Show CHIEF MINES WILL CONSERVE METALS Announcement is made b by the Eureka Reporter that the Chief Consolidated Consolidated Con Con- Mining lIning company compan has posted post post- ed cd notices noties of the closing cosing on February 25 of some of ot its it properties The Te mines mies slated for suspension according according accord accord- ing mg to the newspaper are Chief Consolidated Consolidated Con Con- No 1 I and Grand Central Work will wi continue at the present rate it is said in fri the Eureka Liy Lilly and Apex Standard The Li Lilly Is a regular shipper Apex Standard is still 1 sti a prospect prospect Insufficiency of returns from ore at present prices to meet costs of operation is the reason for the suspension sus BUS pension It I will wi be continued only until metal prices perk up The Te report says that most of the department heads will wi continue with wih the he company However J. J Fred Johnson who for years ears has served las as superintendent will wi leave shortly shorty for California to transfer the interest of or the Fitch Fich family in its it California Chief Coys Coy's gold mine in Placer county Howard Fitch Fich another official proposes proposes pro pro- poses to devote his attention for the I time being to a placer mining project which he recently discovered in southern souther Utah uth |