Show STORY OF pa n 11 vy jia JL djs M by miner mike 77 7 aex akk tw 0 M 1 1 1 X Z ajo RR 4 S R a I 1 II 11 V X 0 v V X aul N 11 k w 1114 14 at I 1 F V aselton shaft at through which extensive ore reserves were developed editors tor notes aids tl Is Is the sixth of a series of eight e alit articles giving highlights of 0 the tha history ot of pioche nevada nevi da a mining district malch hns bien been tin nn important factor in utah industry and winch which has leen been rebuilt e built by utah men in 1939 E H snyder not content to let well enough alone a program which would improve and expand operations of his company and the tha operations of the pioche district ile he wanted a mill at the source or of the ore oie and a mill that would treat ores from nearby bearby districts power was a problem and one hat had helped to hold pioche back or many years earlier Eai lier snyder ind his associates went to work n that problem and within a few jobars cears power horn from boulder dam was brought to the district it was brought in in at a cost of 00 and is 13 proving a boon to entire southern nevada and will adly bring other plants possibly efin refineries efi eries to the pioche district the combined metals metah mill was completed in in 1911 and an 3 it is is a model a milling efficiency that engineers from many mining districts have come to inspect this 1000 ton per day plant with controlled conti oiled ventilation does not have a window and oper atea 24 hours per day by a crew of 15 men it is illuminated throughout ou t with floure scent lighting the caselton concentrator as i it is known put into practice tica many years of research and operating ex peri ecce ence ta treat economically att tal c complex 0 m p I 1 e x lead zinc silver gold iron ores of the pioche district since sinca 1941 the company had bad developed ore reserves to operate the mill aorl for many years in addition the mill treats ore from the prince condoll I abed and ely valley mines and ex tends its milling facilities to other mines in the district and the adjoin I 1 ing states of arizona california utah and elsewhere in 1943 under the guiding hand ol of j snyder the combined metals re company was reorganized i and after payment of its indebtedness to national lead company be came an independent company during that year capacity of the plant was increased from to 1000 tons per day and expansion and modernization of the bauer mill at stockton utah since that time has been completed the seventh article in this series will appear soon in these columns colum hs |