Show MINES AND MINING Points on Plocho JTUncs Tlic tiyp sum Excitement Work is to be resumed at Pioche Nevada Ne-vada The old producing mines of this place are again to be worked and the ore treated In connection with the leaching plant of 50 tons capacity already constructed con-structed there is also to be an amalgamating amalga-mating plant of 25 tons capacity Mr L D Davis who is t be the foreman at the mine left yesterday and W S God ba president of the company left today When the works are completed they will be adapted to treat the lowgrade ores above water level in the mines I is said by oldtimers of Pioche that the quantity of ore in the Raymond Ely and Meadow Valley mines ranging in value from 2 to 6 ounces in silver is unlimited The outlook for this company is at present most promising They expect ex-pect to reach a paying basis within the next four months and thereafter to push developments forward to their ultimate aim I is said that between 100000 and 200000 are necessary to be expended t put the haft and pumps in shape before the ore bodies which were worked by the old companies can be reached K There is considerable excitement in 1 town today about the recent discovery of gypsum within six miles of the city It is rumored that 0 stock company is to ba formed and work of development immediately im-mediately commenced The vein o it now exposed shows up to be about thirty feet wide A sample of the gypsum was yesterday taken BO FM Bishop who at I once converted it into plasterpans s The owners owing to the unprospected < t i il > 1 > t r = country in the vicinity of their mine are keeping the location quiet for the present I pres-ent Gypsum is one of the best fertilizers known The Halley Times of the 24th says A wellauthenticated report is current on the streets that General Winters has bonded the Pride of Idaho mine on the East Fork of Wood River about eight miles from Halley for a period of 60 days This transaction will doubtless be a sale a3 General Winters has several customers for good mines |