The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-29

Charles b. Strecker, president of
the Commercial Financial Press as
ISOLATION and publisher of the Boston
Financial News, and James Rascovar,
president of the New York News Blu
reau, in company with LEV Hnmph-
reys, mining engineer, of Salt Lake
City, spent yesterday at the mines of
Nevada Consolidated Cumberland
Ely and the coppermines companies.
When the gentlemen returned to
: East Ely in the evening on a special
train which they used during the day
in going to the several properties,
they expressed themselves as highly
pleased with what they had seen. Mr..
Humphreys, who is a visitor to the
camp every few months, noted steady
progress with work and steadily
growing results in the form of more
and more ore made ready for extrac-
tion. Mr.. Rascovar and Mr.. Strecker,
whose first visit 1t was to these prop
critics, were pleased to say that they
had seen much more than they had
expected, which, by reason of their
very wide reading acquaintance with
the mining properties of the country,
means very much.
THE greatest copper camp in the
country is growing up here said
Mr.. Strecker, land realizing the inn
mense things ahead | shall certainly
keep in much closer touch with the
Ely district in the future than | have
in the past. We have had what we
considered fair idea In the east of
the enormous propositions of the Ely
district, but personal visit and in
speetion with ones own eyes is neces-
sary to proper conception of the vast
ore resources of your producing prop
critics.
Copper Flat impresses us as the
greatest copper proposition, from the
standpoint of both ore resources and
natural advantages enabling unlim-
tied steam shovel extraction at MINI
mum cost. that there is in the world,
and the way the work is being car
ried on there IL will not be long un-
til the Flat will be operating TO splen-
did advantage It Is wonderful
property. surpassed nowhere within
my knowledge. The Veteran mine of
1uiH Ely anu THO ANuiu Iifnt
of Nevada Consolidated also come in
for our earnest admiration. They are
great copper properties"
Mr.. Rascovar enthusiastically en-
dorsed the remarks of Mr.. Strecker.
Today the gentlemen will visit Smelt-
er. where they will go over the sew
eral plants of the Steptoe Valley
Smelling returning to the Steptoe ho-
tel in East Ely this evening. Follow
ing their inspection of the reduction
works and gathering first handed IN
formation as TO the excellent results
attending operations there. they will
be better able 10 form final opinion
of the camp, when they will have
more to say with regard to II.
Mr.. Strecker has long enjoyed wide
prominence In association with min
ing interests of the country through
his publishing activities in Boston.
The Financial News of which he is
the publisher. enjoys the confidence
of the investing public and of the
mining people of the country, hav-
ing attained high standing through
the conservative manner of its con-
duet and the reputation for indepeno-
enee and reliability which Ii has es-
tablshed in its several departments
devoted TO financial and industrial
matters. Mr.. Rascovar, as publisher
of the New York News Bureau. has
built up similar reputation for that
paper, particularly in connection with
railroad investment matters. Recent
" he determined to widen the scope
of the News Bureau TO include min
ing and will in future deal thorough
1y with the coppers. II Is for the pur-
pose of gaining personal acquaintance
with the big properties Of the coun-
try that he is on the present trip
with Mr.. Strecker. who is out for
himself to learn actual conditions
and prospects In the large copper
camps. The gentlemen came here
from Bingham and other Utah camps,
previous to which they had visited
Colorado and Montana camps. From
here they will go to San Francisco,
where they will be the guests of NJ
H. DE Young. publisher of the Chron-
icle, for a few days and then pro-
coed to Arizona to visit Bisbee, Globe
and possibly other copper camps be-
fore returning east.