Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-24
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CAMP OF ELY

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,,isit the various mines, developed
and undeveloped. AS n rides up
tho rugged canyon leading to Kim
nerley, the first property e is the
ucponald Ely. Everything about the
ala Robust mine, n of the Oldest
in the district, shows life and activity
an every hand. The Keystone shaft
Il still in sulphides, but water is
somewhat retarding development.
Superintendent Mcdonald has the
water we'll in hand, however, and
does not expect much trouble. Water
Indications r showing in the Mill
shaft but a pump is all ready to put
in in case water makes trouble.
The Chairman, just above, is max
ing good progress in the Joanna
shaft and the hoist beside the road is
steamed up and taking waste ma.
terlal from the bottom by the bucket.
The Chairman is working in ground
that presents n~attering indications
for soon reaching a bed Of upper
that will make the Chairman one of
the best properties in the district be-
fore long. General Manager McGill
is going about the task of finding con-
per in a way that can mean but one
thing and that Is success.
The Star Pointer.
The Star Pointer four-compart-
ment shaft will be one Of the finest
pieces Of work in Robinson district
as soon as completed. A solid con-
crete foundation has been laid on the
surface and a steel structural frame
for hosting machinery is being built.
The structure is 100 feet high and IS
as complete as a hosting plant can
be made. The shaft will be n of
the largest in the world when COM
plete, II is expected that the hoist
will be finished within the next thirty
days and will be in full commission
doini the work 1t is intended to do.
A big force of men is at work In put
ting up the immense steel frame. The
Star Pointer is also working In
ground near the Ruth and many min
es are engaged in developing the
mine, The whole plant will be run
by electric power.
The Nevada Northern has about
completed its spur from the main
line to the Star Pointer shaft, only
about twenty-five feet of grading be.
ing necessary to finish that part of
the work. The trestle across the
canyon near the shaft has been COM
pleted and the rails have been laid.
Sixteen houses have been construct
ed, Including a large boarding house
and a bunk house, and the scene on
the surface around the Star Pointer
Is a busy one. Had n predicted ten
years ago that the day would ever
come when a railroad would wend it's
way through the rocky gorge and that
freight cars from many states bear
ing the brand" of the Alton, the Chi
eago, Burlington G. Quincy. the
Nlckle Plate and many other roads,
transporting timbers into Robinson
canyon to be used to develop one of
'he greatest copper beds the world
naS ever seen, he would undoubtedly
nave been pronounced a fit subject
tut the bug house" and would un.
doubtedly have been locked up fcs
'unaey' Yet 1t has come to pass and
uore' The railroad has come and In
a lew months the line will be full of
ore trains running every fifteen min
u'es IN every tw~enty-four hours OF
'ne DAY from Kimberley to the smell
'r at McGill. One can visit no sec
.on OF the United States where there
= greater activity in evidence than
''ay De seen in Robinson canyon.
The American.
The American shaft on the Ely
consolidated ground Is at present
'ue' and the work of development
uas oeen transferred to other parts of
Tue Ely Con. holdings.
The Ruth.
at the Ruth, one of the Nevada
consolidated properties, upraising is
,'oauiiy going on under the Ruth
Jump n the upraise contains many
Of tons of 2 per cent cop
per ore When mined the ore will be
"V' uown the upraise to a tunnel
,nVuhecting the Ruth workings with
- o'ar Pointer where 1t will be /
1'eu 10 the surface through the
compartment shaft and be load
INTO Nevada Northern ore ears for
"sportation to the smelter, poles
~ 'ne line having been set between
wy smelter and Hercules Gap. All
ee iorce of men is employed on
me and work is being pushed az
''p'uly as possible.
Copper Flat.
copper Flat the boarding house
hV n 49,.