The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-11-21

The steel gallows frame has been
ordered but it will be six months
before it can be finished. Mean
time a wooden gallows frame will
be set up, Sc feet in height, to be
used in conjunction with the tenn
porary hosting plant now in course
of construction. This latter will be
completed about the time the big
Giroux shaft is ready for operation.
The timbers used in the upraise wifi
be replaced by new ones, but the
shaft is going down from the sur
face for all time. The first four
sets are walled in by concrete, and
the shaft will be built down to last
for 5000 feet, if necessary. The
coming week will probably see the
end of the drilling on the Giroux,
with the possible exception of that
which is going on on the Richard
claim, where the record hole, both
for depth and value to the district
was drilled. Another hole is now
going down on the same claim.
Bunker hill has been thoroughly
tested for ore by the drills, and the
management has the knowledge that
there is on the hill one of the best
steam shovel pit propositions in the
camp. In addition to the drilling
three shafts have been sunk on the
property, in all of which the COM
mercial ore has been found. The
graders are still at work on the Cir
u spur track, which in itself, is
one of the big enterprises of the
district. Of Giroux, Iron Ore, the
official paper of the Cole-Ryan in
t~erests, has the following to say:
The Nevada newspapers, the East
ern trade journals and the best
brokerage houses of the country are
saying very kind things of the Giroux
Consolidated mines. There seems to
be a conviction that the property has
great merit and it has become known
that since the present management
took hold much more has been added
to the former knowledge of the ex-
tent and quality of the ore bodies of
the company. Not only has Giroux
been learning more concerning it's
mineral resources, but it's neighbors
as we'll have gained information that
is of great value to the Ely camp
as a whole. 1t is this that has re-
Gently given the Ely stocks such an
impetus in the market. And Iron
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| upon lands adjoining Giroux have
been of the utmost Importance to the
Giroux property, as new ores have
been opened right up to it's bound
airy lines, and Giroux, as all know,
possesses a magnificent territory. 1t
is a compact body of claims, contain
ed fifty-four at the outset, every n
touching the other, and to this has
hooo aIIoI roany o1oiroc cr;xy;n m =,
hundreds of acres of new lands that
will prove of worth when they are
tested. These purchases have been
made for the Giroux company, and
not for any other concern. We say
this because there have beer state
ments that would lend a different
opinion. Giroux is being built up in
a broad way for permanency and for
copper. 1t has the copper. 1t has
| the right men to mine it, too and
it is being developed along the lines
| that will be the very best for the
shareholders. 1t has the best men
in the business who can be callei
upon, leaders in mining, in sme't.
ing, in concentrating, in mechanics,
in the science and practical features
of the industry. 1t will make no
mistakes, because it has the men who
will guard against them. There's
something in this worth while for the
people financially interested. But
the best ming about it is that it has
the copper. And it isn't all low
grade pOrphyretic ore, as is often
said. 1t has an enormous tonnage
of high-grade ore that will go direct
from the mines to the blast furnaces,
ores holding gold, too, and that will
smelt s%plendidly. 1t is such a mix
ture as will make capper at low cost.
And there are ores rich in native
copper. We say large areas of this
in the Alpha shaft at the time of a
visit made last spring. To mine
these ores a great Accompaniment
shaft is now nearing completion. 1t
will be ready early in the new year,
and general manager, F. P. Mills,
has made a record in its sinking.
| When the figures showing the work
| done on this shaft are ready they will
make interesting reading. 1t is II
| opinion that the ore of this shaft
will give great returns in values,
their average being high liz copper
as well a, in the precious metals.
| This end Of the property has to be
developed. Little h been done
here aside from the work done in the
| old shaft, which opening was I'M
stable and inadequate, aud finally
collapsed, although it has since been
reopened and placed in safe condi-
ton good for hosting through and
being an venue of safety and for
ventilation. This end Of the proper
ey looked good to us. The trend of
the m~ineralized flow is tc this point
at this end of the claims. The ground
is fractured and scanned giving tn.
solutions a chance - get through.
There Is leached ore areas like the
Bisbee condition, and there is the
rich copper in and about the shaft.
The Giroux company evidently be-
lieves this to he a promising portion
of their Ely possessions az they have
recently added claims ia the vicinity.
We like Giroux because of the many
good points it shows. Any novice
can see them. 1t has the ore, and It
has the miners. 1t will speak for it.
self when it gets to doing business,
and we will be quite content to ler