Show NEVADA sam casper and associates have received returns on 4 a car of ore shipped from their mine about a mile north of ranch near golconda and report that abat they received a little over 99 a ton being in gold and the remainder in silver another shipment is being taken out A new wage scale effective january 16 was posted by the nevada consolidated atthe at the mines and smelter under the new wage wae wa e scale mechanics receive 5 a day miners and common labor this is a reduction of 50 cents a day for mechanics and miners and an advance of 50 cents a day for common labor labo r the lucky boy mine situated near fay 25 miles east of pioche is bowl now being worked on a small scale accordi according n to friel lytle one of the owners who was in pioche recently after powder and supplies last spring high grade gold quartz was struck near the surface and attracted a number of mining men to the discovery which apparently possesses great merit the lessees lessels of the ophir mine at virginia city who recently made the rich strike in the old ryan completed sacking up a shipment of four tons of ore a few days ago and the same went out by express to the selby smelt ing lead co of san francisco sampling of this shipment showed the ore to average per ton and the gross value is therefore better than 1 plans for the further develop development men t of the betty oneal 1 silver mine in lewis canyon near battle mountain an and d financing of the project including the construction of the first ton unit of a flotation mill were arranged at recent I 1 meetings of the directors of the company in in boston says noble H getchell manager of the property who returned january 17 from a three weeks trip to new york and boston mr getchell states that tle the company now lia has S in i the treasury more than enough b money for completion of the ae project and that the utmost energies of the force will e applied to mine development and early construction construction of the mill |