Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-13
MCDONALD ON ELY.
Owned and Located Ruth Mine, u Me-
Donald Ely Property.

Mr. d. c. Mcdonald occupies q DO
sitlon by himself In the history of the
Ely copper deposits. He Is not the
Oldest resident of this place, still has
been here for upwards of twenty years,
says the News of Ely. He was the
owner and locator of the great Ruth
mine. the nucleus Of the exhaustless
ore deposits OF the Nevada Consolidated
Copper company. II was Mr.. Mcdonald
who first realized the copper wealth
OF this zone, and who gathered the first
samples which induced outside capital
to investigate the merits of his reports
and verify his conclusions.
No other expert IN the district Is as
conversant with the copper belt as a
whole, from the porphyry ores 10 those
IN the Iimestones and on the contact OF
the two formations. He has established
the fact that huge bodies Of the lat
ter character of ores are to be devcl-
oped. Ills judgment has been vinldicat-
ed In the result attending his operations
on the Mechanically ground This cor
poration Is backed by the strongest and
most conservative mining operators of
the west, foremost among whom are
Senator Kearns, David Keith and Col.
Il. A. Wall. This company Is the crea-
ture OF Mr.. Mcdonald and II Is only
fitting that IL should bear his name.
A News reported interviewed Mr..
Mcdonald for this issue on the mines of
the Ely Northern Copper company. He
said, II consider the Ely Northern
ground. acre for acre. as good as Nc
Donald Ely. This choice ground adj
joins US OH the west and shows large
deposits OF high grade OF copper ore,
These bodies are much higher grade, In
both gold and copper than the ores con-
fined exclusively to the porphyry zone.
The Mitchell claim Of the Ely North
ern is Of singular merit the showing
is second to none In the camp. The
ore zone OH this claim. so feet In width
crops out boldly for over a thousand
feet. The tunnel being driven on this
claim will open up the properties for
several thousand feet and to depth of
500 feet / consider this tunnel the
best plan of development adapted to
the group.
1.-THE showing on the Olathe Is a big
one, Quite tonnage of high grade
copper ore was extracted from this
claim twenty years ago and reduced In
the local smelter. The same can be
said Of the Florence, Justice Accident
and the other claims.
"My Intimate acquaintance with the
ground for the last twenty years per-
mlts me TO say without hesitaucy that
the Ely Northern Will open up one Of
the bonanza groups OF the district. The
large deposits OF ore on the surface,
and In the shafts. openings and cuts,
establishes the fact that big mine ex-
lists there and hut little time win be re-
ouired TO tell the story. The ore runs
high in copper and especially high in
gold. No copper mine In the district
carries such high grade ores, and II Is
to be expected from the lime por-
rhyry contact deposits. In addition to
deposits OF this character the group
possesses large area OF the lode por-
| phyry ores which will be prospected
| with churn drills. The group really
| contains two mines the porDhyry ores
| and the contact deposits The merit OF
| this ground Is beyond question. and
| predict for II brilliant future