The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-14
PROGRESS At
LOCAL MINES
Work Started Again in All Shafts
of the Mcdonald.
Ely.
MINES USING MUCH TIMBER
GirouX Consolidated Has Made Trial
Run of Concentrator With
Good Results.

Reports from the local mines are
to the effect that large forces OF
men are engaged in developing the
properties. Work has been started
again in all the shafts of the Nc
Donald-Ely after having been partly
closed down for about two weeks. A
60 h. p. boiler and pump have been
delivered upon the property and ii
is the intention to open up bodies at
a slightly greater depth. This COM
pany is the only one known, with the
exception of the GirouX, that is us
ing air drills.
Seven drill compressors have been
fitted up at the old Robust mill,
where they have had steam plant
already installed.
1t is understood that the Success
mines which are under the same
management, are looking fine. These
mines are controlled by Salt Lake
and Ely parties.
siderable round timber being deliv-
cred to the mines from the Duck
creek country as we'll as from Step
toe. 1t is much cheaper for the COM
panies to buy lnlnd stulls than to
use dimensioned lumber. At one
time there was saw mill in the vi
cinity of the Success mine, and it is
from this district that most of the
stulls are being hauled.
The Chairman Consolidated Cop
per company is now prosecuting
having finished all shaft sinking to
the water level, where they found
heavy sulphides. They are connect
ing the Joana shaft and the Chain
man shaft with the Aultman, where
there is large deposit of iron ore.
This ore will save the shipment of
such ore from distant points as it
is muchly needed for fluXing pur-
poses.
From the Chairman shaft they are
prosecuting to what is known as
the old copper winze, where some
very high grade copper ore was en-
countered at the time the old Chain
man company was working the prop
erty. AT the time the old company
was working this property they had
gold in view and did not prospect
for copper. Large bodies of gold
ore were opened up but the treatment
in the mill was not entirely satiSfac-
tory and the property was finally
closed down.
There is on the ground at the
present time a great deal of machin-
cry that will come in useful There
are sufficient pumps to handle the
water, together with large air COM
pressOr, which can run a number of
drills There are also some valuable
crushers, rollers, tables and large
cyanide tanks in the mill.
They are still continuing the work
in two of the shafts of the Federal
Ely property. In one they have a
good formation and indications of a
fine ore body. In the other shaft
has been found considerable carbon
ate ore and at t1e proper depth will
undoubtedly strike some good sui
phides.
In ones travels up Robinson can
yon some new stakes painted red,
white and blue attract attention. The
average person would judge that new
work was going on. 1nese claims,
however, are the old Mckinley group
and the stakes have recently been
painted. A we'll versed mining man
stated that ii all properties had
stakes painted in such a manner it
would not be so hard for visiting
mining men to tell upon what ground
they were on.
The Cumberland Ely at Lane City
is rushing work on the Wedge shaft
and some very good ore is being
hoisted. The Veteran camp of the
Cumberland Ely shows more signs
of life every day and the writer saw
some of the best ore on the dump
tat he has found at any time during
his travels among the local prop
critics. They have started several
raises and wines to determine the
thickness of the ore body, which is
not vet a certainty. In very few
days the large buildings for the men
will be ready for occupancy. The Of
fees have been established in one of
the new buildings.
The GirouX Consolidated company
has made a trial run in the large
concentrator and have, as is usually
the case, some small changes to make
which will take ten days or two
weeks. From the men who worked
in the mill during the trial run re-
ports are made of good savings of
copper in the concentrates.
They are using the mine water for
concentrating purposes and a COM
plete line of pipes has been run from
different shafts to the concentrator
The new hoist plant has also been
given trial run and from now on
the Giroux will have all the electric
power necessary to run the pumps
and also for lighting purposes. They
have two drills at work and have
followed the policy of the Cumber-
land Ely by sinking drill holes, tap
ping and prosecuting, thereby af-
fording a good circulation of air and
also determining the extent of some
of the ore bodies.
Two companies are working south
west from the GirouX and are pro-
viding some interesting problems as
tA Tho aytopt of tho pnrphVry