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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31
TELLS OF THE PORCUPINE
DISTRICT AND ITS RUSH

Like the good old days of '49, or the
early boom days of the Klondike excite
ment, the PorcupIne camp of the Cobalt
country is attracting gold seekers from
all corners of the earth. A number of
Goldfeld men are there and others are
looking that way with an intention Of
going there if a boom develops mex
spring.
The situation in that part of the
world is we'll stated in New York BIZ
Sir James Grant of Ottawa. New York
papers nave interviewed him in a very
entertaining fashion.
"'It is stating the case mildly ne
said, "to say that they have a boom
on in the Cobalt country such as has
not been known since the opening Of
the California and Australian gold
fields. Fully sixty teams a day ara
carrying in passengers and provisions
from the terminus of the Ontario rail
road, and the rush appears to increase
daily. The Ontario government, after
a most careful examination by it's Off
cial mining engineer, has decided to
complete the Ontario railroad to Porcu-
pine, in order to cope with the remark
able development now in progress.
cit is estimated that there are 1000
prospectors in the country from every
part of the world, including South AZ
RIGA and Australia. Only a few days
ago a representative of the Chinese
government was in Cobalt for the pur-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31

From information gathered from
many sources it seems to be pretty def
nitely settled that the proposed billion
dollar copper merger is soon to be a
and that one unit Of its vari-
Gus smelling plants will be located at
Ely under the management of the Gil
rcux company, with the ores of the
Giroux company as a basis for the
treating of copper, gold and silver ores
and also with ample facility for the
treating of all lead and zinc ores sor
the entire state of Nevada. 1t IS
learned that the recent visit to Ely of
John C. Greenway, general manager OF
the Calumet & Arizona and Superior &
Pittsburg companies, and a party of the
operating Officials Of the Greene-Can-
anea company, was in connection with
the solution of this Giroux smslter
problem.
A decision regarding the location of
the Giroux smelter will be reached
shortly, and with the announcement Of
it the mining world will realize the
purpose of the Observation-Disclosures
| Anaconda : Morgan Rockefeller gronp
of copper interests to enter the lead
and zinc fields in competition with The
Gu~ggenheim owned smelter trust. Aft
err plans in this direction have been ma
tured, it will be left with the Guggen-
helms to say whether or not they wish
to enter the big copper consolidation.
They will not be invited to join the
combination, but if, foreseeing The
breaking of their monopoly over the
lead and zinc smelling fields, they
wish to Join the consolidation, terms
will be made with them.
The advent of what may be called
the Rockefeller party into the lead
zinc field as a competitor of the sme-
ter trust is a circumstance that IS
fraught with big significance. The Gil.
roux smelter will be the nucleus of the
new undertaking in Nevada, and fol
this reason it seems probable that TIL
plant will be located in the vallcl
rather than at the mines of the com
pany, as it ear be more easily approach
ed by railroads which will ventualls
be built to Salt Lake City, Phoebe an
also the Hamilton, Eureka, Typo ant
Goldfeld. Railroad building from .hG
Giroux property to the smelter is be5ei
with no engineering or mechanical dif
iculties, and the smelter site at thi.
point is so far out on the face of .h>
desert that fume troubles will never /
experienced. This smelter will be com
plete in every respect, with lead stacks
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31

chase of an operating mine to produ.,
silver for Chinese coinage. The prsett
cal exapnnation OF the gold hill Of Tin,
INNS & McMartin. whose mine i nav
down but 200 feet has proved that u.
ore is as valuable at the bottom 1, 4
the top. The owners are exhibiting
brick of the metal which has been 81
ued at $4,000.
"a large section of the country hs|
already been mapped off and secured.
but elaine are constantly changing
hands at very high figures. Expas
from the United States, from Austral,
and South Africa agree that the Porct
pine is today, although only in it, n
fancy, n of the greatest gold fields
in the world. One claim, held By "
Ontario man, which was offered fer Il.
500 a few months ago, the other day
was valued at more than 81, 500, 900, BE
owner refusing that offer.
"Hotels, banks and houses Of general
business are being erected rapidly, and
the whole place exhibits a degree Of
activity all the more remarkable when
you consider that it is in the back
woods of Canada. The saying, An j.
not gold that glitters' does not sesm
to hold good as to this region, whore 81
the developments and prospects thus
far made have more than ~justihed TIC
widest predictions ave made a. u -
future. The output for the year juat
closing will be the largest BY sevsral
millions in its history