The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-17
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IN DEVELOPM Mt
Trip Through the Properties
of District Show Marked
Activity.
COPPER FLAT A LARGE
HIVE OF INDUSTRY
Centennial Development Cut
ting Into Fine Property in
East Ely. District.

A trip through the mines and about
the properties that are being developed
is enough to convince anyone OF ine
marked activity In the East Ely minipe
district This is the statement made by
the White Pine News. and a review OF
the work done there during the last week
Work at Mcc'ill. New, Is progressing IN
a most satisfactory manner and the pay.
roll would indicate that this Is the moss
prosperous mining camp in the state OF
Nevada The following is a review of
the situation;
At the Copper Flat pit the, workings
resemble an enormous hive OF indns.ry nIa,tr
work The extraction and shipment OF
ore goes on day and night According
to the .repors, OF the company. , the COPPER Per
last quarter averaged SO, the lowest
erased yet worked This, is easily ac-
counted for BY trip to the pit wnerS re
a grade lower than l per cent neine
shoveled into the cars for shipment TO
the big mill at McGil
at a profit Is Ike finding money, and
while II brings down che general average
OF the ore treated at McGill, In the wind :
up IL proves a considerable source OF
revenue TO the big company. Ordinarily,
II would 20 over the dump as waste with
the overburden: but with the improved
methods of treatment and the sonGe,neraI ,n.,,
Dit they have considerable ore blocked
out and ready for shipment: and mean.
while are removing tons and tons OF
overburden.
Working to Capacity.
Al the McGiU plant all three depart
monts. the mill. smelter and converter
are being worked TO their capacity. no.
reverberatory has eclipssd the world rid :; $
treate treated i see tons tons OF ore Or in that time,
Previous records AT the smelter were IN
the neighhorhood Of 24o tons a day ana
Aa fnf tys0
500 tons by considerable margin. The
work of the past two weeks under the
direction OF Chief Engineer Sorenson has
mill In the shade. and the Montana peo-
pie have not yet recovered from inc
shock
At the Giroux Consolidated sinking be-
low the l4o0-foot level was started with
ONE compartment only but II was found
that the ground was too INSECURE TO ioi-
low out this plan. AZ the l3oO-foot level;
where work was stopped on account OF
tho water and soft ground. the water Is
now draining naturally 10 the depths be
low and very little is going into the shaft
II NAV he possible TO resume work here
before the shaft is extended 10 the 1900
foot mark.
AT the l2oO-foot level they arc drifting
in the ore measure in three different
parts OF the zone. They are drifting on
the hanging and the fcotWali and In the
middle of the zone. In the latter they
have driven $50 feet on the hanging Iney
these workings. but what the average
content Is Is not being given out by the
MANAGEMENT.
In the Zack shaft of the Ely ConsolI-
dated very welcome change to the ma,i-
agemcnt has taken place at the 500 level.
the oSidization having ceased and the ore
to the ore body which was encountered
at and above the 500-foot level, they have
passed out OF the lime and into the por-
phyry with the sulphide ore Intervening
In Ep
for when the big dixie is reached.
Lead Deposits Likely.
Al the 500 level a drift Is being driven
toward the American workings of the
and the con s9ntaGt Locks good 0G es to
has been found In good quantities IN the
American shaft The drift viii be con-
tgss gssd to ae 1hl shaft h asc ess s psfn 6
handled 10 the best of advantage from
The zack for the reason OF the proximity
OF the Nevada Northern tracks.
Boston Ely is improving. in the lower
ern drift OF the Emma shaft at the 1900
for a width of fifty feet and are taking
out some very fine high grade ore, much
of which Will avemge 10 per cent In
sary ar W 10 establish a blower % ''t'' to rid the
working of the bad air, and until this is
put In work cannot be carried on, Poles
1cr the StrlnElng OF wires from the VET
erau to the Emma are now being put up
and will be ready for uso in a few days.
At the FL Central no work Is COINS
ahead but the pumping out Of the Eureka
shaf, once week. II was expected thnt
Judge Coleman would hand down his de-
cIsinn during the week on the receiver
ship question, but both parties to the suit
were disappointed, Until this matter Is
disposed Of ny the court nothing can be
done with the property
The Centennial Development company
has cut into very fine looking prospect
with It's winze, which is being sunk from
the tunnel level. The winze has broken
into cave. and this Is always considered
o, most promising sign In copper proper
the Interior Of the cave presents most
beautiful sights with It's stalactites and
stalagmites. and will one day ba one Of
the Ely spots for sightseers.. Meantime
the W me Ia being continued down one
side Of the cave, and when II gets under
II they Will crosscut for an ore body
supposed to be at greater depth,