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Show n RICH DISCOVERY IN DEEP CREEK The big copper-lead strike recently made In the property of the Western Pacific Copper company at Deep Creek is creating much Interest In the possibility of that part of the state. Some of the wide-awake and progressive pro-gressive men who have held Interests In that section have alwys maintained that It was only a matter of time and the expenditure of the necessary money to demonstrate its mineral wealth, and the development of the large body of ore In the Western Pa cifio property will go a long way in establishing the fact. E. S. Hileman, who has just re turned from Deep Creek had an op portunlty to thoroughly examine the big ore body, and he pronounces it one of extraordinary size and average richness. He reports it even larger than at first thought, but more work had been done than when the first report re-port was made to the main office in the Brooks Arcade building. Mr mieman sa)s tne ore is or a uniform grade for the full width ol the vein, and that the company can begin to ship in quantity as soon as the heav snow disappears in the spring. An average sample taken from the ore body gives 24.4 per cent copper, cop-per, 23. S per cent lead, one ounce of silver and the ore carries about 20 per cent iron Such values are en tirely satisfactory, but the managern of the property predict even richer values at a greater depth. This belief be-lief is based upon the fact that the ore body shows considerable leaching, but in portions of the vein that have escaped the leaching process, rich oxides ox-ides are found, and native copper is also occasionally encountered. A fine specimen of native copper is on exhibition at the office; also several hundred pounds of the average ore. some of the samples weighing flft; to seventy fie pounds |