The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
No REDUCTION
At NEVADA CON.
ViCe-President Eccles, While in
Ely, Denies Company Will
Curtail.
RAILROAD NEWS IS
IMPORTANT ITEM
Nevada Northern Will Not
Build to the Nevada
United Group.
to The Tribune.

SPcclal TO 7! ne llloulle-
ELY, New. AUG. is. W. Eccles'
president OF the Nevada Northern rail-
wsy and vice president of the Steptoe
Valley Smelling & Mining company; d,
C. JackGng. VICE president OF the S@tah @
Copper company; Judge Gurus Llndiey'
chief counsel Tor the Guggennelm inter,
ests in the west; {. w. Whitley, general
manager Of the American Smelling COM
pany, and c. 3, Lalsenan. genera! mana M
ger Tor the allied interests IN the Ely
alstrlcI. Were the members OF PaafS :,
OF visitors who arrived IN special uaiii u
oil three private cars tne INST Oh tiie
week To take look at the mines oi ti tiie
Nevada Consolidated company anu @ tho
reduction plant OF the SteptoS ooihPo'9
al McGill.
While in the district, Mr. Eccles made
the statement that ths Proposed tan ~.
road TO Ward would probably be built by
the Nevada United Mines company ana
not by tho Nevada Northern as was at
first intended. Mr.. Eccles said. howeve5T
thai the Nevada Northern would WORK
in harmony with the new company ana
would endeavor TO arrange lrelsht
schedule by which the mining company
could ship its low grade ores al. q good
prorit IL being to the interest OF the
Nevada Northern 10 make inc rate on
ore as low as possible in ORDER TO nave
a chance to send It's cars our loadeu IN
stead of empty as Is usually the case
According TO Mr.. Eccles, the Stepttoe
company has no Intention oil ehiaIslilS
HNs
the plant can handle from lO,OoO 70 ls'oVo
tons Of ore per day He stated TURNER
that the Nevada Consolidated company
had no Intention OF curtalilng lts output
at the present time.
From Ely. Mr.. Eccles went TO his ranch
IN Idaho where he Will spend sereTal
weeks Mr.. Jackln. after leaving Coore.
went west on his way TO Arizona where
he will inspect some OF the big mining
propositions controlled by himself and
associates
the hitch between the Nevada Northern
and the Nevada United company arose
over a fiveyears' contract Tor haullng
the ore on which the railroad people
insisted and to which the mining com
pany objected strenuously. An engineer
is reported 10 be 'on his way mere from
Denver, who will make a final eXamlna-
tion of the line Of the proposed road ana
make his report TO the directors In Den
YER II his report is favorable, the al
rectors may decide, TO go ahead with
on TUESDAY last, work was resumed
at the Zack shaft OF the ELY Consoll-
dated Copper company which has been EEL
While in Ely last week President Levy
stated that both the Brilliant and the
Zack shafts would be equipped WITH
pumping plants and developed TO greater
depth, Local mining, men believe that
the Zack has the making OF one OF the
big copper producers OF the district. II
is showing a large amount OF good ore
above the water level which is a good
Indication of what may be expected at
depth. The opinion has been advanced
that the Zack with depth will develop
into a high grade proposition similar TO
the famous Alpha shaft OF the Giroux
Consolidated company.
l.. G., Cannon. vice president and gem
eral manager Of the Nevada Northern
railway, has just returned from trip
TO Salt Lake Ii is rumored that his
visit to the Utah metropolis had TO do
with the ARA ngement OF a schedule by
which the passenger trains OF the Nevada
Northern can be run to connect with the
through trains OF the Western Pacific
and thus give the people of this district
a shorter and better route to all out
side points than IS afforded by the pres
ent Southern Pacific connection at Cobre.