The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-26
NEVADA CON. is
Being INSPECTED

Ely, New, July 26.-Pope Yeatman,
consulting engineer for the Gusgen-
helm Exploration company, his as
sistant, Edwin s. Berry. and W. II.
r. Wilkins, formerly an official OF the
New Jersey Zinc company, have been
spending the week in the district on
visit OF inspection to the Steptoe
Smelling plant and to the mines of tho
Nevada Consolidated company at Cop
per Flat The visit had no special
significance, but was merely one of
the semi-annual trips usually made by
Mr.. Yeatman 10 all OF the large Gug-
genheim properties
An accident to No. furnace at the
Steptoe plant will slightly reduce the
copper output of the plant for the
month of July. The fifth reverberatory
at the furnace building Is being rush
ed 10 completion and will probably be
blown III early next month. The Step
toe company Will soon commence the
erection of Il storage reservoir for
coal With a capacity of $1,000 tons.
The Boston Ely company has sus-
pended operations at the Emma shaft.
adjoining the Veteran property of tho
Cumberland Ely company. 1t IS Off
Cially stated that the shut down at
the Boston Ely is only temporary and
will last only until Consulting Engi-
neer Chase can make an examination
OF the property and report TO the board
of directors in Boston as to the best
method to be pursued in further de-
velopmelt work II has been known
for some time that the results being
obtained by the Boston Ely were not
entirely satisfactory and a change OF
plans was considered necessary. The
Boston Ely, which is backed by
group of wealthy men of Boston. was
the only one OF the smaller compan.
les which did not suspend operations
during the panic of 1907 and the sue
ceeding dull times The company has
always been a favorite locally and a
good deal of the stock is held in small
lots In the Ely district. The company
owns about 300 acres of we'll located
mineral ground and the management
Is considered exceptionally efficient
The Ely Consolidated has just ship
ped carload of high grade ore from
the Brilliant shaft TO the American
Smelling company at Garfield In No
2 west drift from the Brilliant shaft.
the company now has two feet OF good
ore which Is improving steadily 9th
er workings on the property are show
ing up we'll
compressor plant with air drills
has been ordered by the Ely Central
company for use at the Clipper shaft
The machinery comes from Salt Lake
and Manager Lee Glockner expects to
have the plant in operation early next
week The company has also ordered
two Traction No. % Star churn drills
for Immediate shipment from the fac
tory in Philadelphia The new churu
drills will be used in a systematic
prospecting of the Ely Central's big
mineral estate. The companys Eure.
ka shaft has now reached a depth of
SEQ feet and a crosscut from the bot
tom Is apparently entering the sui
phide zone, several stringers of good
ore having been encountered in tho
last few feet of drifting. I
Superintendent Streblke Of the ely
Calumet has given lease OH tho com
pany's Wildcat claim to Bush C Ross
Of Ely The leasers have nice
streak OF high grade ore on which 10
begin operations.
p. F. Grant, vice president of the /
Ely Amalgamated Copper company |
and D w EaSton, director Of the /
same company, are in the district !
from Sail Lake 10 inspect tho com
pany's holdings near McGill. The com
pany has done considerable develop
ment work during the past year and
the management plans to patent its
claims during the present season.
The main tunnel of the Ely Centen-
nial company. located on the noun
tain side directly north Of the town OF
Ely, has now been driven about LOO
feet and changes In the formation ap'
pear to indicate the approach OF the
main vein for which the tunnel Is be-
ing driven Reports from Salt Lake
that the Ely Centennial directors have
voted SIS ,00Q TO the treasury are re
ceived with great satisfaction in Ely,
as it has always been the opinion
among local mining men that the big
mountain 10 tho north of town on
which are located tho Centennial, Cal
hmet and Mcdonald Ely properties,
only needed development in order TO
bring in some big mines.