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COPPER is KING 
[Abstract of a report by a minin 
: ore on a group in our — sale] 
claim of 20.66 ac _— paten 
Sends claim orate ented. 
88 acres, 4, 533 square feet. 
n the west side of the Penos 
en- 
of 
north. a ‘Sil 5 Gis, thé nomate seat and 
r Altitude, 7, feet. Al- 
& of Soe ey City, 6, 000 fee 
ads from Silver City to the 
mines. 
Permanent water ee mines for 
camp use; sufficient vere rani a large spre 
and hagaepaas an be developed at a smal 
oat ritic- ays peiy Peotone and 
js "The ore bodies vary in <widt 
3 to sod 5 Lay — iron capped and 
qua surface shows the 
copper ore - "bunches in the strata very 
ing from 1 to 16 feet wide. The cha 
ter of the Heal i copper-iron carbonates. 
showing 2 little native ae oxides of cop- 
s below the wa- 
centage or cate — zin oP ek the south end 
of the unnel is run 
The she oaks Shows rat this end and will 
peered at depth, as is evidenced near- 
Ores free smelting, 3 to 60 per cent. cop- 
per, containing lime in a few places ad- 
joining dolomite wall. Risccientés of ore 
average 8 = 18 per cent. copper, iron and 
Silica neu 
Ore can Be he marketed at the Silver City 
arin ing, regions and hauling se 
opment, the cost will be reduced 25 p 
vet profit ' per ton (on a 10 per cent. ore) 
ee at $13. 
3 per cent. copper ore can be smelted 
on the Seana and marketed in the east 
at a profit. 
ihe great deposit has the same geo- 
logical and mineralogical characteristic es 
of the mines 
bu ts richer and better aintned a as 
depth is “attained, the ore ec in — 
nd cham nd or 
fac 
shosta wake the water ae 
The trend of the ore bodies ard forma. 
on is N. Surface dip dee ore bodies is 
m the vertical 
vall. De- 
sietical and dip S. E. into the mountain 
at depth. 
Very little gold and silver is found in 
Tosco 3 per ton. ores. Silver 6 to 7 oz.; gold 
per 
The West American Scientist. 
64 
Surface workings, oe ae and Lage 
nels, from 5 to eac ength 
depth, dh: 
hunters nd the 
ing aurfecd ores, which show the forma- 
tion, ore bodies in place, and their per- 
manency, 
20-foot open cut, and 220 feet of tun- 
nel, gv a = 7: ore 
south end of the copper, exter iding 
low water level, haa been meniss approx- 
imate depth attained, 125 fee 
ha little timber! neg will be required. 
er bia = all sorte 
Wood can be 
tapes tor 
This 
aise 
> the 
trict. “the Bete 6h of Har in de- 
velopm will probably open up pay ore 
ee es ae chaleopyrite in the extension of 
the tunnel. 
Price, "$50, 000; six months’ 
bond; shipping privileges. 
ORCUTT, San Diego, 
~ LAKESID HOTEL 
California. 
developing 
California. 
Lakeside, San Diego county, 
This Hotel is a convenient place to 
stop on the way to and from the mines. 
First Class in every respect. 
Telephone and telegraph. 
Baths and electric bells. 
40 named tertiary fossils, 
ORCUTT, San Biden. California. 
Purchase your 
FOOTWEAR at 
LLEWLYN’S, 
728 Fifth street. 
e quoins, cabinets, wood furniture 
yp >» and other —— material for 
sale—proofof type on r 
ORCUTT, San resromigs “California. 
