The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-15

There arrived in Ely yesterday az
. s,aall group of men who have hi,d
and still have Il powerful interest in
the destinies of Ely and Eastern Ne
vada. These men, by their prophetic
Judgment and by their faith in that
Judgment have taken the initial steps
toward transforming this camp from
IN almost forgotten settlement re-
lnote from railroads and almost bar
rcn OF those features which make a
place habitable. almost destitute OF
those things for which men strive !:
nui . few of The faithful and optim
lslic we're inclined to leave for olher
fields
The steps that these men, and OF
those with whom they are interested
and associated have taken, mark gi'
;antic strides toward industrial pros
pclity and commercial supremacy for
the camp and the district and be-
aid the advent of what to Ely will be
the golden age of development and
progress.
The stops that these men have al
ready taken, while they have not
much moro than outlined the pro
posed work and DEVELOPMENT, have
uwah ened the camp 1, ON letlart:y
ana have given ii a taste of the new
life of activity and progress that lies
jusl ahead.
Those men who have done so rttch
for ELY and who are planning to do
so much more are S. W. Eccles. w. b.
Thontbson George q. Gum, Stephen
Birch. w j: Palmer. Frank c. Arm
strong and w. S. Mccormick.
Interests of Visitors.
S. Y Eccles is the president of the
Nevada Northern railroad which con-
meets Ely and The entire mining dis
lrict with the Southern Pacific rail
road NJ Cobre and gives communities
tion and transportation facilities 10
the outside world He is also presi
DEM OF the Steptoe Valley Smelling
company which is building the efeal-
est and largest smelling plant in the
world ut McGill. - miles from Els,
where thousands of men will be en-
ployed sithin lie next few years, and
where The smelling. of the ores Irom
the mines in this @disirict will give
employment 10 thousands of miners
at the mines where but a few hf.n
dred are now employed
Anoi her company which Mr.. Ecc 9
heads IS The Cumberland Ely Copper
company. ore of the largest mining
companies in the state, and in when
The powerful financial interests of tEe
Gugsenheims are directed. He is
also a director in the Nevada Cor
solidated Copper company anothef
institution in which The Gnggenheins
are Interested.
William b. Thompson is vice pres
idenj Of the Cumberland Ely Copper
company. director in the Nevada Con-
solidated Copper company, and has
many other local interests.
George e. Gum is a director of ehe
Cumberland Ely Copper company and
one of the original prophets of the
greatness of Ely's mineral deposits
Steven Birch, director in CHIEF ol
the Guggenheim copper interests ~
the Copper river country in Alaska
with headquarters at the BonanZH
mine. owned by these interests. He
is recognized as one of the creates
living authorities on copper and cop
per ores.
W. j. Palmer is president of tht
Ely Townsite company and all of lis
subsidiary companies. He is wei
known here because of active wolf
done here in the interest of that com
pany.
Frank C. Armstrong is associated
with Mr.. Thompson.
William S. Mccormick is one of rht
victorian bankers of Salt Lake, ana tht
president of Mccormick & Co, one o
the largest privaV, banks west of tht
Mississippi river. He is also direc
tor Of the American Smelling and Re
fininp company, largely interested il
local enterprises including th'
Cumberland Ely Copper company ant
the Nevada Consolidated Copper com
pany He is director in the Firs
National bank of Ely, and acccmpa
nied tna part from Salt Lake
President E.ccles Satisfied.
The work al the mines, amelter
and coAcentratora is progressing VIZ!
when weather and labor condition
are taken into consideration, sal
President s y flcclea 10 the Whit
Pine News when seen in the car Dee
anic 4 short time after the arrival o
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