Show MAKING FINE PROGRESS AT PRINCE consolidated excellent Ex ellent progress is being made in sinking the prince consolidated mining smelt ing companas Comp anys deep shaft according to reports from the mine at pioche nev a week ago since sinking was started on the an average of slightly more than four feet per day has been made by the end of the month the management feels confident eliat that an average of rive feet anbe can be attained to vt elpa expedite the business af pf of sinking jo four ur now new drilling machines have bean bee n shipped to the mine according to the management no difficulty is being had bad with wat water er it is said the main flow caught at pumping station no 2 is not developing more than gallons per minute little or no water is coming into the bottom of the shaft at a depth of feet and no more is expected until the permanent water level is reached several hundred feet below inasmuch as in the shafts where permanent water level was reached in the older pioche district not much of a flow was developed the management does not expect to meet with difficulty when great depth is attained by this work of exploration at the same time encouraging results are being attained in preparing the com banys mill at bullionville Bulli onville for the treatment of the tons of tailings said to be piled up at this place and at dry valley a few miles distant A party of salt lake men consisting of M J mcgill reuben may and H A mcmillan have returned from a weeks visit to the mill where a force of men under the direction of B E R richards has been remodeling the mill before starting the treatment of tailings results of the preliminary two day run made just before our return to salt lake were anost satisfactory said mr mcgill every piece of machinery was operated with a full load the edw horsepower chandler taylor automatic engine operated so satisfactorily that sufficient power is a certainty during the two day run during which ore was run through the mill there was no hitch within a week during which time afew a few pulleys must be changed belts tightened up and the whole mill tuned up I 1 feel reasonably sure that the plant will be operating three shifts per day at or very near capacity remodeling el of the mill was beglin begin about two months ago under the direction of mr richards formerly metallurgist for the chief consolidated mining company and maurice peterson a flotation expert who with others acquired a royalty lease on the prince companas comp anys tailings dumps the mill is situated upon the pioche branch of the salt lake route railroad at bullionville Bulli onville and dry valley which are about seven miles apart on the railroad it is estimated there are tons of tailings with an average assay value of in gold ounces in silver and 53 per cent lead |