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Show GREATER ACTIVITY SHOWN IN PIOCHE MINING DISTRICT Murray Oodbe. while recently visiting m Ptoche. saw a considerable amount of activity In the- various mining properties in that region. ' He says the Mend ha baa one of the greatest showings be ban seen in any of the mines In that camp, and the officials have demonstrated the ores fifty feet below the -foot leva). Thts ore channel ia now continuous from the toO'foot level, and at the bottom of the working at a depti. of 0 feet It is stronger than In any other portion of the property. It ia all a good commercial grade of ore. and In addition to doing a large amount of development work, they are making regular shipments to 1 the market from this mine. stoma new and Interesting development has taken place at the LemlJohn mine. The miners encountered soma gold ore, in addition to which they have demonstrated demon-strated enough of the higher grade silver-lead ores to Insure regular production for some time. This baa caused the management to decide upon getting greater deu i fi , and - ttaar"""nsalnis'iwteing haft win doubtless be sent down several hundred feet. Shipping from this property prop-erty will ba Inaugurated soma time during dur-ing the summer. At the Pioche Coalition 'properties, which are being operated by the Lowe syndicate, preparations are being made to operate on an extensive scale. A new haft will be sunk to considerable depth In this territory. At the Eastern Prince the new gallows frame la In position and tha management la making bjtler progress in Its development. develop-ment. They are tn a softer formation and the Indications for something good to be found are most encouraging. The Centennial Cen-tennial also has a new gMllows frame and heavier equipment being Inetalied, and preparations ar being made for big campaign of development work. |