The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
FEDERAL-ELY COMPANY
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS

Perhaps one OF the most unique mines.
3ccause Of the combiratic1 Of a ranch
and a mine in the SINE company is the
Federal-Ely property, near Lane City.
IL Nevada. The cC1plny has Near its
1eines one Of the irost prospe-oug
ranches in ihct part % the country. an6
ii has abundant ve~et9tion on Il when
he season is On Tho company npe-
rates a ranct - well IS g mine, so that
1t gets wealth oct Of the earth and
from the sUrfcce Of tlio oTe-laden land
as Wei.
ii s. as not With any intention of max
ing paying inves, Ide1t out Of the
ranch that thc rou.L1ny acquired the
place last December. Thera IS little use
.OT d ranch about a mine. ana tn two
arc in contradiction 90 each nthc.. IS il
were. The company did not contemplate
sending wagon 10 mlrFct during the
harvest season and - loo the fruits
Of the ranch IN tic o1cn market for .
proft.
Matter OF Necessity.
The purchase Of TIE ranch was a mat
ter Of necessity in cider % get tho
water rights which % y-itl it and which
the company needed in the operation
of the mines. II WIS also rrofed fo1
the miners in the employ If the COM
pany, and 30 there was TO way for the
ccmp9ny to get hold of the water il
needed save by the purchase OF the
ranch. which carried with Il the right
to the use Of the water on the property
The opera tons in the Federcl-E,y are
going on with energy, and ii is expected
that in a very short tirne the company
win be in a position. on account Of the
Improvements being made on the prop
erty. TO enlarge its scope to about don
bic what it is at present. There Is pien-
ty of good ore in sight, and the en-
gineers are enthusiastic over the Lros-
poets Of the property based on The ex-
aminations which have been recently
made
In a Canyon.
The property is located IN a canyon.
ard for that reason it is thought by
expert mining men who are in a posi-
ton to know, and who have been ove.-
the property and the surrounding coun-
try of the Federal-Ely, that there are
to be big returns from the mines before
the tunnel and the shaft which is now
being dug on the property Of the COM
Dany. are completed.
The tunnel is being driven from the
canyon to connect with the shaft, and
as soon as the two are connected I'D II
will facilitate the transportation of the
ore from the mines of the company
The railroad will be built within $50
feet of the mouth of the tunnel, and it
is contemplated that the bins of the
company in which the ore taken from
the shaft and the tunnel viii be stored
will be built close TO the road, so that
the ore can be practically dumped from
the mouth of the tunnel into the car
standing on the track.
Has Seventeen Claims.
The holdings of the FederaI-Eiy Con-
per company are located about a half
mile above Lane City, Robinson county.
in Nevada, The group controlled by the
company consists of seventeen full
claims and three fractions. comprising
over $40 acres. The property adjcins
the Nevada Consolidated property's
ground on the north and the Ely Mines
ground on the north and west
from these properties up to
the keystone Mining company's proper
ty. This latter group of claims was the
original producer and shipper of the Ely
district, and is now a part of the hold
ings of the Nevada Consolidated Copper
The property of the Federal-Ely Cop
Per company is situated in the canyon