The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-21
WITCH RAISE
IS COMPLETED
Will Be Used As Main Working
ft-..Other Mining News
Of the Camp

The raise ut the Ely Witch has
been completed and will be used as
the main working shaft in the flu
ture The raise is from the Witch
tunnel and the distance from the tun-
mel to the surface is about 2G0 feet.
The Witch churn drill is now at
work in front of the boarding house
drilling IA we'll to be used by the mi
ners.
MIR. Ncatman at the Mines.
Pope Yeatman, managing director
of the Nevada Consolidated and the
Cumberland-E made tour of in
spection of the mines of the two big
companies on Monday and Tuesday.
Joseph p. Gazzam, general mana
ger of the two companies, has been
i'll for several days.
New Butte and Ely Shaft.
A new shaft has been begun by the
Butte and Ely Copper company east
of the present shaft on the Beehive
claim of the company,
James Willoughby, superintendent
of the Butte and Ely is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
Another Hickard Drill.
Another churn drill has arrived at
the freight station to be used in the
development of the G. l.. Rickard
companies.
More Men at Ely Central.
Superintendent S. F. Hunt of the
Ely Central was in Ely last night
from the mines of the company and
stated that the working force in the
main shaft will be increased at once.
There are now 3 men employed in
the mine and five other miners will
be put on as soon as they can be had
to take the places.
The force will be increased as
rapidly as places can be found for
them,' said Mr.. Hunt. The accom-
at the mine for the en-
ployes will be improved and enlarged
at once in order that they may be
well taken care of.
Two Keystone drills are now at
work Oh the property. One is down
325 feet and the other is just being
started on the Juniper claim. near
the bunk house"
Superintendent Hunt returned to
the mine last night.
Rush to Whitehorse.
r. b. Sleem and S. M. Mingus, who
have made valuable discoveries in the
Whitehorse district recently. are now
back in camp. They are confident
that the new camp will prove to be
and will soon be one of
the standard camps of this section of
the state
A rush has been in progress to the
Whitehorse district from Cherry
Creek, Mizpah and Deep Greek since
the news of Sleem's discovery be-
came known. The first ones on the
ground found good property and the
others have scattered to the hills.
Good copper ore has been found at
Ferguson hill and at Kingsley noun
tain. Barney Hirker has been APP
pointed by the miners in the district
TO act as recorder and Il petition has
been sent to Reno to have this APP
pointment confirmed by the COVER
nor in order that disputes between
claimants of properties may he
avoided. Young Brothers OF Deep
Creek have made "A strike on a ledge
II feet wide running into high grade
copper ore, with some values in sill
yer. gold and lead.
The now camp is 90 miles from the
railroad and can best be reached by
way Of Curries Ranch or Green Sid
ing There is plenty of wood, and
water is furnished by large number
of springs.
The formation consists of lime
caps, iron caps, and granite caps in
different parts of the district. At
frequent intervals lodges of granite
and lime cut the iron cap.
Assays from samples taken from
the Sleem properties show that the
ore runs from 9 1-2 TO 16 per cent
copper. One picked sample showed
90 1-2 per cent lead. The average
value of the ore, however. is lower
than these assays, which We're made
by Custer & Fesler
According to Mr.. Sleem there are
now about $50 men in the. district.