Show PIOCHE OPERA OPERATIONS MOST Of ANY I TIME 1 IN YEARS I Owen Bailey Baney general generl manager of or tho the Mining company is up from Pioche where he ho has been directing the operations of this property Ho says they arc are taking out some t orn ori r In development develop develop- I ment work worle and preparing for small smal ship ship- ments The Tho real object of his visit here hero at this time Is to get machinery for the thc mine for more mom extensive and deeper de del development development de- de l work Up Lip to the present time the management has baa been ablo able to obtain only a a- a shallow a depth yet a fine grade of ore has ha been un uncovered in il fact oneo one of o the best oro orE shoots in the entire camp and now the company is preparing togo to togo go after It on a a. a lar larger er scale Pioche mines are aro being beilig more actively developed now noV than at any previous time during the year according to Mr Bailey Balloy Since the announcement announcement was first mado made that some powerful financial interests were taking over properties In that camp I there has been a great stimulation of operations Three shifts arc are working on tho the Consolidated properties and tho the main working shaft shaft is being dropped down to greater geater depth at a rapid rate The rhe object of this working is to connect up with the thc great great back vein that was developed in the old Raymond Ely Rymond-EI Rymond properties prop prop- ertes in the early days When this point is reached the management is confident that it I will i soon be able ablo to begin production tion ton on a large scale but it I may be decided de decided de- de to do extensive d development before be he- fore shipments to the market are arc com corn At the Prince Consolidated mine there are arc jigging some of the ore This Is taken to mean that a complete completo sampling of the Prince properties will wi be Inaugurated inaugurated u- u rated rated later latet on on and if i the values are found satisfactory this property will wi betaken be betaken taken takei-i over oer by the new interests in the camp which are aro figuring on a big merger ci of mines with wih merit meri Pioche is now the no center of mining interests In the southern southern south south- em ern country It I has been proven that a considerable amount of oC money has suddenly sud such denly deny he been en raised for development of the mineral minera resources of that section This nc new work Is expected to result in the development of extensive silver lead lead sIver-lead ore deposits and if this proves true it will wi mean that the tho International smelting smelling plant at will wi erect lead stacks as soon as a dependable tonnage has been made ready for extraction |