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Show 'PRINCE MINE TODAY IS IN GOOD SHAPE I Owing to tho peculiar and frequently frequent-ly unfortunate factors that ro to de-tarmine de-tarmine the market range of a minting min-ting issue, it more often happens that Idisappolntmeut of shareholders Is due more to the market action than to j actual mine conditions. This is es-sentlall es-sentlall true in the caae of the 1 Prince Consolidated of Pioche. a 'proposition with a very stormy market mar-ket career, regardless of the fact that to those knowing the property from syrfaco to sump the mine bflUR met expectations splendidly. The Prince company "t the present iK producing from eight to twel cais of ore a day. averasdug about r:.Yi tons dally, and when the items that are included within the mining cost are considered these costs are neither excessive nor disappointing. Everything Is charged aaginst mining hv the management from the bottom to the top. even including the Prince railroad operation. From a mining standpoint, tho 1 Prince is dolDg a splendid piece of i w,,rk h must be remembered that 91 the only shaft available is a single T. J ! compartment affair, equipped with a M one and a half ton skip and a fift) - jj horsepower hoisting engine. Tho fl I management is breaking per machine ffl I anywhere from l.'.u to 225 tons of t I ore per shllt and despite the larger j BtQpeS nJtur ill im idem to the ! O) - on ii' ii a whole- II ' ,;,, no timber Is used except ll,' that in the chute gates. YH One knowim; the Prince w?ll said , 9 on Friday that the only reason any , M or.r has for being disappoint J i hat those tH who had purchased the stock for an fH Investment have the satisfaction of JM I :ir,wing that the mine Is in tbe best II shape of its career today. H |