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WHITE P’NE NEWS
WEF Y MIINIINO REVIEW
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ESTABLISHED IN 1868. EAST ELY, WHITi. PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, JULY 3, 1910. VOL. XLI NO. 14.
AT THE GIROUX
PERMANENT HOISTING PLANT
WILL HE GREATEST IN DIS
TRICT AND ONE OE THE HIG
HEST IN THE WORLD.
At the Giroux Consolidated the
same marked activity which has
characterized the operations for the
past year Is still In evidence; and
daily are they nearing the goal for
which they started a year ago—
the development of and produc
tion from the rich orebody of the
Alpha shaft In the limestone. When
the big pumps are installed at the
12 foot mark in the five-compart
ment Giroux shaft, they will begin
the work of crosscutting to the east
to the orebody; and from present
Indications this should be during
the coming month.
Tne station at the 1,200 has been
cut, and they are now reinforcing
It with concrete. One end and
nearly one side of the immense cav
ern has been covered with the
concrete; there remains the other
end and side and the dome.
The station is 125 feet In length and
25 feet in width, and will house
two pumps; one of a capacity of 1,
200 gallons per minute and the
second with just one-half that
capacity. A third pump with a
capacity for handling 600 gallons a
minute Is on the ground, but this Is
Intended for installation at a great
er depth In the Giroux shaft.
There Is plenty of water In the
Alpha shaft, with which the Gi
roux Is connected at the 1.000 foot
level by a crosscut, 800 feet long. So
much is there that It was long ago
found Impracticable to handle the
rich ore from that opening; hence
the great five compartment shaft to
the west, which !b now the working
shaft for all the country In that
part of the estate of the Giroux
Consolidated Mines. The upraise
for the five compartment shaft from
the 1,000 foot level was made in dry
ground, and they did not get any
water until (lose to the 1200; and
then but a small amount. With the
two pumps installed the manage
ment will be ready to handle any
kind of a flow and the more they get
the better they will like It, for they
have hopes of developing a suffi
cient auppply to run their own reduc
tion works and treating their ore on
their own ground.
work on tne permanent hoisting
plant la progressing with rapidity.
The location of this plant is about
400 feet to the west and south of
the big shaft. Already the ground
has been exvaratcd for the eight
boilers which are on the ground,
and the excavation for the engines
is nearly finished. The coming week
will doubtless Bee the commence
ment of the concrete foundation
for the structure. This will be the
greatest plant In the district and
one of the biggest in the copper
mining world. The engines, two in
number, will have behind them
eight horizontal tubular boilers,
each of 150 horse power. One of
the engines is a Duplex, 26x48 in
ches, direct acting, with a ten foot
drum; anu the other is a 20x48
geared engine, with a ten foot
drum. iue first will handle two
five-ton skips; and tne second the
timber cage and the pumps.
The present wooden gallows frame
will be supplanted by a steel head
frame, 75 feet in height, which is
already on the grounds. This will
be put in place without at all inter
fering wltn the work of the shaft,
or the driving of the crosscut, it is
mooted that (ho counterpart of the
Giroux five compartment shaft Is to
be put down on the Klekard Kly.
This will probably lie done later,
for the survey has been made as
lias that for the continuation of the
three miles of trackage within the
lines of the Giroux Consolidated.
Perhaps the coming of President
Cole may have tne effect of precipita
ting this work.
It is now evldeni — inn first ore
to be produced will be from the
, wonderful Alpha orebody In the
lime. The general average of this is
better than 20 per cent, while in a
winze which is down 150 feet from
the 1,000 level, Is all in ore the
major portion of which Is native
copper. ThlH body of ore, so far
as it has been explored is suffi
cient in ItHelf to make the Giroux
Consolidated one of the biggest of
the copper producers; but it is only
a part of the mine's great ore res
erves which amount to several mil
lion tons.
