The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
ELY MINES RICHER
THAN WAS THOUGHT
Colonel Treweek Sees Greater
Future Than Experts at
First Predicted.
ELY CON. WORKING
SHOWS FINE VALUES
Yerington District Easily Will
Become Great Red Metal
Mining Camp.

That Salt Lake talent and money is
bringing another splendid copper prop
erty into ideal shape for future use
fulness, and ono that is now being
more and more appreciated here and
in the East, was vouched for Monday
by Col Y. Treweek, who returned
Monday from Ely and Ycriugton. Col.
oncl Treweek was more than pleased
with the Ely Consolidated develop
ments, the property IN question. and he
states that the present showing be-
ing made at depth arc more than con
vlncing prof Of the greater possibIll-
ties of the Ely zone from copper
content standpoint than was originally
considered by mining engineers who
visited the camp early in Its history
The Colonel stated:
"Regarding the Ely Consolidated
company, whose large acreage adicins
the Nevada Consolidated property, ]
will say that the company is going TO
depths in its various workings as fast
as men and money can do the work.
The company is driving three shafts.
and efforts have so far becu rewarded
that the Brilliant shaft is now in
body of heavy sulphlde copper ores that
viii average 3 per cent. and 81 in gold
TO the ton. In the western works of
500 feet west of the Star Pointer
shaft OF the Nevada Consolidated COM
pany, the management Is in ore that
runs extremely high. This simply goes
TO show that the fame and usefulness
Of Ely are not dependent solely upon
low grade ores.
This was my second visit to Ely,
and my opinions, formed eight or nine
months ago regarding that district,
have only been confirmed by this trip.
1T is exceedingly difficult TO draw any
now in the Ely mines. 1t has been "A
question among mining engineers
whether or not the naturalization would
extend deeply. AS far as l am con-
cerncd, although the question may yet
be said to be unsolved. [ am willing
TO tako the affirmative side. Various
opinions have been advanced regarding
the width of the zone, but from the
present showings it would be difficult
matter to say whether or not the zone
is one, two or three miles distant.
There has been great Improvement
in every way since my last visit.
~ spent two days looking over
some Of the properties in Yerington. ]
wish to say that I felt proud of Salt
Lake and her magnificent mining talent
for the great work they are now doing
in Yerington. The camp is indebted
to Utah mining talent for what it
is today. After going over the Mason
Valley, the Ycrington Malachitc and
others, and studying the geological
conditions, J am convinced that there
will be a number of splendid copper
producers born there, and that with
depth large sulphide copper bodies will
be found. Ycrington is an ideal mining
section, with an abundance Of water
for concentration purposes.
" At Wabuskh | saw cars after cars
of freight bound for d erington and her
mines, most of it being perishable
freight at that, but with no very prom
Using prospect of reaching it's destina.
tion any time soon. When one sees
the mines of the camp, and sees the
possibilities, even present needs and
with the conviction that it would be an
with the coviction that it would be an
exceptionally good business proposition
for the Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pauy To extend their line from Wa
buska TO Yerington. Tho distance is
something like ID miles, and the grades
easy, Such n road would not cost to
exceed 100000 per mile in building. To
extend this little branch would be to
bring facilities to a section whose pres
cnt showings go to demonstrate that in
time 1T will be second to nome