The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-14
PIPE LINE FROM
WARD MOUNTAIN
Giroux Concentrator at Ely
Will Be Provided With AIDE
quate Supply of Water.
Especial to The Herald.)


Ely, New, Oct. 13.-It was learned here
yesterday that during his recent visit to
the district. Joseph L. Giroux, president
of the Giroux Copper company, had made
arrangements to run pipe line from
Ward mountain to the mines at Kimberly,
to supply the Giroux concentration with
an adequate flow of water for all general
purposes.
President GirouX announced at that time
that it was the hope of the company TO
secure all the water that would be need
ed when the Alpha shaft had been sunk
an additional $50 feet.
That these hopes may be realized is the
belief of the management of the property
by reason that the miners have within the
last few days tapped an exceptionally
heavy flow, though they had gone but
few feet deeper than they were when
President Giroux inspected the property
1t is expected that the pipe line from
Ward mountain, work on which has al
ready been commenced. will be COM
pleted within the next six weeks As soon
as the concentration has been started, more
than 800 men will be added to the force
The statements that have been sent out
Of the camp to the effect that miners are
leaving in large numbers is not borne out
by the facts: The Nevada Consolidated
and the Cumberland Ely are both in need
Of men. and there are no idle miners in
the district Advertisements for miners
are being posted in the cafe and hotel
windows about the camp. Only white men
and men of thorough experience are de-
sired.
At the Veteran, owned by the Nevada
Consolidated, the management is driving
a shaft that will be the most complete and
perfect in the state when completed. This
shaft is eight feet by twenty-four feet in
size and will be used as the principal
hoist for all of the Veteran properties.
The shaft has now been driven to
point where the first sets of timbers can
ia hHinzr
done. For the first one hundred feet. a
windlass and within will be used to hoist,
but after that depth has been attained a
steel gallows frame, similar to that on
the Star Pointer. will be installed.
In order to facilitate the completion of
this shaft, an upraise is being forced for
ward as rapidly as possible. As many
men as can be safely crowded into the
work are being used.
The ore line of the Nevada Northern
railroad, designed to convey the ores from
the mines at Kimberly to the smelter at
McGill. is almost completed. Chief En-
gineer A. Judell is forcing this work for
ward as rapidly as possible. working three
shifts of men. The work at night is car
ried on under the glare of arc lights and
search lights. The steam shovels are
working at three points along the line,
and the road viii be ready for use within
the next two weeks.
Track has been laid to point beyond
Copper Flat, and at the flat ore two spurs
the steam shovels that are used in strip
ping the Overburden from the great de-
poSits of copper ore that lie near the sur
face of the Veteran property.
When these shovelS have reached the
ore, the ore will be loaded direct to the
cars. and thence transported to the smell
ters. The scene at the property is one of
greatest activity.
The tracks of the ore line will be com
pleted at the smelteT end, and will enter
the concentration within the next ten days.
Seventy-five pound rails are being used
throughout on the line, and the ballasting
is of the most permanent character The
road is being built to withstand the wear
and tear of the passage of forty-eight
heavy ore trains in each direction daily
The Nevada Northern has ordered nine
powerful locomotives from the factory in
the east, and these are expected to arrive
here within the next few days. They will
be used in the ore lines.
1t is expected that the new 1000-ho
power hoist, the largest in the state
which was ordered several months ago
from Denver. will be delivered here with
in the next few days. This hoist has a
lifting capacity of eight tons per trip. 1t
will be installed in the Ruth shaft. The
weight of the hoist is fifty-five tons. and
the main shaft weighs five tons
Paul B. Place, son of ]. A. Place, for
merly of Salt Lake. who was injured a
short time ago, while employed as a
switchman at Copper Flat has recovered
1t was at first thought that his injuries
would prove serious. The young man was
thrown from his train. falling on the rails
while the train was in motion. BY rare
presence of mind he rolled from the track
and escaped the wheels. He was seriously
bruised, and it was thought that he had
suffered internal INJURIES