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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

Il certified measurement Of tho
ore in sight In Il single PROPERTY
and its value, coupled with u
vague intimation that the de
post is of a laccolitic nature.
The report is all right, Of
course-Mr. Channing's high
name is guarantee of that
but it isn't study Of the camp.
1t is simply measurement oi
values in a single property which
the promoters of the company
desired to lay before capitaiiajs
they were seeking to enlist i'm
their enterprise, with the ell
dorsement Of a responsible and
eminent name. As a newspaper
article it would be about as read
able as page Of the muItiplica-
tion table; but Mr.. Charming
wasn't writing newspaper
story, and no donbt what he
wrote served its proper purpose.
That purpose was to make the
merits of a single property
known to very small circle of
heavy private investors. My
purpose was to make the stupen-
dous resources Of the whole camp
known to the general public and
press Of the country, and ap-
pear to have succeeded. The
press is no longer afraid to refer
to the vast copper deposit at Ely
as the greatest copper camp in
the world, but is doing 50 every
day without any fear Of getting
laughed at. and since my story
Of the camp appeared in The
Tribune the market value of the
Ely copper stocks has risen 100
to 300 per cent.
The Tribune story has unques-
tionably contributed somewhat
to that result by making the
great mineral wealth of the
camp known to the public, for l
happen to know that my Tribune
story was passed from hand to
hand in all the brokers' Offices
from Boston to San Francisco
and read with establishment and,
Of course, with a measure of in
credulity. And why not? They
had never (for the most part)
even heard of Ely, and to be
told all Of sudden that a camp
which had never marketeda a ton
Of copper was the greatest cop
per camp on earth. Well, of
course that was astonishing.
1t would be possible, beyond a
question, for Ely to alone to
carry Nevada to the head of cop
per producing states within two
years if the means Of converting
the ore into metal could be en-
listed. The ore is there, and ii
is very accessible. Five thous-
and miners could be put to Work
at Ely tomorrow without amy
waste of labor, if means were
ready to handle the ore, which
they are not and will not be for
IL good while.
1t will take the planting Of q
hundred millions in railroads.,
tramways and treatment plants
before the output of the camp
can make any great impresslon
on the copper supply. But such
a vast capital cannot be enlisted
in day and cannot be put to
work in day after it has been
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

Unlisted. L has taken two full
generations to assemble the vast
capItal employed in Michigan.
II has taken a full generation to
secure .ha sl50, ,00O,00O to $20O,-
000, ,090 employed in Montana.
1t has taken nearly as long to en-
list the great amount employed
in Arizona; and Utah has been
more than half Il generation get
ting into The list Of big produc-
ers where she now ranks, and
where she will soon rank first
till Nevada tops her record.
Speaking not by mine meas.
urement, but from geological in
dcatloAs, one may say that Ely
has now an indicated volume of
ore amounting to ten billions of
tons in sight" which they
claim is good for an average of 3
per cent. OF course, this is a
very wide and free estimate.
The continuity Of the ore body
is not actually proved up be-
tween the remote shafts and
levels, but as a geological guess
may be assumed ascertain. That
indicates 300, 100000 tons of me-
tallic copper, all above to 750-
foot level, which is the deepest
in the camp. But Ely can make
no impression on the copper mar
ket this year and but very little
next year. By five years, how
ever, that camp alone should
be able to place Nevada in the
rank now held by Utah as a cop
per producer and in ten years en-
able her to lead the world. But
to do that the camp will need
500, 100000 more capital than
has yet been enlisted.
Is this an effort to boom Ely?
No. Ely has had more Of q
boom in the last three months
than is healthy for her. She will
have a great rush as soon as
spring opens, beyond a doubt.
This is only an effort TO help all
Nevada by using Ely s. an Illus
tration when | say (and / have
studied the case) thai, with Ely
left out of the reckoning alto
gether, Nevada is still capable Of
l.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

