The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-24
RUSHING OPERA Y
TIONS AT the
ELY CENTRAL
Are sinking in the Star Pointer
Shaft-Nevada Northern Will
Soon Lay Rails.
There is considerable activity in

local mining properties. A. fine
showing of natural copDer has been
made in the Weber and Clipper
claims of the Ely Central. Z III
specimens were brought up
bOreings. -
At 8 a. m. yesterday morning
drill on the Weber No. 5 hole
penetrated the same ore body
struck by the No. hole on the S
claim a month ago. This hole
started on the morning of the I
of June and in eight days had
tanned a depth of 446 feet. AT
depth the ground began to c.;
which necessitated casing the en-
hole. Such work was accomplish.
Saturday night. At depth of 452
feet, the Weber ore body was again
encountered and at o'clock had
been penetrated to a depth of Is
feet, the bottom still in ore.
In the No. hole ore was struck
at 4O9 feet and 100 feet due east in
the No. 5 hole, at depth of 452
feet. This shows the ore to have a
dip of 43 feet in the 100, or near 45
degrees. While the first hole showed
per, the second hole is not so rick
In this metal But from the acid
tests made at the mine today, the
drillings are of much higher grade,
possibly averaging as much as Z IL
per, the second hole is not SO rich
termined exactly by assay. 1t is pro-
bable that near the apex of the vein,
at which place the first hole penetrat-
ed this particular ore body, the pre-
cipitation of native copper has been
greatest. While in depth, the pre-
cipitation of the native copper may
be less, the precipitation of chalco-
cite has been more. The concen-
trates made from panning the drill
ings are a blush black in color,
showing the presence of considera-
BILE chalcocite. Chalcocite is a sui
1Rhide of copper and when clean,
runs about 70 per cent copper
1t might be called blind"
strike, as there was no surface indi-
cations of 1t, whatsoever The Ely
Central Co. had drilled three holes
with it's small No. 3 drills on this
Weber claim, bnt had attained
depths of only 274, 800 and 335 feet,
respectively. The first hole ever sunk
In the Ely district by means of a
churn drill, is the 800 foot hole just
mentioned. Had it gone 100 feet
deeper, the present ore body might
have been encountered, but caving
prevented further drilling, and it re-
mained for the Ely Central to per-
sist in its drilling and to locate this
important ore body, one year later.
AS is we'll known, the Ely Cen
tral holdings are crescent-shaped
group, cutting across the porphyry
belt and bordered on the Nevada
Con. for length of 5000 feet on the
north. This No. 5 Weber hole has
been sunk about on a line that might
be drawn from the Copper Flat shaft
to the Star Pointer. The property
was acquired IS months ago for
Philadelphia capitalists by F. S. and
Joseph Pheby, who are we'll known
here In Ely.
They are sinking again in the Star
Pointer shaft and are making room
for an ore bin. The skip will be
lowered below the bin and a chute
will be constructed at the bottom of
the shaft so as to catch the ore that
falls from the main chute when load
ing the skip. This chute will be Sc
arranged that the ore can be taken
from 1t automatically, thereby saw
ing labor at the bottom of the shaft
Now that the upper tunnel is COM
pleted the Nevada Northern will
start laying rails to the Star Pointer
shaft. The grades are complete and
the trestle work at the shaft will be
ready for the rails by the time the
track-laying machine reaches that
point
A store has been started at the
Star Pointer shaft and it is expected
that when the railroad reaches that
locality buildings VIII be erected and
the permanent camp will be estab.
lished.