Show AFFAIRS Good Reports From Pi Pioche Pioche Pioche and Bingham Mines Colonel John Weir president of the Mines Smelters cor corporation corporation came in from the west Sun Sunday Sunda lay day da and left for New York yesterday noon While Colonel Weir Veir is yet far from being himself and while he de tie declined dined to see callers caner h hO 5 was able to listen to reports from Manager A F P Schneider and other members of the staff staf in charge of operations at the Bingham and Pioche prop properties properties Just what has been accomplished accomplished ertes with respect to the building of the branch line lne from Caliente Calente to Pi Pioche could not be learned but from the manner in which the work vork is be being being being ing pushed at camp it i Is only fair to presume that the line lne will wi be built buit during the next few months During the time that Colonel Weir was in Los Angele Angeles it was reported here that that just justas as soon as a basis of freight rates could be agreed upon construction would begin and anti that is believed to be where the sticking point is today General Generl Manager lanager Schneider says sas that the work of or the shaft of the Meadow Valley Valey and Raymond Ely mines at Pioche is progressing progressing favorably notwithstanding delays oc occasioned occasioned by the heavy ho vy snows and gen generally unfavorable weather of the past pat month Work is being pushed vigor vigorously vIgorously vigorously at the Day mine and the new now aerial tramway wil will soon be finished and ready to go so into commission The new ore bins at this property will wi also shortly shorty be completed The large and commodious house for the mens quarters tero is now finished and occupied Superintendent Morris T Kirk of the Last Chance mine at Bing Bingham Bingham Bingham ham reports that the work of cleaning out and repairing the British and Hooper tunnels and the level leel of the property has been completed and that he is now in a position to commence getting out ore He says sa s that in extending a crosscut off of the Hooper tunnel he encountered a four fot vein of galena and that the property will wi soon resume its is position position tion ton as one of the big producers of the camp Arrangements are being made for the immediate installation of ot a compressor plant |