The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-09
Mr.. YEATMAN ON
SHELTER WORKS
Managing Director Of Big Three
Leaves for New York Well
Pleased With Progress.
CONCRETE PROBLEM
Company Will Manufacture Build
ing Material From Sand and Lime
Made and Mixed at McGill.

Pope Yeatman, managing director of
the Nevada Consolidated and Cumber-
land-Ely Copper Companies, leaves for
the East this morning well satisfied
with conditions at the mines and at Nc
Gill, where work is progressing upon the
great smel.er and concentrator of the
two companies. Mr.. Yeatman goes to
New York to meet Joseph Gazzam,
with whom he has been associated for
nearly thirty years and who has been
appointed general manager of the New
ada Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely
companies.
81 expect to return to Ely with Mr..
Gazzam before the end of January"
Mr.. Yeatman said to News reporter.
"By that time considerable progress
will have been made in the execution
of the plans already formulated and
Mr.. Gazzam will have a good start in
his work
Mr.. Yeatman has set rapid pace
for the members of his staff during his
sojourn at the Smelter Site. At the
same time he has made the men feel
that he is one of them and the esprit of
the organization, consequently, has i'm
proved in marked degree.
One of the problems solved by Mr..
Yeatman related to concrete for foun-
dation work. After looking over the
ground he decided that lime could be
manufactured nearby the Smelter Site.
A kiln now is in operation which will
supply the company's needs and sand
of very good quality will be taken
from pit at McGill's Siding.
1--WE will have plenty of good con-
crete" Mr.. Yeatman said. "A spur
is being run into the sand pit now and
one of the two steam shovels which
have arrived will be used in delivering
it into cars for transportation to the
smelter."
Mr.. Yeatman has found the work of
grading comparatively easy, notwith-
standing the season, which it was
thought might interfere with this
work.
1.-The soil at the Smelter Site" he
said, "is dry and little affected by cold
weather. If it does not get too cold
for the men to be out, grading will pro-
ceed without interruption, with the aid
of steam shovels. In fact, we intend
to rush the construction work along in
all branches. A commodious warehouse
is under way for the storage of ma
chinery, grading is nearly finished for
the machine shop, we are ready to put
in the blacksmith shop and the graders
now are engaged in preparing for the
construction of the concentrating plant
and power house. Concrete for the car
shops will be available in few days."
The spur of the Nevada Northern
Railroad, which was constructed some
what hastily from McGills Siding, is
being rebuilt and made permanent so
that heavy traffic can be handled to the
Smelter Site. A vast amount of ma
chinery and lumber has already been
delivered, but Mr.. Yeatman says this
is merely a beginning. In reply to
question he stated that from 200 to 300
carloads of structural steel would be
used in the construction vf the first
unit of the big. plant The contract
for furnishing this material has been
awarded to Milliken Bros. of New York
and the American Bridge Company,
How is work progressing at the
mines?" Mr.. Yeatman was asked.
Very satisfactorily" he replied.
"Ihree churn drills have been delivered
for use in exploratory work. Two of
these will be sent to the Nevada Con-
soldated and one to the Jupiter group
of the Cumberland-E Ely"
One of the churn drills passed
through Ely yesterday afternoon under
its own steam, enroute to the Nevada
Consolidated mines. The other will be
delivered by the same crew as speedily