Show mille G ri 1 e n n fy mrs el old cam n at gintic tintic 00 mw 0 E zi olaaf ar 0 e own 0 ure a reopening reo penina of old chief m ine the quantity ot of ore available tor for th the e war effort Is determined by th the price of m mclaws 0 atals costs of 0 mia ing transportation and smelt lug lag ore in a mine Is worthless kaloss it can pay these costs emphatic testimony to these facts ran can be hid had from the reopening ot of t the he old no I 1 mine or of the chief consolidated mining cm company pany at eureka Eurel cn hen the cost ot of pumping was an added factor which Is not always present in minin the old chief no I 1 mine was ca closed ased in the early thirties despite the tha fact that large quantities of low grade grada zinc lead silver ore was known to exist below the water level the mine wn closed because cause metal pric a 3 were not high enough to pay pa car C r the cost of mining pumping transportation and smelt smelling smelting sm elting hig he recently c antly tha company was granted favor tavor bli atla quotas on zinc and lead and and the together with the e raver iver content made extraction ol of the metal possible the old mine has been down to the 2000 foot level and water Is being pumped at the rate of from flora to gallons per minute reopening ot of the mine was dif dl ficula and expensive aggravated by delay in securing adequate pumping equipment but production is rapidly being stepped up to 5 tons per day the ore Is being mined largely from below the 1800 foot level which Is the main working adit tor for the lower levels four w inzes are la operation below the 1800 foot level not only is the reopening ot of the chief no I 1 mine helpful to the war effort it li 19 also a stimulant to the tha economic life of 0 Et eureka en an I 1 important community of th ill state which ho has s been hard hit by tho the lack of mine exploration work in recent years |