The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-25
NEVADA CON. JULY
OUTPUT DECREASED
Accident to Steptoe Furnace
Prevents Usual Tonnage
From Being Smelted.
Special to The Tribune.

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ELY. New, July 24.-Pope Yeatnlan.
consulting engineer for the Guggenheim
Exploration company: his assistant, Ed
win ;. Berry. and W. II. r. wilkins, for
merIy an official of the New Jersey Zinc
company, have been spending the week
in the district on a visit OF inspection 10
the Steptoc smelling plant and to the
mines OF the Nevada Consolidated COM
pany at Copper Flat The visit had no
special significance, but was merely one
OF the semi-aunual Trips usually made oy
Mr. Yeatman 10 all OF the larger Guggen-
helm properties.
An accident 20 No. . furnace at the
Steptoe plant will slightly reduce the cop
per output Of the plant for the month OF
July. The hfth reverberatory ct the Iur-
mace building is being rushed TO compile
ton and Will probably be blown in early
next month. The Steptoe company Will
soon commence the erection OF q storage
reservoir for coal with capacity OF lo,-
600 tons
The Boston Ely company has suspend
ed operations at the Emma shaft. ad-
joining the Veteran property Of the Cum
Uerland Ely company. II is officially
stated that the shutdown at the Boston
Ely IS only temporary and viii last only
until Consulting Engineer Chase can
make an examination of the property and
report 10 the board OF directors In Bos-
ton as 70 the best method TO be pur-
sued In further development work II
has been known for some time that the
results being obtained by the Boston Ely
were not entirely satisfactory and
change OF plans was considered neGes-
sary. The Boston Ely. which is backed
by & group OF wealthy men OF Boston.
was the only one OF the smaller COM
panies which did not suspend operations
ceeding dull times. The company has
always been q fayorite locally and
good deal OF the stock Is held In small
lots in the Ely district. The company
all fFas In
eral ground and the management is con-
sidered exceptionally efficient.
The Ely Consolidated has just shipped
carload OF high grade ore from the
Brilliant shaft 10 the American Smelt-
ing company at Garfield. In No. west
drift from the Brilliant shaft, the COM
pany now has TWO feet OF good ore which
is improving steadily. other workings
= compressor plant with air drills has
been ordered by the Ely Central COM
pany for use at the Clipper shaft. The
machinery comes from Salt Lake, and
Manager Lee Glockner expects 10 have
the plant in operation carly next week
The company has also ordered Two Trac-
don No. % Star churn drllls for lmme-
diate shipment from the factory In Phil
adelphla- The new churn drills will be
used IN d Systematic prospecting Of the
Ely Central's big mineral estate. The
company's Eureka shaft has now reached
"A depth OF $50 feet and a crosscut from
the bottom is apparently entering the
suphide zone. several stTingers OF good
ore having been encountered IL the last
few feet OF drifting.
Superintendent StTehlke OF the Ely
Calumet has given a lease on the COM
pany's Wildcat claim TO Bush & Ross OF
Ely. The leasers have z nice streak OF
high grade ore on which TO begin oper-
atoms.
3. F. Grant, Vice president OF the Ely
Amalgamated Copper company. and D.
W. Easton, q director OF the same COM
pany, are in the district from salt Lake
TO inspect the company's holdings near
McGIN. The company has done consid-
cradle development work during the past
year and the management plans 70 pat
ent It's claims during the present sea
son.
The main tunnel OF the Ely Centennial
company located on the mountain side
directly north Of the town OF Ely, has
now been driven about 1900 feet and
changes in the formation appear 70 In
dicate the approach OF the main vein
for which the tunnel is being driven. Re-
ports from Salt Lake that the Ely Cen
tennial directors have voted Sl5.cOO 70
the treasury are received with great sat
isfaction in Ely. as IT has always been
the opiaion among local mining men that
the big mountain TO the north OF town
on which are located the Centennial,
Calumet and Mcdonald Ely properties,
only needed development in order TO
bring in some big mines.