Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1907-07-26
HUGE UNDERTAKING
AT COPPER. REID
Nevada United COmpang Running g..
OOO.fOOt Tunnel.
Will Tap Large Co per Deposit al
Fifteen Hundred Depth. Mine
Equipped with Air Drills and
Rapid Work Being Done.

A place which it has long been our
intention to visit and to which we
have been invited many times, is
Copper Reid, the scene of operations
of the Nevada United Mining Com.
pany. thirty-three miles southeast of
lovelock in what is known as the
White Cloud district.
Last Friday afternoon "Ye Editor"
laid aside all business cares and start
ed out with Superintendent Sauerbrey
and wife for few days rest and rec.
reation in this busy camp.
II there is anything which requires
financial nerve it is the prosecution
of extensive mining operations. BY
Extensive operations" We mean
those that require the expenditure of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
placing machinery, running tunnels,
building roads through almost impas-
sable CANYONS, and carrying on these
expensive operations month after
month before any returns are expect
ed. Ii is upon such an undertaking
as the above that the Nevada United
company have started. 1t is. what is,
termed taking long shot" at min
ing.
This is not being done in haphaz-
ard way, but OILY after exhaustive
study of the geological formations,
the surface showings and all indica-
tions that would go to prove the ex-
istence of a large mineral deposit.
1t may take years to prove or disap-
prove the theories upon which this
work is based, but ii the large ore
bodies are not there it ia because all
geological laws have been set aside
and all metallurgical signs have fail
ed.
This work is being carried on un-
der the direction of John T. Reid as
general manager and Chas Sauerbrey
as superintendent. About one year
ago they started from the old White
Cloud Smelter sight to build wagon
road through this rugged mountain
canyon To the tunnel sight two miles
above. portable steam boiler was
installed and steam drills used from
Inc start. With these huge masses
If The mountain were thrown into
the Canyon and in seventeen days the
road was completed to the upper
camp.
Then came the moving of buildings
and erecting new ones 81 that now
quite little village glistened in the
moonlight as we rounded the curve
in the canyon last Friday night and
Copper Reid first met our view. A.
mong the buildings We note the low
er bunk house an0 stables, superin-
tendenl's house. boarding house, com
missary ami upper bunk house, on the
left hand, going up the canyon. On
the right hand are the blacksmith
shop. compressor and boiler rooms,
Office and store room, assay office anO
employees building, now occupied b,
blacksmith Clement and family. Be-
sides there are many tents OF EN-
ployees scattered up and down tn.
canyon. There is an abundant supply
of water. it being piped from Springs
TO the different points about camp.
The canyon is quite picturesque.
At the mouth the road is cut along
the side of the cliff for some distance.
then follows the bed Of the broaden
ing canyon, np through camp and to
the wood camp above, where the com
pany have an abundance of wood foi
operating the mine for years to come.
There are employed at the mine con
tinuously from twenty to thirty men.
Five of these men have families so
there is a goodly number of women
and children in camp.
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