The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-18
ANOTHER $5,OO0,OOo CON-
PANY FOR ELY.
THE GlAOUX CONSOLIDATED MINES
COMPANY OF DELAWARE.
Alterations In the Pilot
Knob Country.
ONE MILLION SHARES OF THE
PAR VALUE OF SIS.
Joseph l.. Giroux, Supt. OF the
United Verde Copper Mines
ofJerome, Arizona is Pres
ident OF the New Company.

Uhitcd ferde copper wines
ofJerome, Arizona is Pres
idsnt OF the New Company.
What comes as very gratit, ing news
10 he people OF this community is the
official announcement here this week o
the recent organization in Philadelphia
of the Giroux Consolidated Mines Com
pany. with a capitalization Of IS, 600, 00(
divided into 900, 900 shares OF the pai
value OF s.. The location OF the mine,
are at Pilot Knob, 0 miles from Ely, 10
The Robinson Mining District, and the
officers and directors of the company
are: Joseph L. Giroux. OF Jerome.
| Arizona. President and General Man
ager; E. L. Giroux, of Kokomo. In.
| diana. Vice-P President; j II. Phi g, oil
Philadelphia, Sec esiry; WI .Hasrther
OF Philadelphia, Treasurer; L. Hart
OF Denver, Attort et; J. a. Snedaker OF
Denver, Consulting Engineer; j. B.
| Moral, President Delaware Trust Co g.
! Direetur; Geo. NJ Hurd, of Hurd
Haerther & Co.. Philadelphia, Director
and Frank Paul .: Ely, Nevada, Su-
| periniendent,
The holdings Of the new company in
this district embrace forty.four gold
and copper bearing locations which
were secured under bond and lease by
| Jos l.. GirOux, +. l.. GlrouX, J. A..
| Snedaker aud associates early in 1900
and upon which oyer one hundred
thousand dollars have been expended
| the past three years for development
work, which hAs nov exposed to view.
according to the report Of Mr. Sned
aker over SO 900 00J worth of gold and
! copper ores. which main ain q general
! average assay value lhroug hout all the
workings of silver 3l2i per ton, gold
1915 and 7.42 per cent copper. Com.
meucing ~ the west end Of the large
| group of claims now being developed
! by the New York & Nevada Coppe +
| tompar =. whose properties are on the
same mineral hearing zone the Giroux
| Consolidated Mine. form one continuous
chain of claims for more than one and
bali miles, covering total area Of
$40 acres OF mineral bearing ground.
and upon the surface of ever claim in
the group can be plainly seen lodges OF
gold and copper bearing ores. In speak
| ing Of tbs wonderful and magnificent
surface ou.croppiegs. Mr.. Snedaker In
| his recent report TO Hurd, Hearther &
venture to say that for largeness and
boldness of outcroppings, this Is the
most extensive known in the Uuited
| States The property has been un.
der steady development for the past
three years, with several thousand feet
Of workings exposing large and regular
ore bodies and never failing indications
Of still larger as depth is gained. The
course, dip aud trend of the ore bodies
has been found by the methods OF ds
yelopment that has been carried on for
the past three years. Systematic work
can now be prosecuted and in such II
manner that 10 the future. blocking
out Tho ore by system OF levels, so as
10 make it available for production In
large quantities. The past work has
fully proven the vastness of the veir,
and It's ore bodies. So all that remains
ia for the adeq quate equipment OF the
property and carrying on the opera
tioes Of the mine in proportion 10 the
siz, of the property. Toe immensity
of the property must be fully grasped" y.
Immediately upon the arrival 0f Jos
l.. Gironx, the president and genera
manager OF the company in r ly. where
Mr. Snedaker is awaiting him. it is un
derstood that plans for the future op
eialious Of the mines ugon a scale com
mensurate with the extent and magni
tude OF their ore deposits will be en-
tered into, and with this in view Super
intondent Paul Is now desirous of let
ling u thousand cord wood contract.
In closing nis report to the company
Mr.. Suedakcr Las the following : say
I'm summing mp the merits OF thii
p,opersy for size Of The ora bodice
which can be clssed as veins. for " her
n vein + spoken Of It. generally repre
sents from ten Ia fifty feet widr, bn
the Ore hearing measures In the work
iuas uf the property / over six hund red
feet VIDE. The g GfuuN tunnel wdi
d,ieen S32 f'et as crosscut un III,
vein. IL did not run at exact righ
angles Ia The strike uf the vein. hu
mask, g allowances ior his. tie vein L
fnllr ~ ct wits NJ thi, place. Thh
tunnal e1s the form ,tlon Of . i G Orl
HiN 125 tel dep aud was driven Io
the purpusr ui opening up the oXldiz'
puil ions uf the vein a-well as to all ln'
"A drainage outlet for The waters unp
rd from the GirnuX shaft This tunne
cross cuts nj on point ore bodies 81
frat Wide from which WAS extracted
h Oh grade ere Penny of this ore /
cxpn-ed IN The tunnel The Giroul
sh ~ vrls at 10 feet deep. hlve ex
plored and exposed large quantities u
th. sulphipe ores lying h. low tie rer
manrpt waiter level of tie utjae Tn,
Morris shaft has aise Explored nn TN
same level Us the GIruuN shat. thi
same ore measures sthl farther ~ thl