Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-03-13
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The United States Smelling People Loosing TO the
UnrivaIed Yerington District fer Business

The following is from the pen of ]. T
1.nkins in the Copper, Curb and Out
look.
Shut out OF Ely the United States
Smelling Company has its emissaries al
Xerineton and at this hour it appears
fat this is to be the next camp ii
u vldch it shall exercise its policy of ex
n,nsion. And should it decide to con.
. ruct a smelter in the Nevada camp, il
fellows logically that it will construct 9
line of railway between its furnaces and
the Southern Pacific with Wabuska. per
hips, the point OF connection. Nor has
il been demonstrated that the United
{ ates in the selection of this site, is not
IL be as formidably entreuched, if it does
not acquire some advantages over its
rivals, in The approaching struggle III
which it must measure its strength witt
tie International and American, who
have SO securely entrenched their bat
teries at Ely. Eliminating these con
s,ierations, there is no doubt Yerington
lolds out many inducements as a center
fer the economic and profitable reduc
tim OF ere Primarily i. has. awaiting
tie advent of such plant, tonnages o
copper bearing ore that not few auth
critics contend will compare favorable
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whiie an advantage that the Inetallurgisi
his not overlooked is the superior aver
ages OF the ores OF Yerington. Al Ely
tie tounages that are To be passed i'm
mediately from the mines to the fur
naces, are not enough, according TO on.
SIT OF engineers, to be seriously consid
eied while the individuals and compan-
les operating at Yerington have demon
Srated that 1t Is the possessor OF volumes
o. ore that are to be smelted prohtabl9
lfpt only on the ground, but OF compost
ton and valuation which affords we'll
defined margin even in the face OF q
long and expensive haul to the smelters
without. For several years some Of the
most capable mining engineers have
said that exposed in the mines at Yei-
ington were ores to jnstiiy not ody the
justify the railway i'll constructing a
branch and closing the gap between il
and the main line, distant So short q
stretch. Tie originators OF the Nevada.
Douglas Copper company, which has
bten so liberal in its expenditure and
whose persevering endeavors have been
s. freely rewarded, have not onl,
sought, unaided but have afforded their
nighbors opportunity to join EN- anu
to acquire an equal interest in such az
undertaking. All this has failed,
There can be no failure, however, IL
tie event the engineers now making the
inventory of the camps resources repor'
issorably to the United States Smelling,
Refining < Mining company, nor will
q ere be in the construction of proposed
railway over which to discharge the bull
liln from within or TO admit the ores
II I'M camps without. that shall seek the
lerington furnaces for treatment. On
Il e contrary, the big smelling company
his at its command the means with
which to construct railway and smeltef
and the present year should see each
undertaking well advanced along the
read to completion in the event they are
launched.
With the wealth of Yerington's ores
OF which to rely as fundamental, the
United States company, as competitor
tr the ores of camps that surround il,
must find itself as powerfully equipped
a. either the International or American
with the ores of Ely behind them. Ger
tlnly it raises its colors over a domain
as extensive rs that to which its rivals al
Ely shall cater, with Il e haul between
II and the average much shorter. The
Outlook can see il at no disadvantage III
tAe rivalry over tonnages from Buliirog.
ooldheld and Tonopah. while with fur
naces as near as the projected battery at
ieringtou affords. the Rawhide pro-
aicer should experience no difficulty in
getting such concessions as to render
lle construction Of mills unnecessary TO
me comnercialization OF his products.
~ The same tier are Fairview and Won
DER and constelatiois OF lesser camps.
Nfile the Broken Hills and similar
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