Show NEVADA employ employees i ees of the prince consolidated at pioche subscribed a total of to the liberty loan fund the miners are made up largely of foreigners including french and italian Bu bulgarian garian and german workmen high grade copper ore with platinum and palladium values has been opened thirty six feet above the level of the die doss boss tile the big platinum producer of good springs A raise driven to connect with the high grade body now being mined on the broke into this showing the mine is now producing about six tons of ore a day averaging above a ton one recent shipment of 2300 pounds carried 11 ounces platinum 15 in gold and 12 per cent copper 0 J fisk is general manager an official of the hamburg mines company commenting on late news from lie property at pioche says the news demonstrates on strates the claim of mining engineers that there are two great ore beddings between the tunnel level and the surface the bedding just above the tunnel is a rich producer I 1 assaying from 40 to 75 a ton with a large tonnage present development in the upper bedding indicates that it will at least duplicate the lower murray C godbe of salt lake is manager for the company and W H pitts is superintendent the consolidated Copp ermines company operating at kimberly has made a contract with the nevada consolidated by which the latter will mine and treat for tile the former tons of ore between now and august 1918 and after that date at tile the rate of at least tons a year for a period of five years all concentrates and ancl crude ores produced by the Copp ermines up to a total of tons a month are also to be treated at the steptoe plant treatment rates are based on the varying price of copper the new concentrating plant or the Copp ermines is treating tons a month which will be doubled when the second unit goes into commission late in june edwin F gray is general manager |