The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-01
Mr.. Channing's Report.

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States as mining experts" but who arr
always struggling with such geological
mysteries as limo dikcs' and 'quartzit'
intrusions" and SLATE laccolites" So ou
of curiosity TO SO" what so eminent AZ
authority as Mr. Chnnning had written
hunted up copy OF his report anC
found II, not a study OF the geology o.
the camp at all not even a study OF the
geology and mlneralogy OF a single mine
but only, In effect, a certified measure
ment of the orc I'm sight I'm a single prop
Crty and It's value, coupled with q vague
| intimatlon that the deposit is Of a lacco'
ltic nature,
Simply Measurement of Values.
The report Is all right. OF course-Mr
| Channing's high name is guarantee oil
that-but it Isn't study OF the camp
| II Is simply measurement of values In
! q single property which the promoters OF
| the company desired to lay before capital
! lists they were seeking to enlist in their
| enterprise, with the Endorsement of re-
| sponsible and eminent name AS a news
| paper article II would be about as read
| able as page OF the multiplication table.
| but Mr. Charming wasn't writing n news
| paper story. and no doubt what he wrote
| served It's proper purpose. That purpose
was TO make the merits of single prop
crty known to very small circle OF
heavy private investors My purpose was
To make tho stupendouS resources OF the
whole camp known TO the general public
and the press OF the country. and / ap-
pear to have succeeded. The press ia no
longer afraid to refer to the vast copper
deposit at Ely as the greatest copper
camp In the world, but is doing so every
day without any fear OF getting laughed
at and since my story of the camp ap-
Deared In The Tribune the market value
OF the Ely copper stocks has risen 100 to
zoo per cent
Effect of Tribune Story.
The Tribune story has unquestionably
contributed somewhat to that result by
making the great mineral wealth of the
camp known TO the public. for ! happen
To know that my Tribune story was
passed from hand 10 hand in all the
brokers' Offices from Boston to San Fran
cisco and read with astonShment and, OF
course. with measure of increduity
And why not2 They had never (for the
most parD even heard OF Ely. and TO bc
told all of a sudden that n camp which
had never marketed ton of copper wns
the greatest copper camp on earth, Wen,
ol course that was astonishing
Present Possibilities of Ely.
1t would be possible, beyond question.
ior fly alone to carry Nevada to the
mead or copper-producing Statos within
TWO years If the means OF converting IN.
ore INTO metal could be enlisted The ore
Is there, and II is very accessible Five
thousand miners could be nut to work at
ELY tomorrow without any waste OF Ia
Dor II means were ready 10 handle the
orc. which they are not and win not be
Tor good while.
Great Capital Is Required.
it VIII VIII take the planting of a hundred
imlilionS IN railroads, tramways and
treatment plants before the output OF the
GIMP can make any great impression on
the copper supply. But such a vast cant
tal cannot be enlisted In a day and cannot
Dc put to work I'm day after IL has been
enlisted. 1t has taken two fun genera
tlons TO assemble the vast capital en-.
proved In Michigan. 1t has taken a full
generation to secure the $50 COO coo TO s2DO
ODOO employed In Montana IL has teLap
nearly as long to enlist the great amount
employed In Arizona; and Utah has beon
more than halt generation getting into
inc ust ot Dig producers where she now
ranks; and where she Will soon rank first
I'LL Nevada tops her record
Vast Tonnage in Sight.
Speaking not by mine measurement. but
from geological indications, one NAV say
lnat INA Ely mas now an indicated volume Of
sight which they claim is good for an an
average OF per cent. or course this ia
= very wide and free estimate The con-
C,nuitS S OF the ore body Is not actually
p,oNeu up between the remote shafts and
cVcls, but as a geological guess NAV he |
assumed as certain. That Indicates an0
Tv,"g ~ 70 tons OF metallic copper, all above
the I5O-foot level which is the deeneet In |
inc camp. But Ely can make no inn6rsal 90
'@ioh @ on the copper market this wear and |
1ly ou1 very niue next year. BY Hve years,
,Sr Eyer ihat ono camp alone should be |
loie to place Nevada in the rank now |
leld by Utah as n copper producer and IN |
en- years enable her to lead the world
ou[ oo Sod 10 DO that the camp Will need Sl0o,,
listed Ct oecu Gil
Desire to Help All Nevada.
Is this an effort to boom EIvq No, E,,,
las had more of n boom in the Inst ,bcaS
months than is healthy for her. She u,II
ia'' rave a great rush as soon as spring opens
'cyon1 a doubt. This IS only an effort tn
'elp all Nevada by using ELY as an NJ ~
ration when l say (and | have studIsd
ne caSeD that with Ely left out Of tbe
oilfo eIikfohins ng altogether. Nevada is stnl ca,
opper-produclng States whenever cnnIIoi
wealth copper
World Was Tardy to See.
,lt,S IL Is really not half so amazing thot
!, ,enaua should be found at this late dny
osit In the world as that all her o,ber
extensive wealth of copper, like thot ot
,N, could have been well known to tens
"a I rs .louJahos u;I,h oil people for fully forty
apltal In It's development u
NAT is one of the many mysterIes Of |
,esadas anamaIous career as a mining
Copper Belts in Nevada.
There are two well-denned copper belts
Stending north and south through No
aud; nave never seen public attention |
li llled TO this fact The western belt lies
'.''' hldN NC termed the fpOfhIlIc |
inc Sierra Nevada range though n "a |
OF very close to 1t. is traceabIe by a |
ring OF well-known mines or prosnects
ON the extreme north to the extreme
Iuth. copper Is metal that. unIIJc
INer and gold, cannot conceal its nrHs
nee at the surface from the prospcctor5s
'es put Wherever exposed to air and
ater no matter how small the quantity
lahSes TO the green or blue cnrbonntSS |
nose bright colors challenge Instant at I
ntlon' and lis presence is revealed. |
Elko County's Copper Wealth.
1hat western copper belt has bean I
lo"n ever since Nevada was first set :
ed by white men. The eastern bclt ts 4
ider; II extends along the eastern bor9 a
r through the center of Elko White I
me and Lincoln counties from the Idaho c
ne clear To the Colorado river E,flto a
unity ls rich In copper and has several [
-inps or great promise, including Con
CT within fifteen miles of the Idaho
lie, and Dolly Warden. some sixty miles
uth OF the Southern Pacific r;,iIroad I
nese have both produced There aTe = a
lmber OF others which have received :.
most no development. but have eXten- Z
sc indications. Butte valley In the "
uthern part OF the county is reportnd u
, containing a great showing of low -
.iucS White Pine county has other con- u
II camps than Ely that are d.,r.Iart.t- | II