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Show WONDERFUL OHO SPECIMEN. Cunlalai Ten loun.U nf (lotil an,! Ytortli HI IIIO. The flneet specimen of quarts gall' ore ever tent to the State lltirMii or Mine the flneet specimen ever seen In, Colorado, and probably tbe finest pIt men In oaislence for that kind of ore wa received from the rltnuggler-Unlon mine, Trllurlde, San Mlgnel count) laat week It was Immtdlolely sent lo the lapidary . from where It emerged emerg-ed neatly cut In two sections, ay the Denver Time The shape of Ihe specimen speci-men Is that of a triangle, being 8ta Inrhe on a side nnd t Inched thick, maximum dimension. It weight I 18V pound, of which expert toy. 10 pounds 1 pure gold This at f 18 per ounce, make tb value of Ihl one piece of ore 52 1W The culling required re-quired three whole days Saturday. Monday and Tuesday snd four coral of diamond duet were ute on it. Thlt, at tho wholesale cost of IS per cam which the lapldarira pay, makes the actual cost of cutting 120, eiclutlva of time nnd labor, which will, of course, well that figure considerably Tlis manager of the mine loaned this pleee of gold to the Stale for use during the Trani-Mlttlsslppl Exposition only, but It Is probable that. In view of the commotion com-motion which It Is creating among mining men In the clly-no lets thnn twenty having been In this morning to look at tbe flnd-tbey will allow It to remain on exhibition In Ihe Hureati rf Mlnca for some time after the return of tho exhlblta from Omaha Messrs Lee, hartley and While of Ihe bureau are warm In tbelr praitet of the slate feeling feel-ing which prompted ihe donation of this valuable nugget for Iho exposition exposi-tion Another point respecting this It the fsct lhat the Smuggler-Union la generally known only as a low-grade ore producer These pockets which produce specimen similar to the one at the State House, are numerous, however, how-ever, throughout tbe mine, and aa high as I300.C00 Is aald Id hate been taken out at one fell swoop In characterizing characteriz-ing thla specimen Mi White said "It la the mott rtmarkablt lode gold specimen speci-men ever shown up In Colorado, and it Is probable lhat there Is not another Ilka It In Ihe country" |