The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-21
HAMILTON MINES TO
SHIP THROUGH ELY
MANAGER OF YOUNG TREASURE
SAYS THIS CAMP Is GATE.
WAY TO SHELTERS.

E. j. McEllin, manager of tn
Young Treasure mine at Hamilton
was in Ely yesterday for the purpos
OF purchasing lumber and timber TO
use In and about the mine, and t,
secure, If possible. miners to accom-
pany him to the property, upon whicl
extensive development work Is bein,
done.
The Young Treasure is now ship
ping ninety tons of high-grade Leaf
and silver ore to the Salt LAX,
smelters each month. The ore aver
ages from 6S to ~ per cent lead
carrying from "a to 80 ounces o.
silver. This output could be quad
rupled, If men could be secured Il
handle the ores from the mine
Manager McEllin also took up the
matter, while here, of securing mer
and teams to handle the ores from
the mine to Ely. He says that the
haul to the smelters by way of Eu.
reka. is expensive by reason of the
fact that the ores must he trans
ferred from the narrow gauge Eureka
Il Palisades cars, to the standard
gauge cars on the Southern Pacific
Delays are also encountered by rea-
son of the transfer, and when Ely
Is made the point of outlet, these
difficulties are overcome.
When means of transportation to
Ely can be had, the output of the
entire Hamilton and White Pine dis.
tricts will come through this camp
and be loaded here
The greatest difficulty encountered
by the operators of that section is
the shortage of labor of all classes.
AS soon as the average miner
gets a stake of 500 or even less,
at times" said Mr.. McEllin, "he
strikes out to hunt for a mine of
his own. The average foreign miner
Is satisfied with today's earnings and
the prospect of job tomorrow With
the American miner 1t is different.
He looks away into the future, and
while 1t sometimes works hardship
on the operator, this class of men,
in the long run does far more for a
district, community and state,
than the foreign miner. by reason
of his discoveries and the opening
of new wealth producing mines.
THE Hamilton district is in the
most prosperous condition that 1t has
been for many years. There are per-
haps fifty miners on regular pay
rolls, but there would be four times
that number If the men could he pro-
cured.
There is a great deal of activity
among prospectors in the district
The mineralized belt is at least seven
miles in length, extending from two
miles north of the Black Rock and
Jennie A. Mining companies ground
southward to Cathedral canyon.
THE ores are all high grade leads,
occurring in true fissure veins three
of which are distinctly marked on
the surface, and can be readily traced
for long distances. These veins
widen and strengthen with depth,
the ore bodies increasing In size and
sOlidity,
IS. h. Hunts find Is proving to be
big one, combining the carbonate
and galena forms of lead. The size
of their vein is not determined yet,
they having uncovered eight feet of
ore from the hanging wall, but not
having located the foot wall
THE operators are paying good
wages, $3.50 per day; all the mines
are dry; board, as good as can be
had in any camp is 81 per day. with
the miners having the privilege of
boarding themselves; but even with
these conditions the mine operators
cannot get men.
Business conditions In the camp
are better than they have been for
ten years and every indication points
to new era of prosperity for the
entire district"
Manager McEllin will return to
hamilton today.