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Show oo PRINCE CONSOLIDATED STARTS WORK IN MINE Active operations were commenced In the Prince Consolidated mine at-Piocho at-Piocho yesterday, the first work which, has boon dono since the- gTeut. wash A out on the Salt La"kc Route two'ycara ago. William Lloyd 1g In chargp of the mine work, which starts in -with pulling the various levels In shape for doing aclual mining In the near future"! (Tenefa Manager Ernest L. Godbc has returned from an Inspection Inspec-tion of the mine. A preimlnaries are now under way for the caving system of mining, which js the method to be empoyed, on the Prince ores, accoidlng to Information Infor-mation given out yesterday bv the manaegment. ThiG work is now'belni? done In anticipation of deveoping oro for shipment about May 1, when the nlne-mic branch from Ploche to tho mine shoud be competed. Ony a sma force of men Is now empoyed, but when the ralroad la ready to receive the ore the output ot the mine will be from 300 to 500 tons daily. This will require a largo number num-ber of men The ore will be broken and like gravol shot down the chutes into the mine cars. These will be raised to the surface and dumped inlo the ore bins, from whore It will be loaded into the cars by gravity also. It Is estimated that the entire coat of handling the Prince ores with this economical method will be not more than CO cents a ion. From extensive samplings and tests, it is estimated that the ore just as it breaka will average $8.50 a ton, and that It will net the Prince $2.50 to $3.50 n ton. Heavy shipments from the Bulllon-vllle Bulllon-vllle tailings are continuing dally, all of this oro netting the Prluce company com-pany near to $6 a ton, i |