Show MINERVA MINE MINEI I IS PRODUCING TUNGSTEN ORE Some SOllIe Prospecting Work Is Being Done at atI Present Presen t I 0 O. A. A Knox superintendent of or the Minerva Tungsten Tuns-sten mine north of or Plo Pioche he was In town Wednesday on business busness and durin during a 0 lull In a 3 bus busy I hour he said ald to the tho Record reporter I that conditions at the mine were ere much the same as usual and that the I labor Jabor troubles at Ely Ey did not affect i his mine operations operation says sara the Pioche II Record The Minerva n Iun Tungsten sten Is one of oC the I Important mines of or the district and It ItIs itis Is hoped that It will become one of oC tho the big producers of tungsten ores In the United States There Thero arc are three distinct veins on the compan company's hold hold- Ins ings On one vein which Is from 8 seven en to nine feet teel In width a 1 working tunnel Is bein being driven with day and right ht shifts shins and amid has already opened up the tho ore for tor a distance of oC 00 feet In Inthis Inthis Inthis this tunnel which Is 15 now the main maln working tunnel slopes have been and from these stops ore oro will willbe willbe wille be e taken for tor tho the mill A second vein veins veinIs Is s about twelve e feet In width The largest body of or ore Is found In the third vein 11 n wh which Ich is from rom fifteen to n fifty itt tt feet In width and and andon on which there Is Isa isa a no foot toot pro prospect shaft and a oot foot tunnel Work ork on this asset aset will willbe b be st started in about thirty days das when equipment will bo boo placed on on the claim which Is distant about a 3 mile from tho the present workings On the property Is a complete 10 tOn on mill A pipeline three and aM a half miles m In length supplies the necessary water t The mine camp has accommodations accommodations for about fifty men The work vork of oC equipping the mine was undertaken un- un about bout a year yar ar ago 30 and rushed alonG on only 1 to be finished about tho the time Ime the armistice was signed and signed and tungsten manganese and chrome producers producers producers pro pro- thrown out of a balloon without without without with with- out a parachute and without time to choose a l landing spot At this time however howe the thc market for Cor or tungsten tUng is I stiffening and nd offers hope to the producer In June Juno 90 a 3 unit wa was waa the tho b basis hais ls for or some business while now the tho same business Is Issou sou sought ht on tho the basis of or 1 12 with some como producers hoping for tor 15 The Tho continued operation of oC this property means much to Pioche Shipments Shipments Ship Ship- ments ment will be made from this point and supplies naturally will be purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased here Two big trucks loading on the tho streets of or Pioche present a pleasing sight eight Men Ien in Increasing numbers are aro finding occupation at the tho them thomine m mine i a e. e |