Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-01-25

1880 - 81 DOuln ia. /
He accompanies Orem and his asso-
ciates to Y~erington with a view Of ex-
aiming the district, passing upon the
Nevada-Douglas and Ludwig prop
critics and preparing a report which,
II is believed will eventually result
in interesting wealthy English mining
men in the Yerington district.
Ginot is a wealthy lumber mar of
Maine. He is interested in the Orem
enterprise.
Neither the price Of copper nor
the recent depression has affected our
plans in the least" said Orem last
night. "Our work has gone ahead
without a stop, We are now going
into Yerington to prepare for a big
years work. The first thing that will
be done will be the building of a rail
road from our properties at Yering-
ton to the main line of the Southern
Pacific at Wabuska. We have been
sampling our ores and experimenting
with different processes for the treat
ment of our ores for some time and |
believe we will soon be able to begin
work on the first installment of our
smelter. 1t will be on the Smithy
Valley side Of the mountain, an ideal
location for the plant and in a place
where the farming interests will not
suffer. To begin with the plant will
have a capacity of treating 500 tons
OF ore per day.
In addition to this work will be
pushed on our properties. 1t is our
intention to have these improvements
well under way if not completed and
in operation before the end of the
present year.
THE report OF Mr.. Jennings on the
Nevada-D Douglas and the Ludwig
properties shows that We have not
: less than 10000, 900 IONS OF copper
ore carrying 3 per cen values and at
least 1905 900 tons carrying 10 per
, cent in copper. This is enough to
keep our smelters going for the next
=, three generations and yet we do not
j., know how much ore OF higher grade
, we have. For instance, recently OF
, the 550-foot level of the Douglas W.
. drifted 80 feet I'm solid ore and cross.
cut It for q feet in ore all the time
This ore goes SO per cent in copper
and the quantity blocked u in thii
small amount of development worl
carries copper values at o thar
: s75O.O0O.
Copper is one of the staple metals
OF the world. Civilization is not go
= ing back and while it marches for
ward copper will be the most sought
for OF the common minerals. ] be
ieve we are now on the eve OF a
. electrical era. The steam locomotiv
is passing; electricity is taking 1t
place and where coal and fire an
steel and steam are now used t
:. move the commerce of the worlt
= copper wires and electricity will 500
- rule and as rapidly as it does SO wi
the use Of copper increase,
~ Not half the world as yet know
of the power of electricity and use
" copper in the transmission of tn
= mysterious fluid. AS an example ON
!, one or two places in all OF Chin
~ with It's millions of inhabitants al
miles of territory know the CONVEX
ence of travelling on an electric car
talking through a telephone.
when copper was &c cents
20 Mound no one could find a substitu
en- for it. This insures a certain DENIAL
ry' for it. The present price will not
.el' main long. There is certain TO be
rise. but not as high as before.
ips will probably remain between 10 a
ors l6 cents. Al this price there is
al good fair profit for the mine own
ons "Yerington is one of the great
TIC %copper districts in the world. Wh
YOU take into consldefatlou the -
nee that the great copper producers n
have been paying immense diyideI
mp for years past on copper ore aver'
ing scarcely more than one per &c
oVi- YOU will realize that Yerington W
on its 10 per cent copper will excel
10 of them
ten This is my first visit 10
her states" said Mr.. Williamson. !
born at johannesburg, and dur
yos' my engineering there met a mum
wa of Nevadans. Naturally became
ute terested in their home State and h
10 always been anxious to visit n
I'D We are going in now TO examine
Yerington district, but until c
plete my Investigations am MOI
a position to give you any idea
ron what | think of the copper depo