The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
THE HALF is NOT TOLD
Magnitude of the Ore Bodies at
Copper Flat Are Only Par
TALLY Appreciated.
This Property Alone Is Suffi-
cient to Make Ely Famous
as a Copper Camp.
But There Are a Score of Other
Mines in the District to Aid
in the Good Work.

Even here in Ely there are many
people who only realize in vague, un-
certain sort of way the magnitude Of
the copper deposits of this district,
but the fact is that the work thus far
done justifies the statement that this
camp will develop mines which in
richness and permanency OF ore bod
les. will rival If indeed, they do not
eclipse, these of Butte and Anaconda,
and even the famous United Verde it
self.
To the casual visitor who examines
the ore on the dump at Copper Flat,
if he is at all versed in mineralogy,
the thought comes that 1t is an excel
lent showing; but only those who have
watched the development work in
this property from week to week, and
noted the steady improvement in the
character of the ore extracted In the
sinking of the shaft, can comprehend
what it means for the camp.
The shaft at Copper Flat is now
down 10 feet and through that entire
distance it has been in copper ore, the
character of which has steadily i'm
proved from the surface and no sus-
picion OF break has been encountered
to cast a doubt upon the value of the
deposits underneath.
The width of this ore body, from the
outcropping high up on the mountain
side to the southeast to the point where
it is. lost In the elevation to the north
west, is fully three-quarters of mile,
and its other boundaries are practical
ly unknown. AS to its ''going down"
there is no longer a doubt, but the
shaft will go down, perhaps several
hundred feet, in order to make assur-
ances doubly sure, and at the same
time furnish basis on which to esti-
mate the size of the plant necessary to
handle the output.
Manager Joseph Bray of the Copper
Flat properties made the remark one
day this week, as he glanced over the
dump, "There is no other such ore
body as this in the known world, and
as it is well known that Mr.. Bray is
very conservative, and there is no
Copper Flat stock for sale at any price,
this statement may be regarded as the
honest opinion of a man who has made
mining a study since his boyhood.
But there are other properties in
the vicinity of West Camp in which
good showings are being made. On
Saturday last we went through the
Monarch, owned by r. A. Riepe and
Win Carothers, and now under bond
to Frank Paul. The shaft is now
down seventy-eight feet, and at that
depth is in good copper ore, although
further progress has been prevented
by the inflow of water, and the men
are now engaged in cleaning up for the
inspection oil the property by the ex-
perts, who are expected to arrive
shortly.
While awaiting the arrival of the
new pumps, force of men is en-
ployed in prospecting ON the Pilot
Knob, and new shaft is now down
twenty five feet about three hundred
feet northwest of the old workings.
On the Tutweiler, new copper
ledge was discovered few days ago by
by p. Tutweiler, and he is now en-
gagged in uncoyering it. The claim is
owned by Mr.. Tutweiler and r. A,
Riepe, and the ore taken out shows
good values.
Almost every foot of ground for
miles around Copper Flat and West
Camp has been taken up and the cost
of the assessment work in that section
alone will each year amount to re-
spectacle fortune.