The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-02-28

February will come to close to-
day with about 100000 pounds oil
blister copper credited to the produc-
ton records of the Steptoe Valley
Smelling G Mining Co. from the ores
of Nevada Consolidated and Cumber-
land Ely. This record is about the
same as that made for January, not
withstanding the shorter number OF
operating days and Is an exceedlhls
good one.
March will witness the making OF
a big step in advance in production.
The third reverberatory comes INTO
commission tomorrow and Wnlle
there will be a short shut down OF
one of the other furnaces for repairs
the addition of the third furnace VIII
enable decided increase in the out
nut of the month. 1t is figured that
this increase will amount to about
so per cent and il is likely that, no
bad luck being had. the output of
conner for March will reach very
close to the four million pounds
mark. From that Ii may gain in
April to around five million pounds,
from which record it cannot make
much increase until the new unit. the
fourth, of the concentration, is ready
to go into commission, when output
of copper will probably be raised to
about seven million pounds per
month.
The concentration has made splen-
did record this month. Ii will have
put through by mion-silt very Crosse
to 100. 900 tons of ore. or an average
of better than $500 tons a day. Six
sections have disposed of this ore,
two of them practically new and of
course not in as good operating order
as the older sections. Also IL is to
be considered that the several cold
snaps during the month interfered to
an extent with the water and that
some time was lost from operation OF
some of the sections by this cause.
However, the water supply has been
ON the whole quite regular and much
above the expectations which were
held earlier in the season in view OF
the small time that had been avail
able for preparations against the
coming of winter weather.
In the concentration the second VIII
aey deck has received its flooring and
tables are now going up. Outside
the roof Superintendent Holstrom of
Minneapolis Steel has about finished
his splendid work with construction
of the steel for the fourth unit. Con-
tractor Lloyd is also about through
with the cement work. Excavation
is practically completed on the lower
end of the concentration tank cut.
This work out of the way and the
roofing and machinery erecting forces
will become at once exceedingly busy.
me present contractors have made
unusual record for fast and thorough
work, particularly in view of the
winter weather with which they had
to contend, and there is every reason
to believe that the subsequent work
will be crowded with the same man
ner of vigor, to the end of getting
the new unit in commission at the
earliest possible time.
At the power house, reyerberatory,
roasters and converter. pace is being
kept with the construction at the con-
contractor. the entire plant being har-
monious i'm its increases and effieien-
cy. The blast furnace is well along
and can be completed on very short
notice. About the plants the labor
forces are keeping ahead with i'm
proyements and changes in conform
ity with the developing needs. There
has been great deal of improvement
in the system of railroad tracks and
in this department there will he the
model service that is coming about
with remarkable rapidity in all the
others of the immense enterprise.