Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-31
Big SmeiteT in Ely District Goes Into Commission with a Complement of Skilled
 Operatives
THE RESULTS IN SAVING
 SAID TO BE EXCELLENT
MCGiII Section of ConCentratorS WiE Now Work Twenty
 Four Hours a Day
lSDeciai to tna Rerfew.l

WI ELY, NeE., Aay 30.-Commencing
 Wednesday night. the concentrator
 section of the Steptoe plant at Me Gill which will operate exclusively on
 Nevada Consolidated ores, went into commission with a full complement
 of skilled operatives in charge and henceforth the plant will operate reg ularly 24 hours each day on output
 from the enormous deposit of min
 eral at Copper Flat
 Until yesterday, daily runs on large shipments from the mines have
 been made for the purpose of bring
 ing operation of the ponderous ma
 chinery down to the finest possible
 degree of efficiency to end of maxi mum ot saving of metals
 With making of proper adjustment and peIfecting of slight additions anu changes. the completed unit Of the concentrator was on Friday placed in readiness for giving of word for regular 24 hour daily running, and every arrangement having also been perfected for adequate production and shipment of minerals from the mines, the command was given Wed resday.
 Not only will the section hereaf- ter continue steady 24-hour daily treatment CF Nevada Consolidated ores but operation of the second sec ton will also from now on be carried along OH Cumberland Ely output dur ing the greater portion of each work ing day. All arrangements for sup plying sufficient amount of ore from Cumberland Ely to maintain full op- eration Of the section reserved for product from the Veteran mine are nearing completion and are now so lar advanced that a Few short weeks at most will witness regular daily 24- hour running of the entire first unit
 Announcement Of the above will be received with high degree of satis- faction and pleasure by all interest ed in advancement of the whole Ely district, as well as stockholders in the allied companies. It means one more important step taken for en- Tichment Of every interest in the dis trict and enhancement in the Way oi large dividends not far hence to the many shrewd investors who are holders of Nevada Consolidated and Cumberland Ely stocks.
 Treatment oF ores at the SteDtoe cOncenratOr has been productive of highly agreeable results. Thorough testing has proved efficiency of the pIaEt 10 q degree placing the works in superior rank of any operating anywhere. Of the values in metals contained in minerals from the Vete- ran and Copper Fiat a percentage of saving is made in treatment at the SteptOe plant in excess of what was anticipated from first operations Working on the near surface ores from Copper Flat, excellent results have been obtained and it is q Ger tainty that as the big steam shOyelS reach greater depth much higher val ues will develop. Treatment of Cumberland Ely ores has been most gratifying, sampling of concentrates thus far produced giving much better returns than were expected.
 Thus final developments, which are now crowding one upon the other. give proof of the big things that have been predicted in carry ing forward of the mammoth under takings at mines and reduction works under management of the al lied companies. Nowhere in the his tory of copper mining have so ex- tensive plans ever been undertaken. nor is there record Of so large sue cess as is now assured and which will soon be accomplished as in the enterprises in this dis uict now nearing their final aims.