The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-06

eral hundred thousand doll rs in bul
lion, which tended in no small degree
TO establish Ely's reputation as gold
camp.
As Illustrations of what the camp
has produced it m 4y be stated that one
thousand three hundred tons of ore
from the Joana mine gave a net yield ol
sl3, 35l in gold, or an average of s10.2i
TO the ton, after paying all expenses OF
mining, milling and handling, and
more than an equal amount was left in
the tailings owing to the fact that the
little mill through which the run was
made was equipped with only a silver
battery, no gold mortar being used.
Had these ores been worked in mod.
ern mill they would have netted the
owners in the neighborhood of s27,
900. This Is not mere assertion but
Is taken from the sworn statement
which is still on file in the Assessor g
office and which was made for the pur-
pose of enabling that official to levy
the bullion tax.
From the claim now known as the
Matilda, situate in West Camp and
owned by Thos. Rockhill and Newt
Boyd, twenty-six sacks of ore yielded
81, 200 per ton, which is perhaps the
best record made by any mine in this
camp.
| . ~, los, ,fs,a
was worked by Messrs. Lyons, McGill,
McOmie and Underhill they operated
the little mill on an average of three
weeks each month, handling from 250
to 300 tons of ore during that period,
and their average returns from that
quantity OF ore amounted to sll, 600 a
month.
Other prod uclng mines than those
mentioned above made good records in
those days, but access to the books OF
the company could not be gained at
this time.
These old mines and many Others
equally as rich are nearly all lying idle
and 1t must be admitted that the camp
at the present time is producing no
bullion but Why Simply for the
reason that for some months past there
has been no mill here to handle the
ore and The costs Of shipment are so
high as To discourage any attempt to
send them to outside smelters.
As far rs the Chairman is concerned
this drawback is now removed, as one
of the largest and most complete plants
in the country will be IN operation on
that property next week; but the other
rich mines will still remain nndevelop-
ed and nnproductiye until capital
comes in and supplies the demand
which has been SO long felt here
But gold is not all. Ely has some OF
the richest silyer-lead mines in the
State and many of these have shipped
their product TO san Francisco and
Salt Lake City at good profit, not
withstanding the excessive freight
charges The lead mines on Duck
Creek have shipped ore that went as
high as 80 per cent in that metal and
other properties have made almost as
good a showing.
But with all the records which have
been made for the preci ous metals IL
has been demonstrated that Ely Is
primarily copper camp, and it is not
vain boast To claim that this place
will before many months have passed
take precedence over Butte City as a
producer of the red metal. Such bod
les of copper ore as are now being
opened up here have never been equal
leo in the history of any mining camp
In this or any other country, and when
| IL is taken into consid Grafton that this
copper all carries rood values in gold,
the richness of the camp will be better
understood.
The present indications are that a
large smelter will be erected here at an
early day and when that Is completed
there will be home market for the
output of many mining properties now
lying idle.
In addition to the properties now be-
Ing operated by the five big companies,
Ely has several propositions that would
well repay careful investigation by
mining men and capitalists seeking In
vestment. Among these may. be men
toned the Phoenix group on which y
great deal OF systematic work has been
done. Enough, in fact, TO prove it one
of the most valuable mines in the dis
trict. This mine has heen sampled by
experts and tho average assays are
said to run higher in gold than any
other property in the district Every
indication is favorable for a mine and
the company which may secure 10 win
be taking less chances Than are usual
ly taken in ike ventures This group
s owned by D. {. McDonaldi w. G,
Lyons, ] p MoOmie, ] B. Simpson
and Walter Rynearson, and may be
had on favorable terms.
Another partially developed group
Is tho Jupiter, owned by Il. NJ. and w.
J. Peters aud Mrs. L, S. Scott. This
property has ore enough in sight to al
most pay for 1t and the work done up
on II has uroveu its worth. This group