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Show oo OLD COMSTOCK MINE IS COMING BACK One of the biggest testimonials paid I to tho old-time Comstockere Is furnished fur-nished by the discovery of an enormous enor-mous body ofpay ore on tho "Mexican of that group Within tho lhst two weeks the state has been amazed, If not startled, by returns from tho 2,300 level which disclosed the riches that compare most favorably with the best product of tho lode that made Novadit famous. The phenomenal disclosures cause some of the men of tho southern south-ern country to feel like a lot of pikers, pik-ers, according to a Goldfleld paper. Instead of gophering at depths of 200 to 500 feet, here Is a property whoso lowest workings are about half a rullo below tho surface which has suddenly come luto the producing class wlN) a body of ore that averages thirty feet wide and is good for $-10 per ton. However, tho most remarkable feature fea-ture Is tho fact that over $2,000,000 has been spent on the Mexican during the last forty years, notwithstanding that not a dollar was paid to stockholders. stock-holders. It was supporfcd by faith, and the Mexican discovery Is not tho most Important of tho lost twenty years This find brings back the waning wan-ing glories of the Comstock and revives re-vives courago In tho hearts of the men who .have strugglod agalpst the advcraltlcs of a receding mining |