The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
MINES
Continued from Page IL.
SEVERAL DEALS
MADE At ELY
Utah Men Get Champion Lead
MineS-0perations of Some
of the Big Ones.
Special 70 The Herald.l

Ely. New, May 4.--The Champion mine.
with the group of three claims Of the
same name adjoining it. and mill site
location, have been sold by NJ. Herman
to Utah capitalists, whom he refuses TO
name. for $4,000. The deal was closed
yesterday by Herman after negotiations
covering a period of several weeks The
property was formerly owned by George
W. Dale. formerly of Ely, but now in
Los Angeles, where ne lives because Of
i'll health. The Champion property pro-
duees a high grade Of lead-silver ore,
with lower values in copper and gold.
There is a seventy-foot shaft on the orig
inal Champion, and two 100-foot tunnels.
On the Champion No. a good find of
heavy lead-silver ore was uncovered at a
depth of three feet while the location
work was being done.
The Herstelie Ely Copper company has
made the final payment on the Herstelle
and Germania groups, recently purchased
from r. A. Reipe and Herman Bress for
$4,000. The payments were discounted
from November Il, so well satisfied are
the purchasers with their new acquisi-
ton The property IS situated south OF
the Butte & Ely holdings.
I A large crew of men has been put to
work on the high line of the Nevada
Northern at the smelter site at McGiil.
The high line will leave the main line
point above the concentrators of the new
smelter, where the ore will be dumped
into the bins to be conveyed to the plant.
The Ely Construction company. a
branch of the Utah Construction COM
pany, is making remarkable progress,
without doing much talking about the
work. Two great steam shovels are at
work, a third is on the ground, and q
fourth. still larger. is on the way and
will be put into commission within a few
days These shOvels are so large that
two shovelsfull will serve to completely
fill large freight car.
A raise has been started from the lower
level of the Ruth NINE to connect with
the second level. This raise win be used
as channel through which the ore will
be dumped from the second level, and
thence Transported mechanically to the
cars. A churn drill has been ordered TO
the Veteran mine of the Cumberland Ely
property, and will be put to prospecting
at once
H. 3. supplee. Of Ely. has reported a
remarkable gold and silver find on a
group of twenty-One claims which he
owns three and a half miles south of Ely.
He says that assays from these claims
show values of 81, $40 in gold and 1850. q
In silver to the ton. He claims that the
ore is in a we'll defined vein. He will
sell his home here to develop his prop
erty.
Development work is being prosecuted
vigorously on the Boston Ely. Fifteen
men are now on the property. The shaft.
Wnlle Sllil IN Lne Gaping, Is down LII
feet. Two churn drills are being used on
the property. IN search of a short cut TO
the ore body which underlies the cap
ping
The Ely Towusite company has trans
ferred TO the Ely Mines company land on
and near Steptoe creek. with two and a
half miles of water bitches. pipes and
fumes: tsn-stamp quartz mill: 10000
tons of tailings and other improvements.
The actual consideration is not stated.
Richard A Reipe has transferred to
r. ]. Evans. trustee. of Salt Lake. for
$500 the Oakland lode mining claim and
the Oakland fraction, In the Robinson
mining district.
A G. Burton, president of the Ely In
veStment company, has transferred to the
Federal-Ely Copper company. for $50 900.
the Tempest mine in the Robinson mining
district. The property was originally To-
Gated as the First Chance mine, but was
relocated under the name of the Tempest
mine. The records show that John Luz
setti and Peter Cadra recently trans
ferred the Tempest to President Burton
for a stated consideration of s2.150
James 3, MeCFaeken, of Ogden, is in
Ely on business.