Well, that copper at Ely has
been known for forty years
Much of the ground has been
located and abandoned over and
over several times since then.
1t was abandoned for the best OF
reasons-because it wouldn' pay
to work. The camp has never
vet, so far as [ know, produced
any metallic copper, nor ton OF
ore that would bear the cost OF
Shipment and treatment. Con-
sequently, it has not attracted
public attention, and when lpro-
nounced it the greatest copper
deposit known on earth there
was disposition at first to give
me the "horse laugh" as if l had
uttered story that no one could
or would believe. Yet all the
facts that [ stated were We'll
known in the camp and also to
few shreWd investors outside the
camp-they simply had not been
assembled before and placed in
the striking and picturesque
light to make their just and
proper impression. Local news
paper men could not do it-they
seldom can, because the facts
grow so slowly, one by one, on
their knowledge that they do not
seem impressive. They become
too familiar with the harrasSing
delays and disappointments of
the development stage Of mining
to be able to realize how astound-
ing the actual facts, when as
sembled to show at a single view,
will look.
Of course, my story was SEN
sational. [ knew it would be,
because it stated Il most aston
ishing truth-a truth that was
bound to command very serious
among the leaders Of
one of the great industries of the
world, if it was believed. Some
few who knew it was true feared
1T might prove an indiscretion be
cause it Wouldn'b be believed.
| stated (as al opinion) that
Ely, in White Pine county, New,
was the greatest copper camp on
earth. | also mentioned, as a
probability, that it contained
i'm sight (plactically in sight,
us a geologist would speak, not
in the precise sense in which an
expert S report would be expect
ed to state the matter to com
pany of prospective purchasers
who had employed him) more
copper values than all the other
copper camps of the world lump
ed together. OF course, l. didn t
state that as d fact, but as an in
teresting probability.
You see, | was the first outside
newspaper man to visit the tleld.
OF course, the local papers had
written up the developments
piecemeal ably enough-really
more ably than [ made any effort
to-but they had not assembled
results and pointed out the as
tonlshing significance of the ag-
gregation. And also, of course,
educated experts who have with
in the last four or five years been
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

sent there on private commits
sions haye contributed some not
very luminous nor readable
stories ON the merits Of the camp
to such responsible technical pa
pers as the Engineering and Min
ing Journal Of fSew York. But
these had not commanded public
attention. aud could not do it in
a thousand years too dull, too
unattractiVe to get read. The
public has TO be entertained or it
won t read.
My story in The Tribune was
copied all over the country in a
hundred newspapers and. many
of the mining journals, and now
the world knows where Ely is
and what it has got to talk about,
and by next spring all the big
journals will be sending their
representatives in to write it up.
Ii knows that Nevada contains
the greatest copper camp on
earth-a camp that has never
produced Il ton of copper, but
has got the ore in sight to prove
its claims. for three or four
strong companies able to put
down the money and wait for re
suits have been developing it for
the last five or six years, and by
next summer the railroad from
the Southern Pacific to Ely will
be finished and production will
begin.
In my write-up of Ely | stated
no fact that had not been stated
before repeatedly in the local
papers or was otherwise respOn-
sibly vouched to me. L simply
made q picturesque and striking
assemblage of facts admitted By
all but never before brought to-
gether nor their logical indica-
tions followed to a summing up.
The conclusions were astound-
ing, and many good but over
cautious friends of the camp,
who couldn't deny the facts
which | stated as facts (n0t as
opinion) nor the conclusions
drawn, intimated that it would
have been wiser to have followed
the report made two years ago
on the camp by the eminent cX-
pert, Mr.. Claiming, Of Califor-
MIA, which, I believe, has not
been published in a newspaper
but has been privately circulated
by those for whom 1t was made
for business uses.
That report was eSpeclally
cited to me, as an admirable and
exhaustive study of the geology
and mineralogy Of the camp, by
one of those who infest the mining
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

