The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-20
DEVEL. .OPED HOLDINGS
OF ELY'S GREAT Mines
Detailed Information About the Corporations Which
Have Taken the Lead in Proving the Camps
Wealth as Copper Producer Contained in
Hayden, Stone & Co.'s Circulars.

Refining company is now building a
concentrating and smelling plant OF
d daily capacity OF treating 1000 tons
OF concentrating ore and 2000 tons
of smelling ore, which will be COM
pleted about January /, 1908. Ii is
expected that this will he increased
to a plant Of 10000 ton or more ca
pacity. II will be located at McGill,
| 4 miles rom Ely. on the line of the
Nevada Northern railroad where the
company has acquired eight square
miles of territory and water rights of
the entire section, with sufficient wa
ter to treat at least $4,000 tons OF
ore daily The object of securing
this large area is TO prevent the pos
sibility of any damage claims arising
from the smoke nuisance or the pol
luton of water, as has been the case
with the smelters at Anaconda, Mon
tana and at Bingham, Utah.
The Cumberland-Ely Copper conn
pany also owns half interest in the
Nevada Northern railway which road
is already in operation from Cobre,
Nevada, 40 miles to Ely The other
half interest is owned by the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company.
The officers and director sof the
Cumberland-Ely Copper company are
S. w. Eccles, G. NJ. Borden, George
e. Gum. William b. Thompson,
Frank w. Hills, Pope Yeatman.
S. w. Eccles, president. New York,
is also president of the Steptoe Val
ley Smelling and Mining company;
vice president and director of the
American Smelling and Refining
company; president of the Nevada
Northern Railway company, and vice
president and director of the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company.
William B. Thompson, vice presi-
dent, New York, member of the firm
OF Hayden, Stone e Co., is also di-
rector of the Nevada Consolidated
Copper company, and president of the
lei Rayo Mines company
Henry Suhr, treasurer, New York,
is also assistant treasurer of the
American Smolters Security company
and treasurer Of the Nevada Con
solidated Copper company.
G. NJ. Borden, secretary, New York
is also a director of the Federal Min
ing and Smelling company, vice pres
ident OF the American Smelling and
Refining company and the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company
Frank w. Hills, New York, is also
director of the American Smelling
and Refining company: the Federal
Mining and Smelling company, and
the Nevada Consolidated Copper COM
pany
George e. Gum, Salt Lake City
has been for many years connected
with the American Smelling and Re-
fning company and allied interests.
Pope Yeatman, New York, direct
or in charge OF mines for both the
Cumberland-E Ely and the Nevada Con
solidatod Copper companies, is also
consulting engineer for a number of
mining companies controlled by the
NJ. Guggenheim Sons, and allied in
terests.
GirouX Consolidated.
The Giroux Consolidated Mines
company is capitalized at 100000
shares, par $5.
The company's holdings at the Ely
camp consist of compact group of
80 claims. or appro lately $50
acres which is now all patented and
held in fee simple. The property Is
two miles in length and from 2000
to 5000 feet in width. II lies be-
TWEEN the property OF the Nevada Con-
solidated Copper company on the
east and that of the Cumberland-Ely
copper company on the west and for
its full length extends along the out
crop of the silicious porphyry dixie in
which are developed the ore bodies
of the district.
Development work is now in pro-
gress at the Giroux, Morris Brooks,
Old Glory and Bunker Hill shafts. all
of which show a good grade of con-
centrating ore. These shafts are all
open to an Approximate depth of 800
feet, where connections are being es-
tablished and development work is
in progress, with view to their sup
plying about 500 tons of ore daily.
The ore output will be hoisted from
two of these shafts, which are to be
equipped with powerful hoisting ma
chinery.
Interest at the moment is largely
centered in the results being obtain
cd from the Alpha vein, upon which
Il shaft has been sunk to depth of
900 feet, without disclosing any
thing in the way of uniform values.
/ Official advices at hand are to the eff
feet that fro mthe bottom of this
shaft a drill has penetrated the for