Show I MINES AND MINING EDITED BY F. F W. W SPRAGUE l EXPERTS ARE AT WORK WORE ON S SMELTER fEL TER PROJECT Ores of Groom Mines to b be Added to Pioche's Big 3 Output Output CONDITIONS SEEM IDEAL Variety and Quantity of Product Product Pro- Pro r duct Are All Al That Could i Be Desired That hal the project of building t IHl inS a smelter at aL Las Vegas or so some other r convenient point on the Salt Sai Lake RoUte RotHe has lias IJ by liv no means been aban ahan- is 18 Indicated h il by the fact that during during- the last Just few Cew da days hayi experts have been making an au examination or of the famous amou Groom lead to ascertain the tonnage and the ho character of ot orore ore it will be able j II to provide pro the thc proposed pro Pl pro pro- lw posed cl new smelter th The Groom mine ii Is ald all without question to lo be the of ono of f the largest lead Iad mines mincH I in the lie il conn- conn tr try Its product carries Is about 63 per percent percent percent cent lead and 1 17 j lear ounces In Iii sliver and cr 1 is clean of ot antimony arsenic arseni zinc sine or Ut 0 other contents which would Inter inter- fere ClO c with wih Its ils 18 smelting readily In a lead furnace The Tho mine was wa opened several se years year ago zigo but on account of or the long distance from railroad the owners have not nol been cen able to enlist tho tile necessary capital to place it Il upon a producing basis Recently however It i was wm taken over o er under bond bund an and lease b by a strong f syndicate I of Gold Gold- e plans belt 1 i.-i i. t nI l nl d it upon UlOn a largo larg K g jr at hur br f i building mile tl of railroad i h Iv j I nor nors W s i nIt I u ChuI s r fV La IJa s 11 line r. r bi J i ok v. v r vl L. L or Of just the tho variety needed rr Is little doubt that senator doub Clark ClarL I a is behind the 11 smelter project for tho re region lon and anti Samuel with his Ils large Interests there would give It n. el e every needed en encouragement on- on as ns a matter of or course coute so that there thoro Is much which to base baro baSo the assumption that the present activity means that something tang tangi blo ble is being worked out out It I Is th thone the theone theone one tiling thing needed to at once place the district In Iii the Iho list of heavy hemy producers |