& Reno. Jan. 3l.-NeVada mas
had a great past as a producer OF
silver; it is having a great pres
ont as a producer OF sold; but
think, after long ana careful
stndv of the situation, that moth
inc is risked by the prediction
that it IS approaching a future
&c = rroducar Of copper before
which its>splendid record on gold
and silver will eventually look
small I believe it is destined in
fine near future to become the
greatest copper producing State
in fine Nation, us cur country it
self is the greatest producer OF
copper in the world the great
| est by long odds among indi-
4 yidual nations, and somewhat
greater than I'LL other countries
Jumped together.
In other words, the United
States produces considera bly,
Nmoro than half the present cop
per output Of the whole world
about 90 per cent of the whole.
At present prices its cash value
exceeds the value of the annual
gold output Of the country by
about forty millions.
Montana, Michigan, Arizona
and Utah are the four greatest
copper producing states and
|Guk, at present, in the order
named, with Arizona pushing
Irapidly for the front and Utah
getting into line to contest for
first place. Up to the present,
Nevada s production of the red
metal has been insignificant, and
her rank in copper is (amOng
1.-The great mining states) close to
$thc foot OF the line. Therefore,
to venture the prediction that
Nevada is probably destined in
| the near future to lead the coun-
| try as Il producer of copper---a
statement SO unexpected by the
general mining public and there
fore SO incredible-requires that
should state the grounds of my
belief so that tho reader may
Judge if my faith is warranted,
Several months ago [ wrote an
article for the Tribune on the
great copper deposit at Ely,
White Pine county, New, that
came very near getting me
laughed at all over the country
as reckless eXaggeratof, be-
cause | mentioned Ely as the
greatest copper camp on earth.
sent the same story tin sub
stance, not in the same folm) to
agood many other papers over
the country with which [ have u
connection. OF course, | handled
the subject as u newspaper
writer giving news and desiring
to give it emphatically and make
1t as entertaining and attractive
as truth permitted. But some of
the wise ones when they saw it
were afraid it would Impress the
country as merely q sensational
eXaggeration. Those wise peo-
pie who knew that the facts !
stated were true, but they prob
aoly had not considered what the
facts proved.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08
Will Open a Bank

Ely is improving every day and
the latest thing to happen is the
filing of articles of incorporation
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

reports a most enjoyable trip
Notwithstanding the cold weather
and says that the best time to
make the trip is during the win
ter months,
Gragg Richards, E. NJ and D.
W. Dehlin ACCOMPANIED Mr.. Bard
on the trip to Ely. Mr.. Richards
is a civil engineer and metallur-
eist, and with Mr.. Bard, will
open an engineering office in Ely.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-08

WANTED-Position by lady,
who is first-class stenographer and
book-keeper. Address S and B.,
this Office.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
CLIFF MINING
MAY BUILD MILL
0phir Company is Having Some
Concentration Tests Made
In This City.
TRAMWAY CONSTRUCTION.
System Now Being InstaIlcd--Possi.
bllity OF Railroad Facilities
In Near Future.

The management OF the Cliff Mining
company, operating the old Buckhorn
mine at ophiy. is figuring on the con-
struction of a new mill IN that camp
and with that purpose In view. II has
been learned, a shipment OF ore has
been received at the testing plant OF
the General Engineering company In
this city which will be tried for concern
tration.
The mining company has under con-
structton an aerial tramway, about
mile IN length, which Is to be used to
convey ore from the mine down to the
town OF Ophir, Citizens OF that camp
feel very hopeful OF a branch line Of the
Salt Lake Route being built from ST.
John 10 Ophir canyon In the near flu
ture, Tho length OF the line would
be about nine miles.
II Is figured by those In position 10
know that q railroad into Ophir can
yon would soon pay for itself and at
the same time save the producers Of
that camp a good deal of money by
putting into force schedule OF freight
charges considerably under what II
costs AT the present time 10 ship ore
TO the Salt Lake valley smelters, that
Is, after paying the expense OF hauling
II by teams TO the nearest railway sta
ton. az
There would be no difficult engineer.
Ing feats to overcome In the construc-
ton Of this road. The first seven
miles out of St. John can be built
cheaply. but there would be some rock
work encountered In the last two miles.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
Rich Shipments Of Lead Ore From
That Nevada Camp
Indicate II.
AFTER THE LEAD KING NINE.
Owners Have Turned Down Oycrtures
From Representatives of East
ern Capital.
specIal Correspondence.