In Old Glory is another mine in
the limestone, and the Morris and
two Brooks shafts are in the porp
hyry. The exploration work done
by these shafts has been supple
mented by churn drills during the
Paat year; and the results have
been more than satisfactory to the
management and to the stockholders.
The work done In tue porphyry has
emphasized the presece of ore
enough and of sufficient value to
warrant a steam shovel pit propo
sition which would be of greater
area than that of the steam shovel
Pit of the Nevada Consolidated.
LMGE PRODUCTION, DID PAY ROLLS AND MARKED HIT IN ILL DIRECTIONS ARE PROMINENT
FUTURES OF EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT WHICH WERE NEVER BHIGHIER THIN TODAY
Never at any time In the history
have the prospects for the district
been brighter than they are today.
Never has the production from the
mines been so great; never have
the pay rolls run so high; never has
the future been colored with so
rosy a tinge. Physically and fi
nancially, Robinson district is at her
best.
The market values of the Ely
securities are nominal values only,
for they are not based on the in
trinsic merits of the mines. These
are the dogdays of the stock mar
ket when the spirit of speculation
and investment are In the doldrums.
The heat has driven most of the
market men to the cool breezes of
the country, and they are occupied
with thoughts of anything but
market values. It is merely history
repeating itself.
History l{c|M>itts Itself.
At this time last year conditions
were the same in the outer world;
and It will be remembered that
those conditions were reflected in
Ely. Then, in the late summer
things began to Bizzle in the stock
market and the securities ot Ely
were the first to feel the effects. In
fact the Ely securities were the lead
ers in all the markets; and at that
time mining in the district had
hardly been budded, and the interest
was not as general In Ely and her
mines as it has since become. Ac
tivity in the mines and the near
mines was not half so great as at
the present time; and the prospects
were not near so rosy.
The steam shovel pit of the Ne
vada ^onsolidaieu has by no means
reached the full measure of its
production; the concentrator had
not been fully completed; but the
low cost production of the Ely ores
was beginning to be a feature of
the copper market which had to be
reckoned with; and the eyes of
the big copper men were directed
toward us. In the early fall Ely
was In the midst of a boom with her
securities and properties in demand
This interest has not abated, nor has
the work in the district ever lagged,
lucre are more men on the payrolls
now than a year ago; there are more
properties being worked and the
activity is becoming greater every
day.
Liberty Pit To He Opened.
Within ten days or two weeks the
Liberty pit, the new ore excavation
of the Nevada Consolidated will be
opened up in full blast, which
means still more production and the
employment of between 150 and
200 men. A great deal of prepar
tory work has been done on this
new mine of the Guggenheims; and
everything Is ready for the actual
start in the stripping of the ore,
pending the arrival of two steam
shovels, one of which is expeced
here any day. Similar lines of ac
tivity are noticed on the estate of the
Giroux Consolidated mines, where
there is a great deal of new work
under way, with more to follow. In
the latter will probably be included
the construction of the company’s
own reduction works on their own
ground.
Canting Into Her Own.
Ely Central, which has been
in the limelight more than any
otner property In the district; and
upon which has been spent in the
past year more than $150,000 in the
way of development, seems upon
the verge of coming into her own.
Work continues there day and night
with the very near prospect of cut
ting the orebody of the steam shovel
pit; and reports from the mine are
to the effect that this may occur any
day. This happening means big
things for the district as well as
the mine and will have the effect
of enlarging the activities of tne com
pany. From the Ely Consolidated to
iioston Ely along the ore belt every
property is working; and down Rob
inson canyon to Ely, where there is
a buzz of activity in the Ely Centen
nial and the Ely Calumet. At the
smelter and concentrator an echo is
found of the activity at Copper Flat.
Mining Men Here This Week.
