Show TAKES OPTIONS H T johnson of los angeles angele went want to Dev develops elope little creek managree Man agnee agnese within the past p u t week or two 11 T johnson of los angeles has haa secured options on several manganese chunie in little creek canyon and is trying to secure options on the thornton iron claims mr me johnson hashed assays essays of the manganese and finds that it runs v very r high from 24 per cent to 86 36 leant P per cent and this from the extreme outcrop inga he believes that when a slight light depth is attained that the percentage will go to 40 and if it does shipping will follow immediate ly the iron properties of the thornton bros is exceptional and assays essays of the ore or shows 63 per cent pure iron with a small percentage of manganese the thornton iron claims show ore on nearly every foot and the assays essays of which there have been several all show the ore to be of the same grade on the entire 7 claims if mr johnson is successful in securing it a favorable option on the iron claims he will drive a tunnel which will crosscut the ore to the writer center of the claims and it is his hia intention also to tunnel on the manganese property which ad joma joins the iron on the south and expeels to tap two very large bodies of manganese |