White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-01
THE YEAR 1911 IS FILLED WITH
PROMISE FOR ELY DISTRICT.
Our Growth Has Been Steady, Development In Mines
Has Gone Forward and Our Monthly Pay Roll is
in Excess of Quarter of a Million Dollars.

The dawn of 1911 is filled with
promise for the Robinson district.
and the promise will bear fulfillment
early in the year. The year which
has just closed was a strenuous one
| for the district, punctuated as 1t was
with ups and downs, and the close of
| it found us at our greatest disad-
vantage. Notwithstanding this the
merchants have no complaint to
make as to the windup, for from Nc
Gill to Copper Flat there has been
no murmur in the realms of trade.
Taking the year throughout, with
all it's ups and downs there has been
no better place in the entire state
than the Ely district, and there Is not
now in the state any place where the
prospects are more bright for
the year which has just dawned.
The close of last year saw
lively stock market, and every
body consequently busy and happy.
At this time the entire stock market
Throughout the country is shot to
pieces, and in that direction Ely, fol-
lowing the natul al bent of things, is
also quiet. But, meantime, the dis
trict has been one of steady growth,
and the development in the mines has
put the district just that much ahead.
In the Nevada Consolidated Copper
company, we can boast of one of the
biggest copper shippers in the world,
and the end of this year will prob
ably see the immense output of that
mine doubled. The steam shovel pit
i at Copper Flat is now putting out as
minimum daily shipment, 1000 tons
of ore, a sufficiently large output to
make one mining camp anywhere in
the world Before the end of spring
/ ii is expected that the Liberty pit of
the same company will be in the ship
ping class, which means not only an
added output, but an increase of the
payroll in the camp. At present there
/ are six steam shovels at work in the
Copper Flat pit and one in the Lib
erty.
The latter is sufficient for the pres
ent needs of the Liberty but when
they have stripped enough overbur-
/ den to reach the ore, other shovels
will be added, and still others In the
Copper Flat pit. The increased out
4 put means the employment of more
men, which naturally means a larger
payroll. They are getting ready for
/ this at the Star Pointer in the new
/ buildings which are being erected for
the accommodation of the men at
present at work, and for the others
to come. With an increased output
at the Flat there will be an increase
of the force at the reduction plant at
MeGill, which means another increase
in the payroll of the district.
The payroll of mining camp Is
the backbone of the camp; 1t Is the
foundation upon which rests all 9TH
er business and trades; and the one
company mentioned pays out month
ly more than quarter of a million
dollars. While at present there is no
other mine in the district to COM
pare with that of the Nevada Consol-
idated there are other properties be-
ing developed. all of which help to
make the district, and there promises
to be more development than ever,
and consequent making of mines.
during the present year.
The Giroux mine, next on the list
in position of Importance, has gone
through a vast amount of develop
ment work during the year which has
passed, and has spent great deal of
money In the district for labor, as
well as on the outside for machinery
and supplies. Now the Giroux Con-
solidated is rapidly approaching the
point where the ore must be cared
for, and we have the promise of
both a concentrator and smelter