The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-03
COL. TREWEEK IS
PLEASED WITH ELY
Can Only Confirm Opinions
Often Expressed About
Copper Camp.
THINKS ZONE WILL
WIDEN AT DEPTH
Geology of Porphyry Belt De-
scribed to Bear Out
This View.

Col. n. Treweek. president OF the
Wabash Mining company, who has just
returned from the Ely region, confirms
most positively all that has been said
regarding the naturalization Of that
splendid mining territory. The Colonel
spent several days in looking over condl-
tions around Ely. and returns greatly
impressed with what the future TO all
appearances has In store for the camp.
The Colonel stated Thursday afternoon
that the copper belt as far as can be
governed by surface Indications Is
Of eight or nine miles, the surface indl-
cations being most pronounced. The
course of this enormous copper belt is
east and west, and across this zone the
surface indications show a width of
from 1000 to 5000 feet
Wider at Depth.
The porphyry carrying copper values
broke up through the limestone in such
a fashion that the lime rocks TO the
north and south of the copper-bearing
porphyries dip Ia opposite directions,
the north side dipping northerly. the
south side dipping southerly. Every
indication points to the conclusion that
the copper bearing porphyry Will extend
to greater width at depth than was found
at the surface, to sustain which view
the Colonel instances the fact that
either side of the porphyry, and these
carry some very high grade values in
the red metal II is understood that the
Nevada Consolidated company has cross
cut this porphyry for distance OF 1000
feet.
Col Treweek is convinced that the
Cumberland and Ely company has the
ground from which an extraordinary pro-
ducer Will be made. He visited the
property owned by w. r. Snyder. Walter
G. Filler and associates, which adjoins
the Nevada Consolidated ground. and
upon which three shafts are being driven.
These shafts have passed through the
limestone oapping. and one descending
through copper-bearing porphyries from
which the values have been leached.
Upon the Jupiter property of the
Cumberland and Ely company pay
porpbyry was caught at depth OF 250
feet, and the Salt Lakers above men
toned must reach practically the same
point before they have similar good for
tune,
Means Wholesale Mining.
Ely warns the Colonel, is not poor
mans camp The properties require an
immense amount OF capital to operate
and equip them properly II is under
stood that the copper values Of the
district or zone average from 21S to
per cent. and the ore can be concentrated
TO q saving Of so per cent, while silver
values do not exceed 60 cents TO the
ton. 1t Is claimed that with copper
selling at 10 cents a pound, a net profit
can be made of So TO the ton. This
simply means Wholesale mining and
milling, and the steam shovel Will be
brought into prominent play In tho
operations.
The Nevada Northern railroad is with
In thirty miles Of Ely. and this avenue
is expected to be completed within
thirty Of forty days, An inspection of
the present difficulties OF transportation.
and a knowledge Of great tasks ahead of
the organizations preparing TO operate
In the district. shows that nothing
can be done In the way of assembling
machinery or in building until the road
is completed, To put up the immense
plants planned. to sink the big shafts.
and 10 erect the large holsting plants
to handle the immense tonnages which
will be mined each day from this zone
will take not less than eighteen months,
and perhaps a longer time,
Col. Treweek Is certain that Ely will
make O big camp.