Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-29
!, SE5y ADA PROPERTY.

The Nevada proEerty, WHICH, Stti 81
|tutes the most import of the 81 lf1ra
I.panys holdings.9lies between the Is ,llrl.s
pberland Ely and Nevad a consolliid ate atsd
mines at Ely, Nevada. The ground
we'll loca ted, and contains a large por-
phyry area and also a consldera PIE
amount of allmcstone. the la TIER, $40: sil ION s.
ling some high grade ore, the only orc
of note In this formation. SO la VI en- err s.
scountered In the cam p. ny!
The porpl,yry deposit. which Is an
alogous to that of the Copper Fiat ore
Body Of the Nevada Consoli dated rs
developed by five import an e sh All ~
present the only one working Is the
tsfroux. which pumps oil OF IN at yer
encountered in the porplyry ;SFo Klng 2,
These shafts on he porphSr z Z. !, ile
sin a general east and west direction
and develop a territory 100 feet IN
length. iii which the underground
workings show the ore shoot to be con Il
|5tipuous for / 900 feet. to have "a WIDTH
OF $50 feet and a depth Of 100 feet
The limestone ore bodies are deYellr-3
oped by The Alpha shaft ,s15 feet dee eI p,
foot points Water. at present. is
standing to within 80 feet Of the q 900
foot level making the 1900 inaccessl-5s
b!e.s rs 5f95 II. 81 5zg AZ
owing to the impracticability of
maintaining the Alpha shaft az "a the
main hoistlng way. the present man
agenlent is sinking a new shaft ~ pS
s17$feet In the clear 100 feet to the west
ward. This shaft is being sunk from y,
the surface and raisingais gong on ~, ~.
the TO and 1000 foot levels. thereby
giving three points of attack. the
ores Ii, this deposit are high grade
smelling and resemble those Of the Bis Bis
I3bee camp 4,
In September, j s0s. 5as shipment Of 200
tons of ore from this deposit S made
| To the Garfield smelter to ascertain Its
monumental value The average on ore
was between IL and Is per cent and the
net sineltcr returns amounted to " 400.
This IS the only shipment which has
been made from the mine. ~
e IN the porphyryS deposit the former
| management estimated the orc reserves
at 4 600, 900 tons. averaging 2. 8 per cent
! copper In addition to blocking out!
\ this ore body into 100 foot squares at
| 1.-THE present time the company Is drilling
| with keystone drills to ascertain ac-i
/ curately the amount of overhurden, and
to determine whether or net me DIES q
| can be mined by steam shovel. AZ
present three drills are in operation and
4 three more, are on the way5to the prop
erty, making six IN nll.5
In the lime tleposit it is somewhat
| premature to state the size ana llil-s.
l f,iortance of the shoot developed by the
Alpha shaft There is already a con-
siderable tonnage of direct smelling ore.
exposed, estimated by the former mans.
gagement to average is per cent copper.
| and Indications are encouraging for the
extension Of the present ore body viii,
development.
HAS CONCENTRATING MILL,
The property is equipped with 45o-.
ton concentrating mill, which was built
! in 1906 and which has been employed
| since that date principally in testing
| the ore. The former management states
| that the property has sufficient water,
i obtained from the underground work
| ngs. for the operation of this mill.
4 While official plans have not yet been
made public regarding the concentra-i
/ ton of the ore, the company will I'M.
| doubtedly increase the present plant to
4 a size commensurate with the proper
| ty's ore reserves. 81
4 Tests on the ore are stated by the
former mana cement to have shown a
1 ratio of concentration of s into and
saving Of so per cent,
The water problem at the property