The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-04-17
COPPER FLAT IS KING
bly's Bic Mine Continues TO linz
prove With Bach Pas
cling Day,
No Such Ore Body Was Ever
Opened Up In Any Section
OF the Country.
Nothing Remains to Be Proven
and q Plant Must Be
Installed Soon.

With the development of the new
mining properties In the vicinity of Ely
attention Is occasionally attracted from
Copper Flat, and, In fact very few Of
the residents OF Ely realize the impor-
tsnce OF the big mine which Is being
opened up there. The management is
conservative and no effort is being
made by the officers OF the New York
and Nevada Copper Company to ad-
vertise the merits of their property to
che world.
The truth Is the stock of the new
company 10 limited to 100, 600 shares of
Q per yslus OF $40 each, and as to the
confidence OF the owners 10 their prop
erty and the estimated value of the
stock II may be stated that one of the
shareholders has declared within the
past fortnight that he would not ac-
cept an offer of $500 share for his
holdings. And this stock holder has
p laced no fictitious value on the prop
erty, for Copper Flat viii be paying
big dividends on it's stock long after
Ahs present generation has passed away,
and no man could leave better in
hsritance to his children than shares
In this company.
The editor of the NEWS had the
privilege Of going through the mine
yesterday and has no hesitation in say
ing that no person ever saw such an I'm
mense ore body opened up in this OF
any other section OF country. Fro m
the 300 level one crosscut extends 100
feet to the northwest and another 100
feet to the southeast. From this an
othAr u in 40 feet to the southwest and
still another has been started in a
southwesterly direction.
These. 1t may be seen, open up a
country 2S0 square feet in extent and
this Is only the beginning OF the work
which has been planned. The face of
every crosscut is in high grade ore,
and while the width OF the body can
only be estimated 1t is known that it
has length OF at least 2. 900 feet.
To give an idea OF what this means in
the way OF production it may be stated
that the territory now opened up will
supply q plant with 1000 tons of ore
every day for q quarter of century,
and In reality only the preliminary
work In the way of development has
been done.
Another big pump is now on the
road and as soon as it has been put in
place the work of sinking will be re-
sumed, and the reports OF the best ex-
perts who have examined the property
guarantee q higher grade of ore as
depth 10 reached. The Copper Flat
mines are no longer an experiment and
II there were not another developed
mine In the district these alone would
make Ely the biggest copper producing
camp In the world.
Al the present time all the workings
are 10 sulphides and scatter ID throug h
them can be distinctly seen particles OF
native copper. With these facts it
view 1t Ia not at all surprising than
there 10 NO stock of the New York and
Nevada Copper Company to be had,
and Il 10 safe to say none of 1t will be
allowed TO ind It's way on the market.
Should there be any, however, 1t would
ind ready customers here in Ely.
The plans of the company for the
future are being carefully guarded, but
| Il 10 plain to be seen that plant must
sooa be provided to handle the output
OF the mine. At the present time ore
10 being thrown over the dump that
would delight the owners of some of
the much advertised Arizona and Mex
loo mInes, and the people of Ely need
not be ct all surprised II they see a
plant In course OF construction tor the
treatment OF Copper Flat ores before
the present season Is over.
Machine Msners For Copper Flat.
Elmer Bray returned on Monday
from his Eastern trip. accompanied by
Calvin Palmer, Jos. Tutty, Barney Me-
Garry, Pr ter Demsey, Thos. Flanni-
gan and Ed Swan, expert machine min
ers from New Jersey, who will take po-
sltious at Copper Flat. General Man
aRer w. T. Hook will reach here about
| tie last OF this month to remain during
the greater part OF the Summer.
BREAKS THB RECORD.