Show chief cons to stop shipping 4 mine will not be closed down however as many employees as possible being used on dea de work 1 1 within the next few days th will be a substantial reduction in inthe the working force at the chief consoli v dated mine the management having decided to discontinue the shipment of ore pending a better market for the metals ibis mine is one ot at the heaviest ship lers era of the mintlo tintic die dis brict in fact it has been at the top of the list for a month or more and everyone in this se section tion regrets the reduction in the metal prices which has swept away the comp company anys s profits manager walter fitch filch states that much of the ore that is now exposed in the chief cons mine is of average grade which under normal conditions can be handled at a I 1 nice ei p profit ro f t but which is nonbeing now being min min edat pt t a loss the company compan has some ing high grade ore which call cabbe be hav ired provably pro profitably fit ably but it is a good go deahl ke giving it am awa a to put it ton the market at this lime time while lie ill tha of ficiala of the corn coal pany are re very conservative when it comes come to giving givin aut ut information of this kind in it is generally ene rally understood that the e chief cons ns mine is in ex fine condition and that a at t no time in the history of the prop erty has there been so much ore exposed manager I 1 itch litch says that starting next monday a foice force of tim bermen will ill be employed in making some shaft repairs and that larger guid guides a will hill be put in one compartment of the main working shaft this work will ill take about two weeks time and when it is fin shed some develop ment work will be taken up on the 1400 1600 and 1800 levels it is the intention of the officials offic cals als of the Chief consolidated company to retain as many of their employees as possible and by proceeding with this campaign of development work the property will be in exceptionally good con tor for the rapi I 1 extraction of ore are when meta metal prices are again normal |