The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-19
BIG WORK OF CAMP KEEPS RIGHT
AHEAD SPLENDID 0UTLOOK-b|G
WORK OF G|ROUX-THE OTHERS


Theyear which is d drawing to a close will prove the most
eventful in the history of the Robinson district, and the best
feature of this is that the year to come promises still greater
benefits and greater prosperity. Beginning with January the
output of the Nevada Consolidated is to be increased to 6,OOO,
600 pounds of copper a month. The end of the year will see the
completion of the Giroux shaft, the main working shaft of the
Giroux Consolidated, and the Inauguration of some of the great
est development work ever known in the camp, and the end of
1910 is likely to see the Giroux Consolidated very close to ready
to take It's place among the great copper producers OF the coun-
try, if it is not there.
MUCH COMING UP-With two of the greatest low cost
copper producers in the world operating in the district, it would
seem that a copper camp had all that was coming to it, but this
is but a beginning of the real history of the district. While the
Giroux people will be operating a steam shovel pit on the
Bunker hill claims, one of the greatest shafts in the country will
work the Giroux will give such an impetus to the owners of 9TH
er properties in the lime that many that are now lying idle in
the district, for the want of immediate capital to meet their
needs, will be set in motion through the sheer force of the head
way made by the big ones.
CR0WDING AHEAD-Boston Ely has the ore and
the promise of being another of the districts producers in the
year that is dawning. Ely Central has promising showing in its
Clipper shaft, and is almost certain of getting ore in its Eureka
shaft. Ely Consolidated has ore, and is doing the kind of work
which makes producers. Mcdonald Ely is going to resume with
good money and plenty of it behind the work of development of
its resources. The Hidden Treasure has ore. The Ely Calumet
and the Ely Central have showings which they are developing
as fast as money can send them along.
NEVADA CONSOLIDATION the steam shovel pit at
Copper Flat they started on another slice of the hilltop this
week, which when completed will mean an additional width to
the pit of SO feet. and that much more area from which to draw
upon the ore reserves. This is on the eastern side where all the
work in the big excavation is now going on. The slice will ex-
tend along the east and on the southeast side beyond the horse
shoe bend of the pit. One of the big steam shovels is working
on the southeast end of the hill, headed toward the east, and an
other IS at work on the terrace below, headed in the direction of
the upper shovel.
UNEXPECTED oRE-On the third terrace on the east,
during the week a blast opened out the overburden and laid
bare a hilock of ore. This was as welcome as it was unexpect-
ed. 1t was not thought that there was any ore above the third
terrace, although the terraces below on this side are all in ore.
But contrary to expectation there was the ore lying right in
the overburden and running close to the top of the hill. The
find is regarded Is a freak. but it is a very profitable one. Tor
as far as can be discerned it. is as heavy in copper percentage as
the IRE which is being sbipped to the concentration. Superin-
tendent Vanderhoef says that it is a hump of payrock. The
steam shovel on this terrace is engaged IN removing overbur-
den, but less than so feet from where the shovel is now station
ed the new find of ore begins, and it extends all around the ter
race. So the find is a little mine in itself. Five steam shovels
are still being operated in the pit, three in o%verburden and two
in ore.
GIRoUx CONSOLIDATED The upraise in the Giroux
Accompaniment shaft is getting closer to the surface, and will
have the daylight before Xmas. The work of erecting the tenn
porary hosting plant, shaft house and gallows frame is max
ing good progress, and shaft and plant should be ready for
operation by the first of the year. In the Alpha shaft, which
they are still prospecting the ore body with diamond drills
The spur tracks running out to the main workings from the
Very little churn drilling has been done during the week in
consequence of the bad weather, but they are still driving holes
on the Napoleon claim, between the Giroux and the Veteran
shaft of the Cumberland Ely.
PROPERTY HAS THE oRE-The great majority of peo-
pie in the district have little appreciation of the great amount
of work that is going ahead on the Giroux Consolidated, and
what a great mine is being developed there. No official state
ment is at hand of the ore reserves of this mine, but they have
a steam shovel pit demonstrated ON Bunker Hill, and another
big body of rich ore in the Alpha shaft. Between this shaft
the Old Glory shaft is in rich carbonate ore. The Alpha
shaft will be used to develop Old Glory hill, and the
Giroux will develop the limestone to the west and the
north. The operations of the Giroux Consolidated next year,
will be among he very greatest in the district.
ELY cENTRAL-The Eureka fraction shaft of the Ely
Central designed to reach the ore of the steam shovel pit at
depth on the east, is now down 80 feet, and on Thursday
there was a chsnge in the formation which would seem to
bode well for the property. Iron stains came in from the
west through the rhyoite in which they have been sinking
for Sonnptima ThaSa stains r. Oarallpl tO the din of the
fault, and the fact that they dip into the Eureka shaft from
the direction Of the steam shovel pit is taken as a sure indi-l