been produced. pro-duced. Tho lecent Htrike in the Moxican sent the shares from 60 cents to $5 In the last sixty days Tho capitalization is 200,000 shares, ami tho 6tock Is now boine tenaciously held near the flvo-dollar mark "Virginia Cltv is looking good." said Mr Macdonald yesterday "With a thousand meu busy and all the old mines active, and mining on an ex-tonslvc ex-tonslvc scale, it smacks of tho good ojd days. They gel some water from tho 2,500 level down, hut they have entered Into a pumping co-onorallon pfan. and In this way are handling the water cUeapl.. .The northern part of tho state in particular Is full of minlni; 'activity this spring, and everything looks most encouraging " |