During the coming week there are
expected three men whose names are
closely Interwoven with the recent
history of Ely; and whose coming at
this time may prove a happy augury
for the immediate future of the dis
trict. These men in their separate
ways, had more to do with the ex
ploration of the district and the
consequent flow of prosperity than
any other agencies. They are Thomas
F. Cole, president of the Giroux Con
solidated mines, and the associate of
the Standard Oil interests in the cop
per world; George Graham Rice, the
promoter of Ely Central, and to
whom is due more than anyone else,
the revivification of the district from
the lethargy into which, with the
rest of the state, It had been plung
ed by the panic of 1907; and last,
but not least, Charles S. Herzlg, the
engineer of international reputation
who mastered the secret of the Cop
per Flat fault, and outlined tne
methods for the discovery of the
ore on Ely Central.
Both Messrs. c,ole and Rice were
last here about this time a year ago.
The result of their visit was an ac
quisition of some of the best prop
erties in the district which were still
to be had; a demand for the outer
world for more, and an immediate
betterment of conditions in the dis
trict which ripened into the boom
of the fall. Doubtless with the
coming of these gentlemen history
may repeat itself; at any rate they
could not come in a more propitious
time for the observance of the pro
nounced activity of the entire dis
trict.
THK PLANT OK THK ELY CENTENNIAL COPPER COMPANY WHERE THK MOST MODERN MIXING MACHINERY IS INSTALLED
I
Whether steam shovels will be used
or the slicing and caving system
employed Is a matter of economics
which will be determined by the
company.
TWO STItIKKS DI KING WEEK.
' Leaser* on Ely Calumet and Min
nesota Lead Kind Good Values.
Two strikes of great importance
| to the entire district have been made
during the past week in this vicinity,
j Wilson, Hall and Mayor 1). C. Mc
i Donald. Word was brought in dur
j The tirst was on the property of the
: Kly Calumet where K. A. Strelhke
has taken up a lease on the North
Star claim. Mr. Strelke has had a
force at worn making preparations
for the working of the property for
some time. Ore nlns were erected,
tracks laid and many others little
things mat were necessary had to be
done first and it was not until about
a week ago that work was resumed
In the tunnel where the Calumet
company left off. A winze was
started and the leasers were quickly
rewarded by breaking Into four feet
of ore that runs better than 28 per
cent copper. Neither the hanging nor
foot wall have as yet been found, so
It Is a question of the extent of the
ore body.
The second strike was at the prop
erty of the Minnesota Lead company
In the Duck Creek district, control
of which is held In Kly by Messrs,
ing the week I hat an upraise leading
off from the main working shaft had
run Into about four and one-half feet
of pure galena. This is ready for
shipment as soon as It Is broken
down and it is expected that the
first carload will go forward this
week from the new strike. The
zone in which the Btrtke was made Is
such that It is u.ougbt It will prove
up to be a large body.
HTRIKE OK TUNGSTEN ORE.
A strike of gooe looking ore Is re
ported In the west drift In the devel
opment work on ihe tungsten prop
erties south of Lovelock Superin
tendent Fulcher or the property
states that the ore body uncovered is
of good grade.
WE DEVELOPMENT WORK BEING PUSHED
ON EUGENTRKLTO CATCH THE MAIN ORE BODY
The Eureka workings of the Ely
Central Copper company have reach
ed the most interesting phase of
their history, for they are now go
ing after the ore bearing porphyry
of the Nevada Consolidated's steam
shovel pit from four different points;
and any day or any hour of the
day may bring one of these work
ings into the ore.
The main shaft is down to a depth
of 535 feet, to which point it has
been timbered. At the 550 foot
point they will start a drift to the
east and a crosscut to the south.
A lateral is being run out on the
line of the Copper Flat fault plane
to the east, and from this lateral a
crosscut is being driven to the south
in the direction which the ore from
the steam shovel pit is making into
the ground of the Ely Central. It
Is this working which is being most
eagerly watched and most eagerly
pushed at the present time, for It is
most reasonable to assume that It
will be the first to find its way to
the ore. And the Indications are
more than favorable for this hap
pening to take place at any time; for
on Friday the crosscut pushed
through the crushed zone in which
It was being driven and found the
sulphides, apparently similar in
character to those which were found
in the bottom of tbe shaft.
