The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03
ALL ELY RECORDS
BROKEN WEDNESDAY
Nevada Northern Road Handles
Ten Thousand Tons Ore
During Day.
SHELTER ALSO IN
LINE WITH RESULTS
GirouX Company Plans Mine
Improvements TO Endure for
Many Years.
Special to The Trlhunc.

Special to The Tribune.
ELY. New. April 2.-Ten thousand
tons of ore were delivered by the Ne
vada Northern railroad TO the smelter at
McGlll on Wednesday OF this week. All
OF this came from tho big pit of the
Nevada Consolidated Copper company
at Copper Flat and represents the big
Gcst single days tonnage ever handled
by the ore line crews. March was
banner month for the smeltcr and for
Copper Flat. At the smelter the total
output of blister copper for the month
was about six million pounds while at
the Flat all previous records were broken
both for tonnage OF ore handled and
yardage OF overburden removed.
The Nevada Consolidated company Is
preparing TO open another steam shovel
ore body on the Liberty group and three
Bucyrus company for use in the work.
As the pit at the Flat grows deeper, ii
becomes steadily more difficult for the
'dlnky" engines 10 haul the ore up the
grade To the main line. 1t is proposed
10 reach the lowest levels of the Copper
Flat ore body by a tunnel large enough
for railroad trains, which will leave the
main ore body at n point some distance
down the canyon from the pit and come
In under the present workings. such
project will of course take a long time
for construction and until IL Is under
taken, the Nevada Consolidated will con-
tinue To draw from the present pit and
from the present pit and from the new
one on the Liberty group the ore neCes-
sary to supply the Steptoc plant amount
ing TO 1000 or 5000 tons a day on the av-
erage.
Timberlng OF the new fve-compart-
ment shaft OF the GirouX Consolidated
pleted to the 1OoO-foot level by the tenth
of April. Two compartments Of the shaft
have been sunk from the l00O-foot 10
the l20O-ioot and one compartment has
he. linn. Il AF, lNnF al. .f
1885 feet, the additional 80 feet serving
as a sump for the collection of what
water is coming into the shaft,
station 120X20 feet I'm size is being
cut at the 126o-foot level. and in ii viii
be installed two pumps. one with n ca
pacity of 500 gallons per minute and
another capable OF ho!sting 1900 gallons
OF water TO the collar Of the shaft in the
same time. Steel and concrete will be
the materials used In the construction
of the station, no lumber being used in
either floor or overhead. This viii make
for permanency and will lessen the dan
ger from fire.
AS soon as the pumps are installed
drift will probably be started from the
responding level Of the Alpha shaft about
100 feet distant II was in the lower
levels Of the Alpha that the great de-
posits of high-grade ore that have made
the GirouX company famous were prin-
Cipally developed. About a year ago.
strong flow Of water was encountered on
the l200- foot level Of the Alpha which
proved too much for the pumping equip
ment of the Alpha and the lower work
ings CT the shaft have since remained
flooded II Is the present plan TO drain
the lower workings OF the new shaft
where the big pumps will readily handle
the water.
The Circus company has under con-
sidera ton the sinking OF two more big
shafts on q scale OF magnitude similar
To the one now nearing completion. II
these are put down. one Of them WIN no
doubt be located on the Rlckard Ely
ground, purchased last year by the COM
pany from G. J.. Richards and associates.
1t is understood that Thomas +. Cole
considers the RIckard- Ely as being an
exceptionally promising property.
4 system of waterworks for fire pro-
lection and domestic purposes is being
installed In the village OF Kimberly by
the Giroux company A large and sub
stantial building TO be used as a board
Ing house and as sleeping quarters for
the foremen and clerical staff OF the
company Is also nearing completion.
This building contains modern convent
cnces, including electric lights and baths.
and is a credit to the camp. All of the
improvements now being undertaken by
the Giroux company are of the most per-
mancnt character and show that the
management is looking ahead, not for
days nor for months. but for years and
perhaps generations,