White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-18
TRAIN LOAD OF
COPPER BULLION
GREATEST SHIPMENT IN HIS.
TORY OF MINING, CONSISTING
OF 1900 TONS WITH MONEY
VALUE OF $325,OO

For the past week they have been
taking out the richest ore from the
steam shovel pit that il has ever
been the lot of the Nevada Consol-
idated to get anywhere In the dis
trict. In the south end of the pit.
No. has been mining native copper.
How much of this rich stuff they
have is not yet apparent, but they
have been in 1t for week, and they
are still taking out the pure quill.
Specimens of the native copper are in
evidence all over Copper Flat. They
have enough in sight at any rate not
to miss hatfull or two, and mixed
with the low grade sulphide ore 1t
helps amazingly in bringing up the
values.
Most of the work now being done
by the steam shoyels is confined to
the south and the east sides, those
sides OF the pit nearest to the Ely
Central, and it is flattering to the
latter company, which this week
found the continuation of the pits
ore body in the Eureka shaft to
know that the native copper which is
being mined by the shovels Is only
200 feet from the northwest corner
of the Chipsy claim of the Ely Gen.
trail
Two of the shovels are working
in the ore and the remainder are en-
gagged in removing the overburden,
so that the ore may be easy of access
when the time comes when the COM
pany will want to increase its out
nut Thau oro Lipo oil tt.o,-
preparations for the winter months,
and there will not be a repetition of
the times of last winter, when Ii re-
quired All the energies and resources
of the company to keep the bins of
the concentration supplied with ore.
me steep stduc up s-@A. +ha ri. tn
the main railroad line hampers the
work of production to some extent,
but 1t is hoped to obviate this ma
terially by the increase of the equip
ment with three big locomotives
which are due to arrive at Copper
Flat between this and the holidays.
Meantime they are sending down
the high line five trainloads of ore
every "a hours, amounting to close
TO 5000 tons a day. This is back
TO the old schedule of production of
a stdi dSOt anu luC
denials of the existence of the "gen-
tlemen's agreement" to curtail the
output of the big copper producers.
the curtailment Is in effect this min
ute. A little over a month ago they
were tearing up the earth with pow
der and steam shovels, and there
We're as many as 10000 tons of ore
going daily to the coneentrator at
McGill
Now the concentrator is running
at less than one-half its capacity.
only three sections of the eight being
in operation, and this appears TO be
sufficient for the demans of pres
ent production. The concentrator is
far ahead of the smelter and the con-
vertors in the way of supply, for
there are concentrates on hand to
keep the smelter in operation for at
least sixty days. At present the en-
tire five reyerberatories of the smell
ter are going constantly. and enough
blister copper is being turned out by
the convertors to keep shipments up
to two carloads a day.
On last Wednesday the biggest
shipment of copper bullion that ever
left this or any other district, was
sent on its way to Baltimore, there
to undergo the electrolytic process,
or in other words, to be refined. Why
this great shipment was sent out at
this time Is apparently a mystery,
the solution of which probably lies
in a freight arrangement with the
Southern Pacific. The Western Pa
cific is prepared to do business in
this part of the country. and 1t is up
to the old line to cut rates. The
shipment comprised 22 cars of cop
per, averaging In the neighborhood
of so tons to the car. This makes a
little over 1900 tons, which in money
value amounts to approximately,
1895, 900, a nice little dividend in it.
self for the stockholders of Nevada
Consolidated.
In the Liberty pit there is one
steam shovel at work, and this is en-
gagged in removing the overburden.
Before production can begin here
they will have to cut another slice,
but everything is ready for the re-
moval of the ore as soon as the point
of production Is reached.
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