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Show CALUMET STRIKES PROVE UP STRONG Strikes made recently near the surface sur-face in the Strchlke and Bush leases, O" the property of the Ely Calumet Copper company, are both proving up handsomely as work progresses, according ac-cording to advices from Ely. Two tcamd are employed hauling ore from the Strehkle lease and the mincB are keeping a good supply of ore ahead of the haulers. Tho ore Is being shipped ship-ped to the United States company's smelter afMldvale. - As rapidly as" possible tho Strehkle lease will be developed to the point of maximum production; more attention atten-tion Is at' this time boing given to shaping up the working preparatory to sinking a winze on the ledgo than taking out ore. Ono of the best features of the . find Is that the oro Is self-fluxing, making it posslblo to reduce it in th . reverbemtory fur-i-aces at the Stoptoo smelter. Gen-, Gen-, -ral Manager Lakecan of Uio Stoptoo company has taken up with head of-' of-' hciala In New York. It 13 said, tho ) fivisablllty of making changes in the dimpling plant which will permit of accepting custom ore of the character tnat Is found in Ely Calumet. A local lo-cal market for the ore would result in considerable Baying for 'the loas- CTiJ. Bush Shoot StrcnQer, rne ore body opened in ihe Bush lease, on the Wild Cat claim, Is said o be becoming larger, with the values val-ues Increasing. aB the tunnel Is drlv-i?10 drlv-i?10 tue Mil. Two men employed wnving tho tunnel aro Ukiug out as , nigh as throe tons a day of ore which runs about $50 a ton, smelter valu- I fj a J e tUUnel ,s belnS dr,vrn to ward tho center of the hill to get under an Iron capping, where It La ! relieved the permaneut deposits will ! b foan Th5 ore will be followed to irovo iu extent and the dip of the hoot with the intention of sinking I a ehaft from the surface should the ere body Urolghteu up under the j Iiod, as it. Is expected lado, |