The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
ELY IS WAITING
FOR VISITORS
Eccles Party During Stay in
Copper Camp May Expand
Railroad Line.
NEVADA UNITED HAS
VERY BIG TONNAGE
Ores May Come to Salt Lake
Smelters Via Western
Pacific.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
ELY. New, July SIS. w. Eccles.
president OF the Nevada Northern rail-
way and vice president of the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company. is expect
ed TO arrive daily In the district on Il
visit of inspection II the various enter
prises in which he is interested. With
him will come President y. e. ,IacllImg
of the Utah Copper company, which cor
poration is now reported TO control IL
per cent OF the stock of the Nevada Con-
solidated. The party will first visit the
smelter at McGill and win afterward
make trip to the mines. paying espe-,
oial attention TO the great steam shovel
pit of the Nevada Consolidated company
at Copper Flat
1t is reported that Mr., EcClcs, while
here. will go over the survey of The pro-
posed branch line OF the Nevada North
ern to the mines of the Nevada United
Mines company at Ward. The lead silver
ores of the Nevada United company are
not high in values. but the tonnage de-
veloped is enormous. being variousy
reported at from 800 to l,000,000 tons
that chance at their transportation is
tempting even to map so accustomed
to dealing with big propositions as is Mt
Eccles, In case no lead stack is built
at McGill, the Nevada United ores would
have TO be shipped to Salt Lake for
treatment, and they would probably be
routed over the western paCltlG. WnlCn
would give the Nevada Northern the haul
from Ward TO Shafter, n distance OF
about l35 miles.
Through the medium OF deeds fled in
the county recorders office at Ely this
week. Oscar \, Turner, Philadelphia min
Ing magnate and president of the Ely
Central Copper company, becomes the
owner of the tungsten properties which
eastern portion of White Pine county.
The property was decided to Mr.. Turner
by James II. Marriott, a merchant and
mining man OF Osceola. The exact con-
TO have been in the neighborhood OF
$4,000 To develop the property, Mr..
Turner has organized tho Huebnerite
Tungsten company, which has under
taken the erection OF a stamp mill with
a capacity OF twenty tons OF ore per day.
Machinery for the mill has been ordered
and its installation will commence with
In the next thirty days. A force OF thirty
men, under the direction OF Z, l.. Flctch-
er. general superintendent, are now en-
ployed in development work on the mines.
F. a. Strchlke, superintendent OF the
Ely Calumet Copper company, is prepar-
ing to ship another car of copper ore,
carrying some values in silver and lead.
from the North Star claim. The ore Is
taken from a two-foot vein In winze
from the main tunnel and Mr.. Strehlke
states that the vein win average 20 per
cent copper for its entire width.
The White Pine Lead company. owning
the Ne Plus Ultra group OF claims on the
lead belt at Hamilton. in the White Pine
mining district, has filed Its articles OF
with the county clerk OF
White Pine county.
The company is capitalized for $4,000,
divided into an equal number OF shares
OF a par value OF 81 each. Ernest Bam-
berger OF Salt Lake is named as the
owner OF 1860 shares. the balance being
divided among the following: A. C. Ell
lis. Jr,, Newton a. Dunyon, Herman
and Herbert Cohn, The Ne
Plus Ultra property was purchased by
the Bambergers about four years ago.
from Charles MInoletti and Louis Lanl
OF Hamilton. the consideration named
being $40. 000 Owing TO delay in prov
ing title, however, the final payments
and the organization OF the company
were delayed until recently. The Ne
Plus Ultra group adjoins the famous
Rocco Homestake mine and was a pro-
ducer of lead silver ores in considerable
quantities during former years.
Mining property belonging 10 the late
Joseph Grandelmeyer. comprising twenty
three patented claims al Hamilton. In
the White Pine mining district. has been
sold by the heirs to Arnold and Joseph
Schwyzer of Chicago,
John a. Steele, the veteran mining man
OF Lane City. near Ely. this week shipped
a carload OF high grade lead-silver ore
from his DuZette mine TO the American
smelter at Murray. Utah.