Show PIOCHE MAY AVE CUSTOM SMELTER DURING II IUt YEAR YAR George E. E Learnard president of the Utah Nevada mines and Smelters corporation cor eor- has bas just been blen through the tho Pioche camp and started some reports about the construction of ot a custom smelting plant Both Pioche and Cal Call Call- ente c papers have statements to the ef ef- feet that Mr Ir Learnard has decided to enlist capitalists in the bui building of a plant and while the exact location has not been decided upon it is agreed that it i will wi be bo at Bullionville Pioche or Caliente In assigning his reason for the tho necessity sity of building a plant Mr Mm lr Lennar Learnard says sas that a n number of mines in in Pioche Ind and adjacent camps have a largo tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage of ores which will wi make an ideal smelting product anti and from front which a n good profit can an be made by treating the ores on tho the ground round It I is pointed out that this ore is rather of a low v grade rade and cannot be profitably mined and shipped to points at any great dis from the camp Local men who are interested in Pioche will wi a agree ree with this view of the case caso and ancl it is is generally known that an effort efort has been made for some time to get some one interested inter interested ested Ested in iii tho the building of such uch a a. plant It J would moan mean the rejuvenation of Pioche on a largo large scale and place the camp in much the same canto favorable position position po po- po as it occupied in the early iOs when the Raymond Ely mine was one of the greatest reat est and most pro profitable ta le producers pro in the western country Reports Not Favorable Months ago Senator Clark and associates associates asso asso- elates were asked to consider the proposition prop proposition of constructing a smelting plant at or near Caliente Calente After a careful examination of the conditions of Pioche and the surrounding mineral belt the reports were not favorable to the eat Some of the experienced mining men claimed that the tho extent of tho the ore zone rone had not been proven to sufficient depth to warrant tho the conclusion that a large tonnage could be produced for a number of years ears to come such as a smelting company would require Since tItus this examination has been completed a wonderful amount of development has been completed in ill the the- Prince end of the district with the result resul that a great reat deal of ore has bas been proven up in the Prince Consolidated territory and at least a half hal dozen other mines have tapped the ore zone in the ground being be- be ing eloped de With the tIle addition additon made to the proven ore belt bel in in that southern suther country it is quite natural that the talk of a customs CIS- CIS cus cus- I toms tome smelting plant should be revived re Whether hether or not the Learnard syndicate decides to build this plant it seems assured as as- tuned sred that it will wi be built buit by some o othe of ot the minin mining men who are interested in inthe inthe inthe the di diggings gin s. s |