The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-18
BATTLE MOUNTAIN
TO BE SECOND ELY

w. II. Bray, who has long been
active in mining affairs in the West
and one of the diseoverers of Ely, is
in Winnemucca. Bray represents
large capital and in the pursuit OF
his business is seeking properties that
are of mine-making quality. At pres
ent he is paying attention to copper
deposits within a short distance from
Winnemucca.
Equally as a mine authority, Bray
is up to date in world events. When
seen today, he had this to say:
Il am an optimist as to the future
of metal conditions. The industrial
metals today are exceptionally good.
Silver, copper, tungsten and man.
ganese ores are of particularly i'm
portance. Silver and copper, consid-
cred statistically, are metals that will
be in great demand for a long time
after the present fearful war is ended.
Copper, not alone in the progress of
science, will be in larger demand, but
likewise enormous quantities are re-
quired in the reconstruction of Eu-
rope. This is a guaranty of high
price copper for many years to come
and foresh2dows an under-production
in the needs of copper.
Silver will maintain a high market
value. The Oriental demand for sill
yer is enormous and with the forced
expansion of great financial transac-
tions by the war the demand for sill
yer will continue and the price of the
metal accordingly will prevail for
years around or above 81 an ounce.
The needs of the nations. too, with the
great exhaustion enforced by the war
mad Prussians, will in due course of
time bring silver into its own, to be
used as monetary metal of standard
value. to meet the world requirements
of great financial stress.
Hence. in these metal considera-
tions it requires no prophet to predict
fine. prosperous future for the metal
interests of the West. with great de-
velopment in this direction. This is
evident.
I'm my travels through Nevada
have found the mining situation most
prosperous. In all directions new dis
coveries are made and the metal pro-
duction. with its returns. | predict
will be more than doubled in the next
few years.
II just came from copper sections
near Battle Mountain. Here | pre-
dict another Ely. The showings made
there in the last six months are stun
ming. The Copper Basin will illus
trate. Numerous leasers there are
shipping at a profit On the Donald
A. Mcdonald ground on what IS
known as the Kelly-Saunders lease,
the leasers are breaking over 40 feet
of ore and shipping same to smelter
without sorting. 1t is a mint. For a
real proof of the value of the district,
tn~ Gon brothers are making the
proof. At a depth of 100 feet the
COTS are prosecuting as fine body
of calcocite copper as ii has been my
privilege to see. This body of CALICO
cite has been crosscut 30-odd feet
and still in the face. The area of this
copper dissemination is as wide and
longer than in Ely. Proofs are de-
termining and the future, with the
demand for copper can be predicted.
Copper Canyon opportunities, too,
are pushing. The Schmidt interest
and the McCloud developments all are
for the good of that section. The
gold and silver developments around
Hill Top and Maysville are of great
importance and with rich production.
Truly this section is full of values and
the activity with ore shipments is the
strength of what is here mentioned
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