Show SUCCESS AT THE JOHNNIE herald rhyolite nev mr T A johnson vice president and general manager of the johnnie mining and milling campay after a prolonged stay at the mine reports general conditions there to be greatly improved 1836 tons of ore having been put through the nissen stamps and lane mill in twenty two days of this tonnage the nissen stamps handed 1560 tons and the lane mill which operated only about half the time handled tons the capacity of the mill has been brought up to 90 tons a day an increase of about ten tons and it is expected that the month of march will show another increase of about the same amount the savings during february reached 98 per cent with ore of an average mill head of per ton the bullion production of february amounted to a little over the underground work is progressing satisfactorily in big breasts of ore a at t the and foot levels with enough ore reserves on hand to run the mill for a year the first inventory which has been taken showed an excess of 0 invested in machinery and personal property the future outlook is bright and it is expected that the output for march will exceed that of february |