White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-14
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n Boynton, OF New York, president
of the Consolidated Coppermines
company. A. T.. Humphreys of Den
YER. a prominent oil operator OF West
Virginia, financial agent Of the COM
pany, and Ira B. Humphreys. The
object of the visit was to look over
the properties Of the company, and
the visitors expressed themselves as
well satisfied with what they saw.
The property is In better shape H.
pancially, today, than ever before In
its history. and is now able to carry
on all usual operations of develop
ment work and equipment for one
thousand tons per day capacity. Five
new churn drills have been ordered.
and this will give the company at
least ten drills with which TO prose-
cute it's development work. The
first unit OF the mill is now ready
and the second unit will be ready
about the middle OF April Some men
we're laid off when the mill was COM
pletetd, and the shortage OF coal Is
now somewhat retarding the work.
However wood Is being cut extens-
lively and all possible time is being
saved Quite stream of water has
been struck in the Morris shaft which
will increase the water supply and is
of Importance In connection with the
operations, and the company viii be
able to operate 500 tons per day
without pumping water from the
Morris shaft
II is understood that arrangements
have been made whereby the concen-
irates produced by the Coppermines
company will be treated at the Nc
Gill plant OF the Nevada Consolidat-
ed Copper company
Commenting on a recent descrip-
tive article In the Ishpeming mich }
Iron Ore, the Duluth News Tribune
comments as follows.
1T has Just been made public
that a group of men who have been
very successful in mining and devel-
oping Oh lands have recently be-
come associated with Consolidated
Coppermines company. which owns
about 5000 acres OF mineral land I'M
mediately surrounding the operating
properties OF Nevada Consolidated
company. at Ely, Nevada.
The company has been fully f.
nanced and the new interests are ex-
cedingly anxious to put the property
on sound producing basis at once.
The directorate OF the company
as now composed is as follows: c.
lawrence Perkins, Thomas b. Ad-
ans, Joseph b Cotton. F. II. King.
isadore Hernsheim, Charles II. Boyn-
Ton OF New York. A. j. Selfridge of
Boston; 1. W. Bernheim of Louis
Vile; Thomas A. Merritt Of Du-
iuth, A. e. Humphreys. and | b.
humphreys, of Denver. and e. F..
Gray, OF Kimberly, Nevada
"A. e. Humphreys of Denver. will
De chairman Of the board of direct
ors and will direct the affairs of the
company In the future. Mr.. Hum
phreys is very well known In Duluth
ana all his friends appreciate his abil-
ity and push, and realize. perhaps
more fully than strangers the great
advantage 1t will be to the Consoli-
uated Coppermines company to have
MIN actively identified with the de-
'elopment and management OF the
comnanys affairs.
"A 500-ton fotation mill Is being
installed at the property and Will
III operation about January 10, 1917.
Inc company is installing the same
process that made such great sue
cess at the Inspiration mine.
immediately upon the association
OF Mr.. Humphreys and associates
with the Consolidated Coppermines
company. orders we're given for
uoubling the mill capacity. as It was
found that the mill building was
large enough for a concentrator hav-
ing capacity of 1000 tons per day
instead OF only 500-ton unit. The
company has four star drills upon the
property and orders we're Immediately
gwen for six new drills SO that drills
ana supplies might be assembled
preparatory to large drilling CAM
paign to be started early In the
spring. The cost of the notation
process concentrator and six new
drills VIII be about 100000.
There has already been 10000
'oo tons of ore developed Of similar