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Show MINING NEWS ALLEGED STRIKE OF PICTURE ORE Reno, Nev . Feb 3. Late this afternoon af-ternoon picture ore running to values 01 $600 was struck on lease No I, 111 Nenze mountain, and tonight the new mining camp of Rochester is wild with excitement. Fabulous prices are being offered for claims and locations. lo-cations. Th dlscoverv was made in a forty -foot tunnel nt a depth of sixty six-ty feet and half the face of the tunnel tun-nel Is 111 picture ore It runs 200 ounces silver and $400 gold. The permanency of the camp is assured and all leasers are now running three shifts a day. The f'odd lease ad-polnlng ad-polnlng the discovery Is within fifteen fif-teen feel of the vein At a depth o; 1 .in fvt (he ore is being sacked and guarded. tiption are lu ing taken rlht and left on all available propertj Rochester Roch-ester tonight is wild wtth joy and already al-ready a stampede ls settling in to the amp Large crowds are at the mouth of the tunnel watching operations while the streets of the two towns ate scenes of activity and excitement. P rDspcctors ana miners are lealnr, Reno tonight In numbers for Rochester. |