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is out of the question for them to think of obtaining any railroad faoilit ies. Mining conditions at Pioche look very much more favorable than they have at any time since I have been acquainted with that camp,} the oiitput from the mines that have been running steadily seems to be increasing constantly and several of the mines that have been shut down on account of litigation and other causes, are about to resume operations. The Day-Bristol, which, for sometime has been involved in litigation and which was recently settled, said that they are go­ing to begin operations at once and if they do it will probably mean at least two cars a day for shipment. Mr. Van Wagenen, Manager of the Amalgamated Pioche mine, says that they have just completed arrangements for building a concen­trating mill at their mine which will enable them to handle some of their ores that are too low grade for shipment in their natural condition, and the shipment of concentrates from this mill will in­crease their shipments without reducing the shipment of high grade ore which will go on as it has in the past. Mr. A. Y. Smith is building a concentrating and cyanide plant adjoining the old smelter which we saw when we were in Pioche a week ago, and expects to have it in operation in about thirty days. He has a lease of the No.3 shaft of the old Raymond-Ely mine and says he has in that shaft 30,000 tons of ore in sight that is suitable for milling at this plant, a. It hough of not high enough grade to justify shipping without treatment. His plant is to extract the gold and silver from this ore by the concentrating process and re­duce the copper and lead values to concentrates which will be shipped to the smelters at Salt Lake. The shipment of concentrates will Mr.E.E. Calvin. Mr.J.Rosjs Clark. -5 - August 20th,1915.