The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-11-16
MACHINERY EQUIPMENT
ORDERED FOR CALUMET
Ely. SOME CHANGES

~. Ii lhiShGio lOtui ioot OfCh-
ing from Salt Lake, where he was
with Consulting Engineer Turner OF
the Ely Calumet with reference to
purchasing equipment for the devel-
opment work which is to be done on
that property. Mr.. Richard said
last night that there was much en-
thusiasm in Salt Lake about Ely dis
trict properties and that Ely Calu-
met as we'll as other companies of
the camp were occasioning a great
deal of interest.
Regarding Ely Calumet, Mr.. Rick
ard said that the examination recent
ly made of the property by Mr..
Turner had led to some new conclu-
sions and that certain features of
the original development plans upon
mature consideration had been
changed to accord with the later de-
examinations, which the company
will act upon without delay. The
Salt Lake Herald Republican printed
the following on Sunday concerning
the property and plans entertained
for it.
The campaign of development
which is being started on the prop
erty of the Ely Calumet company is
to be a thorough and systematic
me-, according to j. K. Turner, con-
sulting engineer of the company, VINO
was in Salt Lake buying a large COM
pressor and a hoist for the work.
Sites for tunnel and shafts have been
selected and a force of twelve men
is already at work.
The plan is to drop a shaft to the
l-.4L - nm fDaf On TIM c1nnn nf the
hill from the last level of which is
to be run a crosscut 1900 feet, cross
cutting the numerous veins which
traverse the mountain from east to
west. At the same time, from a point
on the eastern slope of the mountain
a tunnel will be uriven for a distance
of 1900 feet, which will tap the hill
at a vertical depth of about LOO
feet, in the vicinity of where the tun-
| mel from a south side of the hill will
go.
At the point where the tunnel from
| the EAST side passes under the tunnel
| from the south side a Wine is to be
| sent down from the south tunnel and
| connection made between the two.
BY means of the tunnels running
| at right angles through the mountain
| it is expected that the ground Will be
proven absolutely, and that thereby
| will be provided a means of extract
ing the immense bodies of copper ore,
| some of which, it is said, ave beer
| shown to be 200 feet wide, and aver
aging 4 per cent for the entire width
The geological condition of the
mountain, as described by Mr.. Tur-
ner. makes it certain that some very
| rich ore is to be encountered where
| the big veins run square up against
a big quartzite dixie which passes
| through the ground at right angles
| to the veins, and where preliminary
| exploration has given evidence OF
| great enrichment. The depth attain
ed by the driving of both the tunnels
| which will pass through or under the
| big dixie, assures an easy opportun-
| ity of following the contact to the
surface, while pursuing the work OF
| following the veins from this extreme
| depth upward.
Mr.. Turner was reticent in discuss
ing the recently reported sale of the
interests of himself and associates to
a large eastern syndicate, but II
seems certain that a big deal which
will likely involve all Of the COM
pany's holdings, is at least pending
, with every probability of consumma-
| ton.