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Show oo PRINCE CONSOLIDATED SHIPS 176 TONS A DAY Shipments from the Prince mine average about 175 tons a day, according ac-cording to M C. Godbe who lias returned re-turned 'from the property This ore la all taken out in the course of development, de-velopment, but stopping will be he-j;un he-j;un within the next three weeks in October between 6400 and 5500 tons of ore were shipped The new bunkhoute, assay office and office building have been com ploted, and a number of cabins re modeled for the use of tbe married men employed at the property There ,:re now about fifty men on the l'rince payroll Mr. Godbe has spenf the greater part ol the last two months at the mine, and says that the physical condition con-dition ot the property whs never bet ter The ore has been blocked out to the south end line, and a system of stopitiR Inaugurated which will eliminate the annoance and expense of cave-ins, which, in Mr Godbe'8 opinion, are not as likely to occur at the south end as nearer the shaft owing to the dip of the vein Stop ing will be begun at the end line In a series leading toward the shaft. As it has been demonstrated that to re-n'ove re-n'ove all the ore from the stopes means to invite a settling of the ground above, the present method of sloping from the south end will permit per-mit all the ore to be taken out, after ikh. should the ground come In, nc harm will be done, as work In that part of the mine will have been completed. com-pleted. Mr Godbe estimates that there are ?Jbout 7". 000 tous of tailings remain lug available for shipment, which will be resinned about April 1 Whether or not the revenue to be derived from these shipments will be used to de-fraj de-fraj '-he cost of a mill. Mr. Godbe said he could not say althoufh he admitted that the erection of a mill would probably soon be considered. I he company has no debts, a substantial sub-stantial surplus remains In the treasury, treas-ury, and operations at the mine are running smoothly on a methodical basis |