White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-25
NEVADA CONSOLIDATED.

Six steam shovels are busy In the
steam shovel pit of the Nevada Con-
solidated; more shovels than were
ever in commission at n time, and
the output of the pit is less than 1t
has been for more than a year. This
apparent anomaly Is explained by the
fact that while they are not now in
need of ore at the concentration, they
are looking ahead to be on the right
side of Easy street, when h winter
sets in. There will be nothing in the
working of the pit like there was last
winter; the work will be going ahead
the latter part of this year and the
early part of next, without h~indrance
from rain, frost or
Only two of the six shovels are
working in the ore, and there is not
the least suspicion of a strain upon
them to keep up the present output.
One of the new shovels Is at work on
the west side of the excavation; the
remainder being engaged on the
south, east and southeastern ends and
sides. On the east side. a shovel Is
making big inroads on the elevation
lying closest to the Eureka workings.
Whether this is in prosecution of the
ore, or Nevada Consolidated is max
ing way for additional assembly yards
is not known; in either event they are
widening the ore body of the pit, and
exposing 1t that much nearer to Ely
Central ground.
1t is In the southeastern end that
they are taking the best ore from the
pit; and here too, the end of their
must land them up to Ely
Central line. With the ore body on
it must find Judgment in the
.hispy claim of the latter. All of this
Of course. has nothing to do with the
progress of the steam shovel pit. The
company will naturally follow the
ore: and there is not any suspicion
hat they r Intentionally aiding in
The development of the property of
heir next door neighbor; but the dis
riot is nightly interested In the pres
developments, because they tend
prove more and more another big
nine at Copper Flat in Ely Central.
They still hold on to the native
copper in the southeastern end of the
tit; and have opened a vein there of
bout two and one-half feet in width
# this rich stuff. The steam shovel
N the second terrace continues to
ut through the native metal every
ime 1t is at WORK slioing in that cor
Ter. Most of the work going on is,
laturally stripping the ore. There
re, nearly all the time, four churn
Irills in and about the pit, prospect
ng, or drilling powder holes.
Behind the pit to the south, and
rom that direction to the west, to-
Yard the Liberty, there are in the
Ieighborhood of half a dozen ehurn
.rills at work on the hills, two of
hem being busy in the ground of the
An inspection of these
5orkings gives a better idea of the
mount of work that is going on. and
( the manner in which Nevada Con-
olidated is piling up its ore reserves
Or the future. 1t will be a long time
many years, in fact, before the
treasures of the Copper Flat pit can
e exhausted, If the company can find
ne way to handle the ore at the low
r levels at profit, and the way is at
and, If arrangements can be made
18th Ely Central.
In the Liberty pit they are strip
ing the ore with a single steam
howell, which is all that is necessary
Or the present. They are getting in
hape for production. which, how
yer, cannot be commenced before
ometime next summer. In some
arts of the pit they are encountering
he ore at the shallow depth of so
eet from the surface. They r lay
ng more tracks for the handling of