Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-07 | Page 15 | Walker Mine Resumes Work

WALKER ALKER MINE RESUMES WORK Directors of at Walker Mining ining company company com corn pany voted Saturday morning to reopen the company's mine in Plumas Plumas Plumas Plu- Plu mas county California at once The Te property has been closed cosed three years H. H H A. A who has bas been manager of ot the property for many years was instructed to tho mine below belo the main tunnel level begin a d development program and get the tho mine min in shape for tor increased increased in in- creased production as soon as pos pos- sible It I is expected that the water will wil be pump pumped d out within two weeks J J. J R. R R Walker president of the company revealed that tat men I have been employed already and that this number will wi bo be increased to 40 as a fast as desirable men can be engaged Many of the company's company's com corn pany's old are returning ho said The cash cah reserves of ot the tho company company company com com- pany have hava been somewhat depleted during the shutdown caused by the depression Mr Walker said and imd tho directors feel teel that a arate rate of ot production production pro pro- ducton should should be started and maintained main main- tamed tined to take care of ot operating and building up a cash reserve In uIn the year three-year period prior to the shutdown the Walker pr produced pro produced pro pro- pounds of copper with going 17 per cent During this period it also produced ounces of gold with going in gold at the old price and ounces of silver siver with going three three quarters quarters of an ounce After an operation of this thi magnitude has bas been down for a year three-year period it naturally takes tIes time tho some to get organization back again and put the property on production The Tho Walker mine mino is I nine miles mies from the town of Spring Gardens on the Western Pacific railroad Mine and town are connected by aerial tramway