White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-17

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er activity in a mining way and the
output of still greater wealth for
Ely. The week which has just pass
ed has not been without its contribu-
tions in this regard. for it has
brought us that much closer to an
other big shipper and one more pro-
ducer. The shipper-to-be Is the rich
Giroux Consolidated Mines and the
near producer is the Ely Central.
Word reaches here from the east
that former United States Senator w.
A. Clark Is to become interested in
the district, both In a mining way
and in railroad way. Having dis
posed of his interests in the deep
mines of Montana. he Is said to be
looking to Ely for continuation of
his producers. More than this he is
going to run a branch from his San
Pedro, Los Angeles ana Salt Lake
railroad to Ely through the Deep
Creek country.
Interested In the branch road, or
at least cooperating with him will be
the Cole-Ryan syndicate, who have
the controlling interest In the Inter-
national Smelling and Renning COM
pany, whose smelter has just been
completed at New Tooele, as well as In
the Giroux Consolidated Mines. This
means that the ore of the Giroux
Consolidated will be treated at New
Tooele, to which the branch road will
be run. At the Giroux mine, an ex-
tension of the tracks was surveyed at
the time Ii was though that the Ely
Goldfeld road was going through
that way, and the survey will do for
the tracks of the new branch.
The ore of the Giroux to be
handled at the smelter will be the d.
rect smelling ore OF the Alpha shaft
for the development OF which exten-
sive preparations have been and are
being made at the five compartment
Giroux shaft. This ore averages 20
per cent and carries considerable ma
tive copper besides. Down the hill
from the Giroux Consolidated Is the
Clipper shaft of the Ely Central with
the same ledge running through It
as that which passes through the
Alpha shaft. They have Just started
10 cross-eut out to the ledge from the
235 foot point In the Clipper and the
ore body through which the shaft
passed for more than $50 feet will
be thoroughly explored and opened
up by means of crosseuts, drifts and
wines.
The ores of the Giroux and the Ely
Central will more than warrant the
building of the contemplated road:
and the latter. passing as IL will
through widely mineralized coun-
try will have the effect of opening
up greater area than was ever
dreamed of by the pioneers of the
Robinson district. In addition to
this II will bring competition into the
country, and its connection with one
of the greatest trans-continenta
roads in the west will have a won
derfully upbuilding effect on the dis
trict as well as the county.
At the Ely Central's Eureka work
ings the developments of the week
have been such as to put the proper
ty In the category of very near pro-
ducers. According to the news that
comes from the mine, any day, any
hour of the day may find the south
crosscut in the porphyry ore in Its
extension from the steam shovel pit
to the southeast. There is every in
dication of this, for there have been,
within the past few days marked
chances in the material In the cross
cut which is now out 70 feet from the
shaft; and the conditions in the bot
tom of the shaft and in the end of
the lateral are identically the same
as In the pit where the limestone is
exposed just north of the porphyry
ore.
Conditions in the outside world
continue to grow better, and the fall
stocks one of the greatest markets
ever known. Crops give promise of
being successful all over the country
and industrials are everywhere on
the move. Here is one little instance
of this fact which comes right home
to our own district. They have been
waiting at the steam shovel pit for
three big locomotives to lessen the
burden of the heavy grade for the ore
cars out of the pit They have still
to wait for the reason that there were
so many orders ahead of that OF the
Nevada Consolidated for locomotives
1t is the same thing with regard to
steam shovels and Keystone drills,
This means only one thing and
that Is that there Is a demand for this
kind of machinery. a greater demand
than can be filled with all the ma
chine shops going night and day. II
you will just stop to inquire you will
find that there Is big money being
expended and more to be spent. Cop
per Is the last of the metals to feel
this demand, but when copper's turn
comes. as 1t must come to keep pace
with the progress In all other lines