Show I BIG SHIPMENTS BEING G MADE AT OLD DAY MINE Black Metal fetal Drifting to Gel Get Ore From Main l Channel Operations at the tho Black Metal mine are running smoothly and although shortage o of labor Interferes with ca capacity capacity ca- ca pro production all tho the most Important important important tant troubles havo have now been satisfactorily satisfactorily overcome says tho the Pioche Rec 0 ord orL rL The sl sixty horsepower Fairbanks en engine on- on gine gino ino I i is now running at its rated ca ca- Recent repairs which included ed a n new piston and cylinder complete seem to have taken care caro of or tho the causes of or tho the recent breakdowns Tho The principal shipping shipping- tonnage Is bein being taken from the area adjacent to tho the old foot Coot tunnel level Tho The bedding bedding bedding bed bed- ding planes which follow the north and south fissure system continue to Increase In sizo and value These beds have boon been followed for tor a along along along long distance and a a. development drift is now being run to Intersect tho the main ore channel on the tho 3 foot Coot level This drift has only to be advanced ten f feet et etmore more to open up this available and de developed developed do- do eloped ore and will enable the management management man man- to ruins mine tho the same more econ eco eco- n 0 rn i cal ly All AU the ore at present being mined In Inthe Inthe inthe the upper levels of or tho the old Day mine is dumped into the mill hole chute where It runs by gravity to the pockets on tho the seventh level and from thence to tho the ninth level from rom which point it Is hoisted to tho the surface and dumped into the bins alongside tho the tr tracks of or the Pi och e Pad Pacific ft C Ba Railroad II road company which line lne connects with the Salt I Lake ako Route at Pioche Now that everything Is running smoothly and with increased ore shIpments shipments ship shIp- ments moats fattening fattening- the company's compans treasury treasury treas treas- ury It Is planned to improve the facilIties facilities facilities facil facil- and accommodations for tor the em em- cs at nt the mine mino An up-to-date up change chane room supplied with ample hot water is among the now improvements planned Q e eThe The Tho Black Metal mine Is tho the old Day aJ property which was discovered In the spring spring- of or 1877 and which has hns been worked almost continuously since sinco that date dat being credited with a a. production of or wen well over Silver is the principal metal of or value In the ore and recent settlements re reflect re re- fl fleet t the tho Increased value of the product being mined in the foot root north bed bcd where the recent rich strike of or soft carbonato carbonate ore was made Small pockets of or similar ore still persist in this portion por por- tion of or the tho mine The Black Metal company was fortunate fortunato fortu forth nate nato In securing about a n. year ago ngo fa favorable favorable Ia- Ia terms terras for tor treating the desirable desirable desir desir- able ablo ore produced from tho the property which besides containing satisfactory values in sliver silver averages less than 2 per cent Insoluble with he heavy vy manganese manganese man man- limo lime and iron content |