The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-17
ELY VERDI PLANS
BIC DEVELOPM
Visitor From Ely Tells of Pro
gress of Operations in
District.
WILL CONTINUE on
WAY TO JARBIDGE
Prospects Open Up in Encourag-
Ing Manner and Future
Is Bright.

7. i. Magner OF the firm OF Whitmorc
& Co. brokers Of Godfeld. Ncv.. Is in
this city few days business visit
Mr. Magner has recently been In ely.
where he and associates have extensive
interests. and he announces that plans
have been perfected for the beginning
Of an active campaign OF prospecting and
development on the property of the Ely
Verdi company, In the Robinson district.
The Verdi claims adloin tho Ely Consol-
idated properties, just south or the Ne
Nada Con, and arc recognized by mining
mon familiar with The district as being
valuable holdings. Preparations arc now
being made for the installation of a
chGrn drilling outfit by means Of which
the territory Of the company Will be pros
pected for the purpose Of determining the
hest means Of further development,
George Wingheld is one or the heavy In
terests In tho proposition. which is well
financed for extensive work.
Ely Great Camp.
While in Ely. Mr.. Magncr visited many
Of the properties OF the district and as a
result oil his Investigations he is firm in
che opinion that the camp and It's mines
have great future before them
The Nevada Con, which is recognized
west. surprised Mr.. Magncr by the eX-
tcnstveness OF its pit workings and the
great scale on which operations are being
carried on. The Ely Consolidated he con-
siders one OF the most promising of the
newer properties, the developments OF tue
past two weeks having been of n nature
even beyond the fonGest expectations Of
those directly interested. The ore bearing
ledge on these claims has now been traced
for 1000 feet
AS a result OF the Centennial disclos-
ures, w. *. Turner. the well-tnown min
ing engineer. connected with the Al My
ers interests, has started work on the
property of the Ely Calumet company. and
has already cut through the ledge on it's
hn Tor IN i1l oThn nd
Besides this ledge also another ledge car
rying high silver-lcad values has been
encountered which adds materially to
the value OF the property, At the Boston
Ely also, recent developments have been
OF considerable Importance. and inforna-
ton received in this city since the ar
of tho recent strike, the news being that
the entire drift in which the discovery
was made is now In ore.
On to Jarbidge.
Mr., Magner states that the new Jar
bldge district is being much talked abou,
in all Nevada camps at the present tiEe.
and that numerous operators at Goldnold
and Ely arc preparing to move into the
new gold country. Mr., Magncr himself
will 90 to Twin Falls in few days. and
from that point will so on into Iarbidgo
much-tallied OF gold discoveries, He is
OF the opinion that the district has been
given enough publicity already TO make
IL a boom camp. regardless of what the
merits of It's properties may be. and he
predicts a big rush of mining men and
promoters headed that way.
c, II. Whitmore. who Is associated with
Mr.. Magner in Goldneld. is now in Ely.
and will remain there Indefinitely in the
interests OF the Verdi company.