The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-08


them take q ride up the canyon and
visit the various mines, developed and
undeveloped. AS one rides up the
rugged canyon leading to Kimberly,
the first property seen is the McDon-
aid Ely. Everything about the old
Robust mine, one of the oldest in the
district, shows life and activity on
every hand. The keystone shaft is
still in sulphides, but water is some
what retarding development. Super
intendent Mcdonald has the water
we'll in hand, however, and does not
expect much trouble. Water indi-
cations are showing in the Mill shaft
but a pump is all ready to put in in
case water makes any trouble.
The Chairman, just above is max
ing good progress in the Joanna
shaft and the hoist beside the road
is steamed up and taking waste ma
terial from the bottom by the bucket.
The Chairman is working in ground
that presents flattering indications
for soon reaching bed of copper that
will make the chairman one of the
best properties in the district before
long. General Manager McGill is go
ing about the task of finding copper
in a way that can mean but one thing
and that is success.
The Star Pointer.
The Star Pointer four-compartment
shaft will be one of the finest pieces
of work in Robinson district as soon
as completed. A solid concrete
foundation has been laid on the sur
face and a steel structural frame for
hosting machinery is being built.
The structure is 100 feet high and is
as complete as hosting plant can
be made. The shaft will be one of
the largest in the world when COM
plete. 1t is expected that the hoist
will be finished within the next 80
days and will be in full commission
doing the work it is intended to do.
A big force of men is at work in
putting up the immense steel
frame. The Star Pointer is also
working in ground near the Ruth
and many miners are engaged in de-
veloping the mine. The whole plant
will be run by electrical power.
The Nevada Northern has about
completed it's spur from the main
line to the Star Pointer shaft, only
about 25 feet of grading being nee
essary to finish that part of the work.
The trestle across the canyon near
the shaft has been completed and
the rails have been laid. Sixteen
houses have been constructed, in
GLIDING a large boarding house and
a bunk house, and the scene on the
surface around the Star Pointer is
busy one. Had one predicted ten
years ago that the day would have
ever come when a railroad would
wend it's way through the rocky
gorge and that freight cars from
many states bearing the brand oil
the Alton, the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy, the Nickle Plate and many
other roads, transporting timbers in
to Robinson canyon to be used to
develop one of the greatest copper
beds the world has ever seen, he
would undoubtedly have been pro-
nounced a fit subject for the "bug
house" and would have undoubtedly
been locked up for lunacy. Yet IL
has come to pass and more. Ihe
railroad has come and in few
months the line will be full of ore
trains running every fifteen minutes
in every twenty-four hours OF the
day from Kimberly to the smelter at
McGill. One can visit no section OF
the United States where there is
greater activity in evidence than may
be seen in Robinson canyon.
The American.
The American shaft on the Ely
Consolidated ground is at present
idle, and the work of development
RI 9TH c
of the Ely Con. holdings.
The Ruth.
At the Ruth, one of the Nevada
Consolidated properties, upraising Is
steadily going on under the Ruth
dump and the upraise contains. many
thousands of tons of per cent cop
DER ore. When mined the ore will
be shot down the upraise to tunnel
connecting the Ruth workings with
the Star Pointer through which an
electrical tramway will be run to
convey the ore to the Star Pointer
where it will be raised to the surface
through the four-compartment shaft
and be loaded onto Nevada Northern
ore cars for transportation to the
smelter. The power transmission
line will soon be completed to the
smelter, poles for the line having
been set between the smelter and
Hercules Gap. A large force of men
are employed on the line and work
is being pushed as rapidly as pos
sible.
Copper Flat.
At Copper Flat the boarding house
RACED by a blast last Friday, has
been rebuilt and everything about
the Flat is one network of industry
The grade for the Nevada Northern
is about finished and the "cut-off
to the Eureka shaft is about done
and as soon as completed steam
shovels will be employed in stripping
the ground off the copper beds in
Eureka hill.
The Giroux Mines.
The Giroux people are about ready
for trial run of the new concentra-
I tor and smelter. The narrow guage
ore track has been finished and
trains have passed over the line to
see that everything Is in shipshape
for transporting ore from the Alpha
and other shafts of the company as
soon as everything is in readiness
to start the wheels in the two new
plants.
The Veteran Ely.
The Veteran Ely people have $50
to ITS men on the payroll and want
more and are clearing the decks be-
fore commencing work on the main
shaft, which they expect to start