The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-23
NEVADA WILL PROVE
GREAT COPPER CENTER
Such Is Prediction of Frank
Paul, a Mining Man of
Camp of Ely.

| Nevada is booked to make Il grcnt rec
ord as a coppcr-producinE State. Years
| ago II attracted the attention OF the
mining world as a silver producer today
| II is doing the same In the production of
| gold, and ten years hence II VIII shine
| ms n copper center. l am confident that
! Nevada VIII also produce two good mi
| ming camps to each and every one that
Is developed in all the other mining
States OF the West. And in ten years
| Ely New VIII be synonymous with
copper just as is Butte today"
Ely VIII Be Heard From.
Such were the expressions OF Frank
Paul, mining man who Is largely Inter
estcd In property In the vicinity of the
the Knutsford hotel and Is in Salt Lake
on business In connection with properties
In ely. lie states that with the compile
tion OF the Nevada Northern railroad
from Toano 10 Ely the camp viii be
heard from In an unmistakable manner
by It's vast production OF copper
Five Shafts Sunk
In connection with the Glroux Consoli-
dated Mining company, in which he is In
tcrested and the property Of which ad-
Joins the holdings OF the Nevada Consoll-
dated Mining company, Mr.. Paul states
that he sold to the hrst-namcd corpora
tlon twenty claims and acquired for IL
thirtyctwo claims. The company has
deepest workings are 100 feet from the
surface. Millions OF tons of ore that will
average - per cent copper have been
actually blocked out. and It's extraction
Will begin as soon as the railroad Is com
ploted to the camp.
Big Smelter Completed.
Mr.. Paul further states that a 3GO-ton
Smclter has just been completed and that
work on a iO0-ton concentrating mill will
be commenced soon. 1t Is tho purpose
of the company TO Increase the capacity
of the mill rs fast as possible
Nevada Con. q Great Mine.
Mr. Paul declared that the Nevada
properties In the country. In 1t also are
blocked out, and can be measured. mil |
lions OF tons OF ore. The company viii |
ship to Ely, he states, soon the rail- |
road is completed. machinery and equip |
mcnt for the erection OF a 2OQ0- ton con- |
centrating mill having been ordered.
Describes Mineral Zone.
The mineral zone Of Ely. Mr.. Paul |
states. carries two grades of ore. smelling |
and coDccntratlng. The latter Is found |
In n quartz porphyry and the former
against the line contacts. Tho proven
zone extends for about seven miles and
ore can be easily handled. as 1t is soft
md can be crushed with little effort Tho
arc OF an exceedingly good
grade The surface of the mineral zone
'ui'E 'pNtl'u WIN Boeebus ana W |
.ap the ore bodies II requires only from
90 to go feet of sinking
Has n Deal in Hand
Mr.. Paul is at present negotiating for
he sale OF fifteen or twenty claims TO tho
lewly organized Cumberland Ely Mining
company capitalized at s. 10000 Mr.
'aul declined to give any information as
o the identity of the capitalists forming
he syndicate, but declares that they can
&c depended upon to carry through any
roJect they might take up. The new
ompany has been working about a
month. and work on five shafts is being
Prosecuted as rapidly as possible.