Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

w TlTH all eyes turned toward
W. low priced copper producers,
wv 1t is mostsnaturnl that Ely,
Nevada, should be the mos.
talked OF copper camp in the United
States today. With copper at a price
which would close every mine In the
United States, this camp could still con-
tlnue to produce copper at n good
profit. AT present only one low grade
property Is producing and from this pit
nlone over 5000 tons OF ore are taken
each day. There are at least two
other Known low grace steam shovel
propositions and II is more than prob
able that within the next two years
the number of pits operating In the
Robinson mining district, White Pine
county Will be Ave.
Steam shovcling has advanced rapidly
~ ELY and there is every reason to
believe that IL VIII be the greatest
steam shovel as wen as high grade
copper camp in the world Besides
the low grade propositions the camp OF
ELY Is covered with a net work of high
grade producers which have thus far
only been scratched. These properties
alone it iG estimated could soon be
developed up TO a production of many
thousands of tons OF ore a day.
one engineer who has made a close
study OF ELY, It's resources and water
supply, believes that there Is now avail
able from White river and various 9TH
or water courses. enough liquid TO
mill and smclt 60. 600 tons or ore a day
but this wonld be the limit of the camp.
This being true, it Is not probable that
tniS limit VIII ever be reached. with
concentrators and smelters To handle
$4,000 tons OF ore day, it would mean
a population for Ely and vicinity of
4c.c00 persons, 1900 being employed In
smelling and mills and 5000 men work.
Ing In the mines, At present the num-
per of men employed in the mines about
ely Is 1.20o, while the number employed
in the Steptoe mill and smelter Is / 500
The total number of inhabitants of the
district at present Is close to 5000
GIANT STRIDES.
In the past year giant strides have
been made in this marvellous district.
II would be hard to estimate the
amount OF ore now blocked out in the
great properties of the district. The
Nevada Consolidated is one of the most
highly developed mines In the district.
and since the acquisition OF the Cum
berland Ely property IT has become
the largest property holder in the dis
trict Some idea of the Ely district
WHICH has developed territory IL
miles long and three miles wide, can
be obtained when 1t Is stated that
IN the Copper Flat, Liberty and
Ruth claims of the Nevada Con,
there has been developed % 600, 900 tons
OF ore. This alone with copper at its
present low price means close to $780,
000,O 900
There are golden opportunities for
other great pits to be developed along
this great ore zone. Some OF these
pits have been somewhat developed at
the Giroux and Ely Central proper
ties. At the Veteran shaft there Is at
lease 100000 tons of ore blocked out.
This is mined by the sllcing system.
This is now the property of the Nevada
Consolidated. AT present there Is no
activity at this property, but 1t Is un-
derstood that shortly men will again
be put to work.
The day of the wild cater In the Ely
country has practically passed. OF the
90 or more companies which once op-
Grated or pretended to operate, only
about 35 are now active. Ely will never
be boom camp such as generally fol-
lows in the wake of the high grader
1t is destined to be a place of steady
growth. thrift and energy. Conditions
arc not productive of the wild life usual
in gold or rich silver camp
Nearly every property IN the camp Is
now active or Will be by the first of the
year. Among these may be mentioned
the Nevada Consolidated, Gir,oux, Ely
Central, Ely Consolidated Federal Ely,
Ely Amalgamated. Coppermines, Ely
1Sobinson. Hidden Treasure, Ely Calu-
met. Ely Centennial. McDonald-Ely
Success, Minnesota Lead, Boston Ely.
Ely Resurrection. Giroux Ely Extension,
and many others. These properties have
spent millions in development and their
plans contemplate the expenditure OF
nearly double that amount In the next
three wears.