The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-02
Water Line to Smelter Will
Be Completed This
Week.--IS Producer.
ORE LINE NEAR FINISH
Grading Will Conclude On l7th'-
Mountain Water Service Reach.
es Veteran-..NeWS Of District.

At the Veteran the working force
has been increased to more than two
hundred men, picked lot of work
men who are carrying things along
in record making time. They are
employed principally on the level at
3S1 feet and in sinking the new four
compartment shaft. This shaft Is
now down from the collar better than
60 feet, excellent progress having
been made. It's depth at completion
of the sinking that is now under way
to the end of putting it in commits
sion for deliveries from the levels of
about 450 feet. From the Man
haitian tunnel winze is being
lowered; it is now down about 80
feet Connection will be made with
this work through an upraise being
carried from the lower level, which
has made about so feet of its way.
1t is expected that connection will
be made about the middle of the
month After that efforts will be
centered on carrying the main shaft
down and timbering it. Ground will
be raised through the old shaft from
the lower workings, completion of
the winze connection enabling this
disposal. A definite date has not yet
been fixed for the completion of the
new shaft but it will be ready for
business some time in January and
will then be one of the finest and
most substantial pieces of work in
the west. Bin and other surface con-
struction work about it, which will
enable rapid and highly economical
delivery of ore to the cars and like
wise excellent delivery of materials
to the shaft, is going ahead vigor-
ously.
12 MILE WATER LINE FINISHED.
One of the most important events
of last week was completion of the
water line to the Veteran from Holt
creek The line is now in commits
sion and is serving water from a
source which is so abundant in sup
ply as to assure that all the needs OF
the Veteran camp will be literally
filled from now on. Not only IS the
supply abundant but the water of the
most excellent mountain character.
It's coming ends the days of water
hauling about the Veteran, which
was necessary in the past and en-
tailed good deal of expense and in
convenience which is now done away
With. Tic new water line is of s
and inch mains. It's length is 12
miles and with the fall it has ena-
bles good fire protection service as
well as filling other needs. Forty
cubic feet per minute is the delivery
at the terminus.
ORE LINE CONSTRUCTION.
During the week the steam shovel
was sent to the smelter side of the
town and has since been engaged on
the high line between Ely City and
the smelter. A force of 60 men are
working with it, the outfit being en-
gagged in perfecting the ballasting of
the line. On the last gap of the eX-
tension to the Veteran mine, at the
upper end of the line, the Corey Con-
struction company, the contractors,
are crowding ahead at all possible
speed. During the week they were
in some of the heaviest rock work on
the road. With this out of the way
they will move rapidly and present
expectation is that they will be, fin
ished with the grading by the 18th OF
the month Track will be very close
behind them. 1t is now down for a
mile and half beyond Copper Flat
From this end of tracklaying it is less
than three-quarters of mile to the
terminus of the line. Chief Engi-
neer Judell yesterday stated that he
felt safe in saying that the tract;
layers would finish practically with
the graders.
SPLENDID PIECE OF WORK.
The ore line is now permanently
ballasted from Copper Flats to Ely
City junction and for this length is
in readiness for any business that
may come up. A job of much excel
lence has been done on the ballast
ing, which is in entire conformity
with the general good judgment and
engineering skill which has beer
used by Manager Cannon of the rail
road and his staff in construction oil
the road. The latter can probably be
said to be the best from standpoint oi
grades, curves and weight OF raj
in the entire west, and for mining
camp road is excelled nowhere in the
country. 1t is doubtful if there i.
another camp in the country that cal
equal this piece of track in construc
ton for safety and economy in opera
tina trayerSing the mountain;