special correspondence
Provo, Oct. 20.--J. #. Brlm. the vet
eran Duck Creek mining man, Is In
from that booming Nevada district
whore the Nevada Con- Cumberland,
Ely, smelter Is to go up within
stones throw of his property.
Mr.. Brim objects to what he consid-
srs rather sighting references made to
hat portion OF the district "on the OPP
posite side OF Duck Creek valley and
several miles south of the Success
mine" by a correspondent OF q Salt
Lake paper, and particularly the state
ment which, however, the correspondent
only gives as reported TO him, VIZ.
That at is a region OF stringers and
pockets, with no ore bodies OF sufficient
size TO make Il mine
Mr.. Brlm cites IN contradiction to
this statement that in some or the
claims there are veins OF from inches
10 3 feet OF almost solid lead, and that
30 tons Of 8iR per cent lead ore
has been taken from one mine in % feet
OF work and 70 tons OF rs per cent lead
ore from another IN 35 feet OF work,
and that the dump of the last men
toned claim viii assay 20 per cent
lead.
Mr. Brim reports that the Lead King
and the Lead Bullion mines, and other
properties In which he Is interested are
making an excellent showing, and have
received very favorable reports from
experts who have examined them as
representatives OF capitalists, and
that bids OF very respectable sums OF
money have been turned down for the
Lead King
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
MAY CONSOLIDATE.
Big Companies Make Agreement Which
Is Expected TO Result In Merger.

Recent meetings of the board OF d.
rectors of the Nevada Consolidated and
the Cumberland Ely companies have
resulted In an agreement TO the effect
that the Cumberland Ely Co. viii have
half interest in the $1,000, 900 reduc-
ton works to be built By the Nevada
Consolidated. The agreement also pro-
vides for half ownership In the Neva-
da Northern railway. which road was
built by the Nevada Consolidated Co.
This Is regarded by many as the first
step In the ultimate consolidation Of
the two properties, both OF which are
controlled by the Guggenh eims.
Hayden, Stone & Co. OF Boston make
the following announcement concern
ing the deal:
THE Nevada Consolidated and Cum
berland Ely Copper companies have
made final arrangements to build
joint concentrating and smelling plant
owned one-half by each company, for
their mines at Ely, New. The Cum
berland Ely Copper company has ar
ranged to purchase a one-half inerest
In the Nevada Northern railway, owend
by the Nevada Consolidated running
from Cobre, a station on the Southern
Pacific railroads, TO their mines at Ely.
"Slnce the Guggenheim interests ac-
quired controlling interest In both
the above companies, development has
been rapidly pushed. which has result
ed In further increasing the already
enormous tonnage OF ore exposed.
Several months ago eight square
miles of territory and water enough TO
treat at least $4,000 tons OF ore without
repumping were secured at McGill,
about 20 miles from the mines at Ely,
an don the line OF the railroad to Co
bre. All the ranches and water In the
vicinity have been purchased, which
will obvlate any further trouble aris-
ing from suits growing out OF smoke
damage or pollution to water, as has
been the case in the Butte and Utah
copper districts
1T Is proposed to organize smelt-
Ing company capitalized at $i0,000,o00
and to build thoroughly modern and
up-to-date concentrating and smelling
plant, not only for Nevada CONSOLIDATE
ed and Cumberland Ely ores, but To
handle custom ores In the district as
well. Financial arrangements have
already been completed to take care OF
a 10, 000-ton plant and to finish the
railroad and equip II in most thorough
manner"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20

