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La Plata Miner

La Plata Miner.
F. z. schuri nan seems well pleased with his
recent strike In the Del Rey and says 1t is In
proving.
II. G. Reece is here for the purpose OF getting
the Little Jane in shape to put on quite force
ofmen about the arst Of June.
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Shiveiy Boyle are running 50-foot cross.
cut which will cat the Mountain Lily vein
about 60 feet below the present workings. Two
men are at work, and one or two more will be
put on at onsc.
Superintendent Fox OF the Columbus mine
is now having a la rye part of the work on that
property done by contract. which will proba-
bly, reduce the costof operating considerable,
as one set ofcontractors are Italians.
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The small-Hop> crosse .s nev IN 80 <oc'
and II the survey was exaotly right they have
but ten feet more to run TO cut the VEN. We
hope to be able to chronicle favorable results
from this work next week,
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Work on the Grand Duke cross cut is pro-
gressing quite fast considering the difficulties
attend ng living in a tent, and working at
that altitude during the kind of weather that
has prevailed since the contract was let. The
contractors expect to Gu; the vein today. This
claim Is supposed to lie OH the Columbus vein
as 1t is 20 feet wide on Tho surface above where
tho tunnel will strike II. The cross-cut will O
continued until the opposite wall is reached
which will take about ten days longer. We
hope to hear Of good ore being found before
this time next week.
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The La Plata Miner comes to the front with
a spl endid description OF the La Plata mines.
The issue is chock full Of valuable informa.
tion regarding the mines and will be Of great
Interest to its many readers. The Miner de-
serves much credit for the interest taken In
this new camp.
From the Ophir Mail.
Gold King lcasers continue to take out p,en-
ty of gold ore.
Ssveial new pro- critics will come Into notice
this year and will be undoubtedly make good
records as shippers.
The Butler is taking out some COOL ore and
the shipments will increased by several
cars In short time.
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oieiS * JuTIctt uriVlu8 On tue vein OF the
American, and expects to make shipment OF
good silver ore in q short time.
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The shipment this week consists OF seven
cars, as follows: Caribbean 2, Silver bell 2,
Texas l, Nevad l, Gartbaldi /. The last two
being new shi ppers.
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Preparatory Ia active in the nelghborhood
of the llium mill, and in q very short time
everything will be ready for the Introduction
Of the cyanide process.
Ed. Osborne is working on the Silver Bell
dumps and Is doing first rate. He has consid-
cradle ore sacked and will make shipment
In short time, from which he expects good
profit.
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Lcs.cr White an d James Kelly are preparing
to work on a promising claim OIL Silver noun
tain. which they have owned for some time.
II Is the belief that further development will
reveal a good ere body.
7. E. Thomas, leaser ON the Texas. shipped
q car OF good silver ore from that property on
Monday. The Texas has been q good pro-
duccr and yet contains plenty Of rich silver
ore which little development work would
uncover. A car was also ippcd last week.