The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-09
GREAT MARBLE QUARRY
To Be OPENED EAST
Of ELY WILL RIVAL
THE WORLDS BEST

!, tho stato of Nevada is tn no found
In White pine county 5O miles east
Of NV in what is known as Marble
canvon and a trin through if will
roadilv CONVINCE ono that all the
wealtb of the state does not lie hid
don in Ire mines of gold. silver. con-
ner and lead as millions of tons of
con,n,arcial marhle arc bere exnosed
nort II to tho marts of civilization
ond oynerts estimate that This mar
h1e 10 worth from sac tn $40 nor
ton In tie rouoh state
IMAGINE vonrself driving through
q smooth canvon from no to 400
foot doom with a solid wall of multi-
colored marble arising on either side
to tho HEIGHT of from 1oO to ZOO feet
for d;stonce of four and one-baIf
miles and Won will eet faint CON
cant;on of ire magnitude but its
grandeur can never he Described
Such a sipbt however has confront
Cd many q nrosnector in hvpone DAYS
and caused him to nause in wonder
and amazement hut only for mo-
mont nc his frenzied Inst for gold
leads him ever onward not knowing
that under. foot are tbe riches he
seeks
Rut that was before the iron horse
had rohhed the desert of its terrors
and made of If q highway tn wealth
and civilization. and with the advent
of tbe railroad fortunes are being
made from what was before consid-
cred tn he of little value. and since
that time this entire deposit has been
acquired nv number of the lead
ing business men of Los Angeles.
Cal. who have incorporated the Ne
vadn Marble companv for the pur-
nose of developing these deposits that
will soon he performing their allotted
mission in the arts of the world.
The ouantity of marble in sight is
practically inexhaustible. while the
quality. as attested by prominent ar
chitects and builders in the PRINCIPAL
cities of the United States. and also
by government eyperts. equals the
worlds finest nroductiou The var,-
etv of coIors which This denosit con-
tains is notable. as over % distinct
varieties show upon the surface and
some of them will renlace the lannon's
marbles of the old world that have
long since become exhausted and
will command a hioh nrica
Tho natural advantages or This de-
noeit make II one of tbe cheanest
marble ouarrving nronositions vet
known there beine no sinking or
hoistinp necessary tn remove the
marble for nature has saved Years
of diAicult labor and hundreds of
thousands of dollars onenine tbe de-
noeit tic entire length Inv wav of the
canvon which traverses If
prof N n Darton of the limited
etatos ooo1ooical eurvav who has ev-
amined the nronertv for that dcnart-
mont of tho Government renorts that
the surrounding country shows the
raj nosition as denosited nv nature
and in bis oninion will no found com.
norativo1v sound from, tho surface
and tho haantifnl eurfacn samnlee
certainly hear ont tbis statement,
strata of different colors and vari-
eties arc avnosed mon the face of
tbo wells Of tbo convon from - to
5o Foot in tbicl,nese
II seone to ha tho opin;on of ev-
orv ono Who bas vieitad tbis scona
tba+ II &c more valuable than any
oo1d -,ino in tbo country and tho
outnnt If Anoerica,s largest nnarrias
is said to he contracted for Two voars
in ADVANCE while we are innortinf.
nxnausivo ,n.rhlas from, Ita1v Fcance
Swodan Afr;ca Eoynt Creeca and
n,onv otbor norts of The oloho n,uch
81 nh;oh Il. ;nforior +o CIV homo nv =.
drot 40 ~