The crosscut went through a rhyo
lite dike, the same which is exposed
in the pit at this Bame angle. On
both sides of the dike In the pit is
the commercial ore; and it is
reasonable to assume that the Bame
conditions exists in the Ely Central,
for thus far everything which has
been In tbe pit, its counterpart has
shown up in the Eureka workings.
The big orebody of the pit pushes
its way into the Ely Central to the
east and the southeast, which is not
guesswork but is in evidence all the
time in the pit workings. Now the
biggest shovel in the steam shovel
pit is stripping the ore on the south
east, simply tearing its way toward
the Chispy claim of the Ely Central
lying scarcely more than 200 feet to
the sou.h and east of the present
edge of the ore excavation. And
under this shovel three others are
a. work on different levels, from
the bottom of the pit up, taking
out the ore.
In view of these occurences it
does not occur to the management of
the Ely Central that they are tak
ing a very long chance in pursuing
the ore to the south. In fact the
layman can see that it is only a mat
ter of continuing the crosscut when
the ore bearing porphyry will be
encountered, and this will be the
biggest day in the history of Ely
Central and a red-letter day in
tue White Fine district. For the
further development of that part of
the Ely Central estate a churn drill
has been at work; and the man
agement has succeeded in putting
down the deepest hole ever sent
through the rhyolite.
This hole is also calculated to
penetrate into the ore bearing por
phyry zone. It is located about
600 feet to the southeast of the
Eureka shaft and is now down 600
feet. A change, showing that it had
passed through the rhyolite came
into the bottom of the hole Just
as the drill broke down. The
repairs have been made to the drill
but the tools are still stuck in the
hole, and until these are removed
further progress will be checked.
Between the drillholes and the
south crosscut, both intent on
reaching the porphyry ore, the situa
tion on this part of the Ely Centrul
estate is most interesting.
In the Clipper shaft of the Ely
Central there is another very Inter
esting situation. As is well known
in the district the shaft, some weeks
ago passed out of the ore, after
having penetrated the big ledge
for a depth of more than 150 feet.
The shaft is now down 230 feet and
is making for the 300 foot point
from where a crosscut is to be driven
out to cut the ledge. For 25 or 30
feet the shaft had been in marbleiz
ed lime, and on Friday it entered
into a bunch of ore, separate and
distinct from the ledge. It is too
early, to be sure, to tell what this
will develop into, but at this
writing it looks very much as if the
Clipper had iound another vein
in the limestone. If this proves to
be so, then will the Eureka shaft
with its great porphyry possibilities,;
have to look to its laurels. The
lead running through the Clipper Is
the same as that of the Giroux Con
solidated in the Alpha shaft; and
development at depth gives pro-;
raise of another big mine in this
part of the Ely Central estate.
TUNNEL GOING FORWARD.
That Ore Body Will Be Encountered
Hoon Seems Evident.
The main tunnel on the Centen
nial property is being pushed ahead
with all possible speed and each
day’s work lends much encourage-!
ment to the management. The adit j
is now faced in black lime and as
this formation acts as the footwall
for the ledge in the upper workings,!
there is no question in the minds of
mining men, who have very recently
visited the property and studied the
surface showings, that the ore body
will be encountered as soon as the
black lime has been run through.
During the last week the tunnel
has passed through a number of
heavy Blips and as these were heav
ily coaied with iron and copper stain,
it is the general opnion the ore vein
is close at uand
KINSLEY PROSPERING.
With 200 tons of shipping ore on
the dumn and sacking at a lively rate
of ore that is now being knocked
down, the Kinsley properties in this
county, are in such prospererous con
dition that shipment of several cars,
which will net at least |50 to the ton
will be made from the properties, the
NEVADA CON. IS
MACHINERY AT LIBERTY PIT
READY TO BE PUT IN MOTION
UPON ARRIVAL OP STEAM
SHOVELS NOW ON THE WAY.
