The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-18
New $4,000 Depot Building.


equippins a modern power plant at this
point. which will furnish lignI and power
for the entire district. The new passen-
NEer station of the Nevada Northern rail-
WaV AT ElV CITY is almost ready for Oc-
cupancy- This building, when completed,
will cost about $4,000. and il will house
all the general offices of the railroad.
When the building is completed, the tel
egraph station will be transferred to the
building. well as the offices of the
vice president and superintendent and
other officers of the road. Vice President
l.. g. Cannon now has his offices at Co
hre. the point of contact with the South
srn Pacific. Later he will move TO Ely.
THE prosperity of the camp cannot be
fully appreciated until it is seen and
conditions are understood. The camp IS
being planned for permanency. Water
mains are being laid to all parts of both
sections of the town, which Will supply
the town with an abundant flow of the
finest water. This will increase the fire
protection, minimize the possible danger
of "A conflagration, and furnish the users
with all the water that is needed for do
mestC and other purposes
The high ore line of the Nevada
Northern railroad Is nearing completion.
The road now reaches Lane City. four
miles west of Ely. and on the route to the
great copper mines in Robinson canyon
and Copper flat This line will probably
he completed within the next sixty days.
and all will then be in readiness for the
CARRYING of great tOnnages of the low
grade copper ores from the mines TO the
shelters at McGill, fourteen miles away
Shortage of Labor.
"There is a shortage of labor, which is
keenIy felt by all the large operators
Good wages are paid. and the lot of the
worker is made as pleasant as it could be
made in any mining camp. Regardless
Of this. the work Of the big operators IS
seriously handicapped by the shortage.
The same condition prevails at McGill,
where the Guggenheim interests are con-
structing what is planned to be the great
est copper smelter in the world There
are now between 1000 and 200 men at
work on this plant. Among these are
many from Salt Lake and other Utah
points. All seem contented and satisfied
with the work. the wages and the con-
ditions that prevail.
"A large number of men could secure
employment on this work at any time
The Guggenheims are pushing the work
with all possible speed. They have con-
cuded their preliminary and secondary
surveys and final surveys have been com
pleted on many of the projects. Build
ingS for the housing of the blacksmith
and machine shops the power plant. the
general offices, and other buildings are
completed. or nearly so. The giant
sideratiOn AT the hands of the workmen.
The foundations Of these stacks are al
ready in place and as quickly as they are
solidified the work on the towering
structures will be begun.
Adjacent Camps Benefited.
adding to the prosperity OF the camp
is the impetus that has been given to the
mining industry in many districts ada
cent to Ely. New discoveries I'm new
districts. greater discoveries in old dis
tricts. and the continued strength of the
great ore bodies in the defined copper
belt tend to give the miners and those
interested in that business greater conf
dence in the permanency of the camp.
The increasing richness Of the copper de-
post i'm the Robinson district. the dis
covery of layers of native copper by the
drills. increases the value of these prop
critics and increases the prosperity of the
camp
"The STRENGTHENING Of the lead depos-
its of Duck Creek. with added depth: the
discovery of phenomenal gold and silver
values at Hamilton, and the new dis
tricts that are being opened from time to
time, all tend to good business conditions
and permanency.
MANY former Salt Lakers and Ogden
ties are doing we'll In business and are
satisfied that the coming winter and
spring will prove 10 be OF greater pros
peritv than was last winter So3 spring.
notwithstanding the boom that nut the
camD and the district I'm the limelight
THE completion Of the smelters at Nc