White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-24
NEW EQUIPMENT
II ELY CENTRAL
TWO BIG TRACTION STAR DRILLS
AND AN AIR COMPRESSOR
WILL SOON BE IN OPERATION
ON THE PROPERTY.

The Ely Central Copper company
has ordered two big No. 23 Traction
Star drills and an air compressor to
be added to Its equipment. The CON-
pressor Is due here from Salt Lake at
any time and is expected to be In op-
Grafton early this week behind three
machine drills at the Clipper. The
drills are coming from Akron, Ohio,
by fast freight and are to be put In
operation In the vicinity OF the Eu-
reka shaft adjoining the Nevada Con-
solidated's steam shovel pit.
This Is how strong they are going
at the Ely Central and gives an idea
OF the confidence the management
has In its property. At the Eureka
they are getting nearer each day to
the continuation of the orebody of
the pit which lies to the south and
east of the big excavation in Ely
Central ground. Any shot In the
crosscut may tell the story which
means fame and fortune to the COM
pany and its stockholders, and
l.
crosscut Is now out rs feet to the
south. and the next change which
comes into 1t, 1t Is confidently ex-
pected will be the porphyry ore.
This expectation is not based so
much on theory as on the ocular de-
monstration OF the pit next door to
the Eureka workings. where the
geological problem of the Eureka is
unfolded to the eye of anyone who
cares to look. The conditions In the
pit are identical with those of the
Eureka in every respect; but the
most striking feature of the pit with
regard to the Eureka IL the lime
stone showing relative to the por-
phyry ore. A great belt OF limestone
is exposed for width OF approx
mately so feet, and directly TO the
south of this Is the porphyry ore
from which Nevada Consolidated is
shipping 1000 and more tons every
day to the concentrator at McGill.
The porphyry ore is the objective
point of the Eureka workings, and
the south crosscut is the workings
through which they expect first to en-
counter II. 1t is a most natural ex-
pectation for the limestone in the
crosscut as well as in the bottom of
the shaft is identical In every respect
with that In the pit: and as the por-.
phyry ore lies to the south of the
limestone in the pit. so must II lie TO
the south OF the limestone In the Eu-
Teka. When the fault of break in
that ground occurred centuries ago,
not only the limestone was carried
down to where II had been found IN
the Eureka. but so was the porphyry
ore and everything else in view. So
at the Eureka 1t is only a matter of
getting through the limestone TO find
the porphyry ore.
The ehurn drill which is located
nearly 600 feet to the southeast of
the Eureka shaft, and which was out
OF commission for three weeks is
again churning away merrily on Its
way to the ore. They scucceeded in
nshing out the tools two days ago
ana have since been industriously
deepening the hole, already the deep
est hole which was ever put down in
the rhyolite In this district. IL would
De OF Just as much importance to the
ELY Central to strike the ore in that
noie as In the crosscut or In the shaft.
once they get the porphyry ore in
any part of those workings, II means,
at the least calculation that Ely Gen.
tral has tapped deposit of ore In
extent at least, 100000 to 4.000.-
600 tons. This In itself means the
opening up of a big mine.
At the Clipper they are driving a
crosscut to the west to tap the ledge
through which the shaft passed for
more than $50 feet. The crosscut is
out 20 feet and they have less than
40 feet to go to strike the vein, the
same vein which yielded an average
OF better than 20 per cent in copper
In the Alpha shaft of the Giroux Con-
solidated. The foundation for the
air compressor which is on the way
from Salt Lake, is In place and the
concrete set; everything ready for
the installation of the machine on
arrival. The machine drills will
make the rock fly In that crosscut,
and the ledge will be reached in a
short time. They will drift both
ways on the ledge and further ex-
plore IL with wines.