The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-08

| tremendously with the softer browns
| OF the iron-stained overburden. while
| the green of verdured hills lends a
contrast TINT pleascs the eye i'm
mensely. The whole landscape is SO
! different from the eastern and south
ern parts OF the state as TO impress
one with tho idea that he is not in
the same region OF porpbyry ard 9TH
er eruptives.
! Nothing Like II in America.
One can make the journey without
the slightest Inconvenience. stepping
! from the train at the very entrance TO
the vast pit at Copper Flat or within
stones throw of the Giroux. But
a better, more comprehensive grasp oil
the extent of the district Is TO be de-
! rived by a circuitous trip. via the
Ruth and Star Pointer mines of the
Nevada Consolidated. both of which
are vast properties. with millions OF
tons of high-grade copper ore blocked
| out in reserve; then across the Cop
| per Flat section of the camp and
across the Central, Giroux and on
west ward TO the Cumberland Ely. Az
| ter hearing the remarkable extent of
the ore-bearing zone described tcrsely
! by one of the employees Mt the Copper
Flat | was ready to believe most any
thing. Without the slightest evidence
of an intent TO ovcrdo the thing, he
said:
There's nothing like 1t IN the coun-
| try You sec over that way" point
Ing 10 the southeast. Its all copper
for a mile and half at least. Then,
out to the north. east and west, AS
far as you can see the whole country
is underlaid with ore deposits. When
they get, through mining the copper
beds there are great bodies to be TAX
EN- from the Ruth. Star Pointer. Vet
eran, Giroux, Glory Hole and Alpha
shafts. and no telling how much more
will be developed when they go 10
deep mining along the contact veins
that have been proved TO be the source
of original enrichment. l tell you.
It's one great region of copper, with
no telling It's limitations"
The Ruth mine is developed to a
depth of 900 feet. with extensive drifts
and crosscuts penetrating the ore
workings with the Star Pointer shaft,
some tow miles to the west. Through
out this distance the ore body con-
tinues persistent and OF average value.
At the Star Pointer there have been
long drifts driven and crosscuttinG
done, proving another copper bonanza
that awaits its age of production
With so much ore in sight at the Cop
per Flat, however it Is not al all like
ly these reserves will be disturbed
for many years to come 1t is well
within the pale of conservatism to
state that three-quarters oil the en-
tire property 1900 acres in extent.
is to be classed as probable" terri
tory In other words, there is every
reason TO believe at least 1000 acres
Of the estate are undeTlaid with the
vast deposit of the camp.
At the Veteran mine of the Cum
berland Ely mining Is being done up
on scale Of such magnitude one Is
forced to contemplation as TO what
changes are bound to occur in the con-
tour of the country during the next
decade or SO Extraction at this prop
erty is done by the caving system.
Levels are run through the ore at In
tervals of to II feet AS the ore is
broken down pillars are put in and
another segment mined When the
entire ore body is worked out in this
way the posts are drilled, loaded with
giant and fired simultaneously by
means of electricity. This permits
of the cavinG of the whole mass. and
1t is in this manner that the surface
outline is being gradually changed
Buildings about the vicinity have been
toppled over, great crevices have been
formed in the formation and the re
gion generally looks as>though 1t had
been visited by as cataclysmic an
earthquake as recently played such
havoc In Italy. Four hundred and
fifty men are employed In this wrestl-
ing of the earths treasure stores.
Trains run TO the very mouth OF the
main shaft and are loaded directly
from the ore bins, into which the ore
is dumped mechanically as lifted A
compartment hoist is running day
and night, operating solely on ore ex-
traction as there is no waste and the
timbering is done through an auxiliary
shaft Two thousand tons is the daily
output of the Veteran alone, which is
only one of the several big assets
of the Cumberland Ely company. The
group of claims owned by the same
corporation and situated to the east of
the Copper Flat mine unquestionably
embraces much Of the blanket forma
tion that gives to Ely such import
ance as an economical copper camp,
and II is stated authoritatively that
plans are now under way to strip the
bedded plane of It's overburden and
equip the holding with steam shoyels
such as are In operation on the Ne
vada Consolidated.
Development work has boen re-
sumed at the Giroux Consolidated,
where operations for the present are
directed through the Alpha shaft 1t
is In this working that the big shoot
of high grade shipping ore has been
opened up at depth of 1000 feet and
explored TO a total vertical depth OF
1,200 feet, showing general average
of a fraction above 10 per cent cop
per. The shaft Is TO be timbered
throughout and increased IN size, al
though I am told Il is to be used Tor
an auxiliary TO the main 5-compart-
ment shaft that Is TO be put down as
a main working The officials OF the
Cole-Ryan syndicate, which controls
the Giroux Consolidated stated just
before leaving camp last week that all
the new equipment OF the mine would
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