The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
NEVADA-DoUGLAs COPPER COMPANY

Nevada Douglas now occupies the
unique position of being the leading
Producing copper mine of Nevada 9th
er copper properties in that state pos
sess great merit, but this one shines
forth among them all as being de-
stined. within a very short time. TO be-
come one of the ranking copper mines
of the United States. This much was
predicted by the writer more than a
year ago, and not the slightest thing
has happened to furnish ground for a
modification Of this opinion. On the
contrary, the result OF the past years
development work has only strength
ened the conviction that Nevada-Doug-
las is entitled to a position near the
head OF the list
There is no better way to tell the
story than glance at the shipment rec
ords. These speak for themselves, and
anyone familiar with mining affairs
will readily observe that there are very
few mines. anywhere in the world that
can make a better showing, grade of
ores considered. The company has
made no attempt at getting out ton
rage and shipping it to the smelter for
treatment. 1t has been the policy OF
the present management TO develop the
mine: to prepare it for greater cam
paign in the future, and for that rea-
son only such ore as has been encoun-
tered in the natural course of develop
ment has been sent TO the furnaces.
Not a ton has been broken down In the
slopes and forwarded to the furnaces.
Thirty cars, or an av erage of six a
month, were sent out during the five
months ending on the 18th inst, and
the net profits to the company ran bet
ter than 81 900 a carload. The product
came principally from the Ludwig di-
vision of the property, which was pur-
chased during the present year and
added to the holdings of the corpora
ticn. In addition to the thirty cars
mentioned, was one lot of copper pre-
cipitates running ~ per cent.
Owing to the fact that shipments
have been made to smelling plants sit
u6ted at a considerable distance from
the mine, no attempt has been made to
extract ores containing less than 10
per cent copper. Ordinarily. 10 per cent
copper ore would be considered high
grade and, with facilities for treat
ment near at hand, it is. In the Ne
Nada-Douglas mine are many millions
of tons ofsOre containing from to 10
per cent copper. hence it is not d diff
cult matter to figure cut what posi-
bilities the future has in store for this
great mine, when the company shall
have installed its own smelling equip
ment.
Thus steadily the Nevada Douglas is
making its way to fame upon its merit.
The officials of the company have rea-
son to be proud of the record made,
and they are enthusiastic in anticipa-
ton of the greater things promised for
the future.
Nevada-Douglas was launched with
the view of making il a great mining
enterprise, and one guarantee of
this is the fact that it was placed be-
fore the public by the we'll known firm
of A. ]. Orem & Co. of so State street,
Boston, and Auerbach block, Salt Lake
City. The success of the. Nevada
Douglas enterprise will go down in his
tory as one of the crowning achieve
ments of the house of Orem. Through
their energy the Nevada-DougIas mine
has become one of the best known
properties in the country, and Orem's
Weekly Bulletin, a publication sent
free to all who are interested in min
ing, has done much to advertise the
mineral resources of the state situWed
between California and Utah.
Property Divided.
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