Everything is in readiness for the
opening up of the Liberty steam
shovel pit, over the hill to the west
of the present great excavation of
ore. For months past the work of
preparedness has been going ahead,
and to those who have not been
to Copper Flat of late the results of
progress are startling to behold.
Surveys have been run all over
the ground, pipe lines and tracks
have been laid; two water tanks
each with a capacity of 50,000
gallons have been installed, and
three more,each with a capacity of
10,000 gallons are being construct
ed. There Is going to be no dearth
of water supply in the new pit.
All that is being waited for to
start in motion the machinery of the
Liberty pit is the arrival of two
steam shovels, and one of these is
expected any day at Copper Flat.
Both shovels are to be put In op
eration at the new pit, and there
are three big locomotives, each
with three drivers also on the way.
These will find employment in the
big steam shovel pit, small dink
eys taking their place In the Liberty.
The latter is already a minature Cop
per Flat steam shovel pit, for they
are putting in machine shops, a du
plicate on a smaller scale of those
at Ruth and the big pit. It Is
expected that the actual work will
begin in the Liberty on the 8th or
10th of the month. Just now there
are about 15 teams engaged in
leveling the roads for the railroad
tracks of the high line and for
I the steam shovels. The dumping
ground for the overburden will be
[on the Puritan claim, somewhere
between the Monarch and Clipper
I claims or tne Ely central,
i At the big Copper Flat steam
! shovel pit there is no let up to the
i work, day or night. Five steam
; shovels are again at work, and just
;now three of these are scooping out
ore. The big No. 4 shovel with the
| five yard scoop was out of commis
sion for nine days, and is now back
i at her post tearing out the over
! burden on the upper terrace in the
j direction of Ely Central ground.
The machine was repaired right In
; the pit, and the work is something
!of which the management may
' well boast. In nine days the work
| of what ordinarily takes three
I months was accomplished, to say
nothing of the time saved in shlp
| ping the shovel out of the pit and
back again.
While this monster is caving down
the hill to the south and eaBt,
shovels No. 1, 2 and 3 are taking
out the ore on the Ely Central side
of the pit from the bottom of the
pit and from the two terraces above.
And they are taking out ore, too;
ore enough to keep all the dinkeys
busy hauling the cars to the storage
yard; and to keep things humming
on the high line on the way to the
concentrator at McGill.
Work has been rushing in every
direction at Copper Flat, and is still
rushing. The machine shop and
storeroom have been enlarged, and
all kinds of useful tools and ma
chines installed in the former.
Among those a dynamo, hack saws,
pipe-cutters and all sorts of fit
tings. To the east of the great pit
new buildings have sprung up like
magic, quarters for the newcomers
to the Liberty pit. The opening up
of the latter means the employ
ment of from 150 to 200 men; and
new fares are seen in the neighbor
hood of Copper Flat. Temporarily,
ttie newcomers are being housed in
; Ely Central buildings until their
quarters are ready for occupancy.
first to go out within the next few
days. Newton A. Dunyon, mining
engineer of Salt Lake, is manager of
I the Kinsley Development company
and the Kinsley Consolidated Mining
company which together own 20 pat
ented and 12 unpatented claims. Ar
I rangments have been made to ship
: to Currie on the Nevada Northern
railway, a distance of 30 miles, but
later a road will be built to Shatter
jon the Western Pacific, which will
.considerably cut down the wagon
iliaul. The ore will go to Salt Lake
for sampling.
The Consolidated has attained a
'depth of nearly 200 feet, cutting 25
I feet of high grade ores in a great
dike. At a depth of 150 feet the
1 miners encountered a considerable
body of sulphides running 11 per
cent copper, with good values In
gold, silver and lead. The carbon
ates show much ore running 30 per
cent copper with other values.
Recently In the Development
ground a four-inch vein of molybde
num was encountered which the min
era took for lead. This Is a rare and
valuable metal which will be care
fully sacked for future sblnment.
The Kinsley district is heavily
mineralized for miles around, the
formation being lime with granite
dike contacts.