October than ever before In the his
tory of this or any other Nevada camp.
The Hays-Monette lease. with two
shifts working day and night, Is pro-
ducing $4,000 a day. Only In the
case OF exceptionally rich rock, OF
which there Is great deal, Is any
sorted. but the latest streaks are
broken separately. In most cases,
however, machine drills do the work
and ore running as high as $1,000 a
ton Is dumped without ceremony into
open freight cars. Hays & Monette
have an eight drill compressor on the
road. and II is being rushed across the
country on special train.
on the Frances Mohawk lease al
most as good q record Is being made
The drift from the ESQ foot level has
reached the big bed Of ore, which as
says all the way from $500 to $4,000 a
ton It is stated. This gives the COM
pany sixty feet Of backs. and a new
and heavier electric hoist Is to be
installed at once.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
LONDON MARKET
IS VERY NERVOUS

huoh, Oct 9.-rha
ness is Continued to shesso m4Fke, "a.
erish sxci,n,.s Was an .absarna4 IN neryon.
announcen'an,h Which tolloS, y The lev,
England AM, 9t toe lnersosu TIE al.
their DOWN. Nl Securities rtte N
prices being In movement ths 'ntinaed
OF the opening hurried contrast oopealn,
upvhed at lssia agalns1 10y iiQn ps@sse
Will ~. ,, Steel NJ i'ss yesterd",e
"sanlst sVs BID yestttsia, 0nyfed al ~
s ,s showed notable saf hahklng 81,
a aahve .lat the Bank OF Fnstssol on al ~
~ soId s.up the c0ntinued 6e'Nt mad ben
tnano ~ .he United ststesNs export
day: 'he situation. ~ laa
THE United state, 90, "
b isohaoh 70 finance the w6nl. hardly expe,,
io now confident that On, "orlu, and "
safe and parms 10y, pef ceAt raj.
asanis. further inrOads on plotectl6s
SUI Ihere Is no thought Vut stock \,
g. PEI cent rate, but anH present y
sene VIII De adopted IL pecSu,. ven ! b.,
~ VI asalhst an sbnofmsI c' 70 pn.
AZ ~ so'u reserve Therefore, n RR.eten oi
moysmen, 90 ;, " require gold feenlgg
needs We feel that RELIEF IDS or othp,
side. Secy. Shaw once I'm ne oths.
,he SITUATION by releasing /, W. relieved
Lohuuii cannot See why 6e l We a.
his soid chests While The trniG,uu ST o.
9taws us needed supply ~ w state
London's depleted stockf VI gold Ion
Az became definitely know, -
ABOUT NQoW,eo0 IN gold Viii Ioday thai
IRON England within the vs.. shppl
ndn'i,t $4,000 went today 10 VI ,wshd
cording to announcement, bn, ISsypt e
destination continues TO be ,noro u eat
or mystery, although Egvrt 10y ~ o. Ia
Dc getting the bulk VI The IA 'ppoan i
Bentlna aud Canada taking I@ss WIN n
Inc local bankers have fecJyep r,1a0S sl
the scare they passed over 10y, vosa nm
crop or rumofs Of alleged lrnSSStulA
naheial disasters. l.ealin- beDtNng
unctly stated today that lie S,s,,nass d.
the work OF those who v.cr. 1 sneis vett
pront by yesterdays surprise. uns =
The fact that there Is murb s,,,.
IN bermany, together With Frpro',i .ssaJ
insnessi owing to political coueId.s,l WV.
TO release any Of her huge stncs 'avuos
rather checks the earlieg NV lo4
Paris would meet some ofthe Egyrgge us
inand for gold. Toward noon TX Ian Y
showed Increasing stcsdlrcss 'na'N
Bullion amounting 10 I0Oea
sterling was withdrawn from ~ p pogaa
England today Of which ,q6 IA nant
was for shipment to Egypt 3ca ouha
for Roumania and 1000 pounds wsni
continent. iw