The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-20
From Monday 5 Daily.

mere lTIlNGu Ii LILY NVSb~ANaJ 49,
ternoon on the private car Oceanic
snail group of men who have nad
and still have a powerful interest In
the destinies of Ely and Eastern Ne
yada. These men. by their prophetic
Judgment and by their faith In that
tudgment have taken the initial steps
toward transforming this camp from
IN almost forgotten settlement re-
note from railroads and almost bar
ren OF these features which make a
place habitable, almost destitute of
these things Tor which men strive;
ma with 50 little OF promise that all
III = few of he faithful and opium
1,tic were inclined to leave for other
fields.
The steps that these men, and of
these With whom they are interested
ara associatod have taken, mark 81
cantic strides toward industrial pros
rority and commercial supremacy FOL
the camp and re district and he!'
aid the adveat of what to Ely will be
the golden aza Of development and
progress
The steps mat these men have al
ready taken. while they have not
much more than outlined the pro-
posed work ana Development, have
awakened the camp from letharay
and have given it a taste of the ncw
life of activity and progress that lies
Just ahead
These men ~ no have done so rt@rn
for Ely, and who are planning TO do
SO much more are S W Eccles, w. b.
Thompson George Z. Gum. Stephen
Birch. ". j. Palmer. Frank C. Arm
strong and ". S Mccormick.
Interests of Visitors.
S. W. Eccles is the president of the
Nevada Northern railroad which con-
meets ELY and the entire mining dis
trict with the Southern Pacific rail
road at Cobre and gives communica-
ton and transportation facilities TO
the outside world He is also presi
dent of the Steptoe Valley Smelling
company which is building the great-
est and largest smelling plant in the
world at McGin L miles from Fly,
where thousands of men will be en-
ployed within the next few years, and
where the smelling of the ores from
the mines in this district will give
employment to thousands of miners
at the mines where but a few ht.r-
dred are now employed
Another company which Mr.. Fec IS
heads is the Cumberland Ely Copper
company, one Of the largest mining
companies in he state, and in which
the powerful 1aaneial interests of he
Guggenheims are directed He is
also a director in the Nevada Con
solidated Copper company. another
institution in which the Guggenheims
are interested
William 3. Thompson is vice pres
ident of the Cumberland Ely Copper
company, director in the Nevada Con-
solidated Copper company, and has
many other local interests.
George Z. Gum is director of Ehe
Cumberland Ely Copper company and
one of the original prophets of the
greatness OF Elys mineral deposits.
Steven Birch, director in chief Of
the Guggenheim copper interests II
The Copper river country in Alaska,
with headquarters at the Bonan2s
mine, owned by these interests. He
is recognized IS one of the greates
living authorities on copper and COP
per ores.
". ]. Palmer is president of the
Ely Townsite company and all of IT.
subsidiary companies. He Is vol
known here because Of active VOL
lone here IN the interest of that com
pany
Frank C. Armstrong is associated
with Mr.. Thompson.
William s. Mccormick is one of the
veteran bankers OF salt Lake, and TIL
president Of Mccormick & Co., one O
the largest private banks west of tlc
Mississippi river He is also a dIrec-
Tor Of the American Smelling and Re
dning company, largely Interested
local Enterprises including the
Cumberland Ely Copper company and
The Nevada Consolidated Copper com
pany. He is q director in the First
National bank OF Ely. and accompa
MED the party from Salt Lake.
President Eccles Satisfied.
The work at the mines, smelters
and COMMENTATORS is progressing well
when weather and labor conditions
are taken into consideration, said
President S. w. Eccles to the White
Pine News when seen in the car Oce-
anic short time after the arrival of
the party yesterday afternoon.
Our company feels that all of this
work is in The hands of the ablest
men in the business. | refer to POPE
Yeatman, managing director, and 9o-
seph E. Cazzam, general manager OF
the smelter and mines.
"Tbeee men are placing the most
,todeln type OF shelters End concen-
tratols in the world at this place, and
whom these smelters are opened It
NciU make Elv a second Butte.