The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-08
Opening Up Resources Long
Idle and Greatest Boom
Of Season.
SALT LAKE WAKING
Up TO SITUATION
Description Is Given of the
Geography of That Great
Camp.

The Nevada Northern railway system
| has completed its track.laying from
| Cobre, on the Central Pacific, distance
| of nearly $50 miles, and trains are now
| running daily. To the denizeu of this
! portion Of White Pine county il is the
consummation of an event devoutly
| wished. Ely, the county seat of White
] Pine county. Is most charmingiy sltu.
| ated near the mouth of Robinson can
| yon, which itself Is located In thc foot.
| hills on the eastern slope Of the Eagan
range of mountains Its early history
is interviewer with that Of the other
old bullion producing camps of the
state, but when tue silver crash came
It's prosperity vanished and It's boast
ed population Of thousands took dcpdr
ture and sought the mining ceuters of
gold producing States For several
years the streets of Ely presented an
air of desolatIon; few perseverlng
men with their families remained, build
ing on anticipation OF a good time in
the future upon very slim founda-
tion of hope, but the eve of awakening
did come and those who remained, with
mining and other holdings, are realiZ-
ing reward, SAYS the Mining World
Tho area of White Pine county is
5000 square miles. For the past forty
years every portion Of II has been
known 10 be heavily miperalized. Lack
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immigration and every kind Of ship
ment Of products Now several rail
roads may be said TO be rushing toward
Ely. The Nevada Northern is now
completed from Cohrc and will be eNs
tended southwark or connected with
the Clark or Salt Lake road, build,
ing from Caliente to Rioche, the county
seat OF Lincoln county. \ deserved
compliment may be paid tho Nevada
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road was ever built in any Western
State. Salt Lake City is awakening
to realization of the benefits to- ac-
crue from a railroad running directly
west from that city TO Ely, and the
subject is being taken into considera-
ton by the business men and the
Commercial club Of that city In addi.
ton 10 opening up rich copper and
gold belts IN eastern Nevada, the pro.
posed road would touch \ number of
rich mining districts IN western Utah
at present without railroad facilities.
The towns that such a railroad would
benefit and which arc not situated near
any railroad are Dugway. Granite, Fish
Springs, Gold Hill, Deep Creek kean
and Muncie In Utah. Cleveland and
other mining points In Nevada. They
are rich in gold, silver and lead, and all
are busy, thriving ccntcrs.
Typographical maps give assurance
that such route is practicable and
would prove profitable and in its com
Pletiou TO Ely the time would not be far
distant when it would be extended
westward 70 Eureka and Austin. thence
to Mauhattau and Tonopah, OF else far,
thcr westward to Carson and across the
Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe TO Sac
ramcnto and San francisco White
Pine county may easily lie termed the
nTOSnrrt tpyE' ro Q The ,1n
vatlon Of the valleys rs about 6000
feet and the mountains 1000 to 1000
feet higher. Climatic conditions ey-
cellcnt. seldom extremely hot or cold.
4 careful investigation Of the geological
and meteorological conditions Of the cop.
per deposits Of the Ely section by con-
servatlve mining engineers, and their
reports, have convinced the best in
formed mining meu Of the country that
the magnitude and value are almost in
credible: Certain interested parties anx
lous TO know of the probable future of
Ely and ITS surroundings secured from
two prominent engineers. one a gradu.
ate Of Harvard and the other of Colum-
bia, and both well acquainted with the
geology and mineralogy of the camp,
and familiar with the development. d,
statement as to their estimates, both
figuring separately, and afterNard in
consultation, that the camp contains,
practically in sight. l,000,000,0 900 tons
aud the ''in sight y used by them L. in
strict. mining sense aud as justihable
geological Inference. These gentlemen
IN conservative sense figured the aver
age copper content at 3la per cent. The
gold values in the lily copDer districe
deposit are very low. The silver values
are also low, but the Conservative eSti-
mate places 1t st 81 per ton for the
whole district +. ". Bradley, mining
engineer, of San francisco, and also
consulting engineer for the Nevada
Consolidated company, recently pub
llshed report on that mine, showing
22.0OO,OOO tons OF ore in sight.
The copper zcne IN the Ely sulphide
belt IN extent is somewhat difficult to
determine, although ii is considered to
| be at least eleven miles easterly and
westerly. and from one and half to
three miles IN width. Shafts sunk every.
where encounter the sulphide orc at
about 100 feet IN depth Development
so far indicates value of 3la per cent
| copper, and In some portions and
per cent IS claimed, Important discov.
cries are constantly being made outside
! the proven belt. No shipments Of ore
are being made at the present time. All
must await the completion cf reduction
| plants.
The town of Ely is somewhat more
metropolitan than cosmopolitan 1t has
| two banks, two newspapers, two
| churches, substantial courthouse, elec.
! trlc light and telephone systems, water
works, automobile lines and other mod.
crn conveniences. AS regards the water
| supply for Ely, Joseph Ely and asso.
| clates recently purchased the Ely water
/ franchise and at once proceeded to 10
! cate above the city a sufficient amount
| OF ground abounding with natural
I springs TO supply, when properly devel-
( oped, q city Of 10000 or more, and this
! insures q perfect water system for Ely.
| ,Cautionl
Persons when travelling should exer.