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Show NEVADA-SUPERIOR HAS PURCHASED A NEW HILL PLANT John W. Griger, general DjnEr nf the Nerada-SujjeTior Mining corupaaj. ha just returned from Denver, where he purchased concentrating plant for hia company. Th mill equipment and material ia to be delivered at the mine it oat from Humboldt, Nev., at once. It ia planned to have th mill com nleted and in operation aome time in ' September, bat Manager Weiger eaya that it mar require more time than thev have planned. the eompany haa gone down Into its pocket to the' extent of about I'.'O.iXiO for thi plant. It ia modern in everv reapect and will have a capacity of eventv-flva tona daily. It can he ' worked np to 10 tona or better whenever when-ever min ronilitiona warrant an enlargement. enl-argement. It will be located near the -oiler of the ahaft and water will he aiaed from the working! below the 300-hot 300-hot level, where an ample supply can j had for a mneh larger plant than the enmpanv ia building. Coal will be 11.4 fiiil emnlavtil "' " ' pib!e that this mav be changed o oil. aa it ia believed lhat the oil can be brought ia more cheaply than coal. Nevada Superior propertiea have been ateidily developed for aev era I veara. .4 long tunnel waa driven uoder the direction of a former manager, man-ager, bat thia did not bring the reaulta that were eipeeted. Tha tunnel failed - to reach the dentin for which it waa intended, and the company hag aince returned to the ahaft from which operation opera-tion are being directed. A conaiderable amount of milling or haa been blocked out, and aome flrat claea mineral ia being mined. A aman hipment nf the higher grade ore haa jtmt reached the market but no more Moment will probably be made tintu the mill i completed. After eontnie-tion eontnie-tion work i nniabedj the management ia ei pee ted to mak regular consignment consign-ment of first clan or and concentrate. concen-trate. It i a mlver lead proposition. |