The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-03
CUMBERLAND ELY.

The Salt Lake Tribune has this to
say about Ely:
The very mention of the word Ely
brings instantly to the mind of the
average Utahn the Nevada Consoli-
dated company for In local circles
this organization has ever held first
place In that famous region.
Not the less thought of, however,
is the properties of the Cumberland
Ely company, and recent disclosures
upon the Cumberland Ely ground
have firmly established that organi-
cation on an equal if not better roun-
dation in public estimation with the
Nevada Consolidated. It has not been
until the last few days that any de-
tails of the more recently discovered
merits of the Cumberland Ely have
been obtainable In local circles. and
what has been learned has more than
established that company and its pos
sessions at Ely In the good will of
the local people.
Cumberland Ely affairs are espc-
cially interesting at this time owing
to the presence in Salt Lake of a ma
jority Of the board of directors of
that company They are s. W. Ec-
cles, president of the company, also
vice president of the American Smelt
ing and Refining company; George E.
Gum, who needs little introduction
to Utah circles; and William B.
Thompson, the prominent stock bro
ker and mining man of New York
City. Mr.. Eccles is en- route to Seat
tie from Salt Lake, and upon his re-
turn to this city the three gentlemen
mentioned will proceed to Ely for
tie purpose of getting in touch with
the affairs of the Cumberland Ely
and the Nevada Consolidated prop
critics.
Perhaps the most immediate point
to ne gained by the visit on the part
of these gentlemen will he the rush
ing ahead of all plans of reduction
works which the Cumberland Ely is
erecting in conjunction with the Ne
vada Consolidated company. These
directors have been met in Salt Lake
by Pope Yeatman. the consulting en-
gineer who vii have complete charge
of the work and who will have at
his back the experts of the Guggen-
helm Exploration company, than
whom no more ideal aggregation of
talent exists. The details of these
reduction works are extremely inter-
esting 10 Utah talent for the same as
we'll as the methods of ore extraction
in the Cumberland Ely will be mod
eled closely after the great plants
and modern mining methods in use
in this state.
BY virtue of the enormous bodies
Of splendid copper ores opened up in
the Veteran mines of the Cumber-
land Ely company during the past
few weeks. an entirely new phase has
been placed upon that company anc
its future. The general average of
an immense bed of red metal rock
is better than 8 1-2 per cent copper
and with the plants now being built
this company will be producing wnen
everything is in readiness at the rate
of 10000, 900 pounds of copper n
year as against 25,O00.000 pounds
by the Nevada Consolidated COMPANY.
This large production will be possible
by recsoa r. the greater copper con-
tents o the Veteran orei. The Hrst
unit Of he concentrating plant viii
have capacity of $500 tons of ore
daily, whilc the smelter will be a
duplicate or the smelling plant at
Carried Plans of the concentrating
works arc expected to be completed
shortly, then the excavations for the
same will be begun. Immediately
upon the completion of the first unit
will commence the work on the Sec
ond, and eventually, and not far In
the future either. the company ex-