The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-16

Ely bears every appearance OF being on
the verge Of a substantial boom, accord
ing 20 Fred c. Dern Of the Dern & Thomas
brokerage house, who arrived home yes
terday after having made a hurried in
Epection of the more promine mt properties
of the Nevada copper camp. Attracted
by the unprecedented performance Of the
camps "porphyry'' producing mines, the
attention Of capitalists has been directed
TO its undsveloped resources. which prom
ise to be greater than the districts most
sanguine supporters ever dared to pre-
dict.
Residents of the district, who are IN
position 20 keep in Gloss touch with de-
VeiOpments in the newer properties, are
banking all OF their worldly possessions
upon the successful outcome" said Mr..
bern, land the outsider has only to see
the remarkable showings of mineral
Which are being exposed to share their
enthusiasm. In my own case, as mat
ter of fact, l can only wonder that the
boom in such properties as Ely Centen-
NAL, Ely Consolidated, Ely Central and
Others in the sO-called lime belt has been
SO long delayed.
centennIal's Great Showing.
''The surface showing in Ely Centennial
Tor example, is one of the greatest / have
ever seen in any mining camp. There is
a ledge thirty feet wide which is easily
but on through Ely Calumet and Nc
Donald Ely as well. Where the Centen-
NAL has sunk a 55-foot shaft Is a body
of pay ore fifteen feet thick, with q streak
OF twelve and sixteen inches of carbon
ate ore that runs IS per cent copper. There
IS every indication that several of the fis-
sures will unite at depth, forming an
enormous body Of ore. Within the next
six weeks, perhaps. the big ledge will be
cut by the 1,OO0-fOot tunnel which the
company is driving, the new machinery
which will greatly facilitate the driving
being now on the ground. Drifting and
sinking from the tunnel level should re-
silt in really extraordinary disclosures,
judging by the many surface showings.
ELY Consolidated likewise looks like
sure shipper in the very near future.
AT a depth Of 400 feet IN the lack shaft
= noted some great shoWings. We went in
on the north drift. with which they have
been following the ore. This drift has
run through the ore, but they are now
prospecting ii on further. We also went
into the south drift and there found a
splendid showing OF ore. ! am sorry that
time would not permit going into the
Brilliant shaft, but from the character
of the ore which had been hoisted, I
formed the opinion that this shaft also
has an abundance of ore Of a good grade.
Ely Consolidated should develop into one
OF the leading properties in the camp.
Pushes New Era Ahead.
THE latest strike of high-grade car
Donate ore on the 1,1T-foOt level Of the
Boston Ely had not been made the day
I visited that mine. but that it affords
new assurance Of the promise of surface
showings in other properties in the same
belt being fulfilled viii be readily recog-
nized. 1t pushes the new era of mining
in the camp far ahead of even what it
was a few days ago.
Il saw in the Giroux mine great show
ing of high-grade ore and of commercial
ore of lower grade. The Giroux is IN
questOnably one OF the big copper mines
of the United States. The Copper Flat
workings Of Nevada Consolidated have
been often described, but they must be
seen TO be appreciated. They served to
open my eyes TO the assured greatness of
the Elv district.
Many Of the newer properties, such
las Mcdonald Ely, Ely Resurrection, Fed
eral Ely and Ely Calumet / did not have
the time to visit, but from what I was
told OF their shOWings and from what l
saw of neighboring properties I have no
doubt that they are all virtually in the
same class. I was strongly impressed
with the little I had opportunity to see
Of Ely Central"