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Show NO LET-HP AT THE NEVADA CON. Company Making the Most of Ability to Produce Red Metal Cheaply. In the heavy ore shipments now being be-ing inado by the Nevada Consolidated, the White Pine News falls to discover discov-er any Intention on the part of tho Guggenheim interest to curtail the production of the metal, and in this property, Judging from the low cost of production, they havo one of the strongest reasons for refusing to cur-tall, cur-tall, for profits are being wrung out to the extent of about 10 per cent on the present market price of the stock. The News says: "Eight thousand tons of ore a day Is now the output of tho steam shovel pit of the Nevada Consolidated, and this record could be easily increased with the addition of a few big locomotives, loco-motives, for which they are patiently waiting at the pit Tho locomotives were ordered long ago to overcome the heavy grade out of the pit Into the Btorage yard for the ore-laden cars; but they are so busy In the east turning out locomotives, the big company com-pany at Copper Flat must await its turn with the rest. higher than that which is being taken tak-en out of the big excavation. Even i now there is a gang of In the no.gh borhood of fifty men at work, and i when active operations begin In the1 fall, this number will lo Increased to 200 or 300. Copper Flat Is a busy center and It will continue to grow still more busy." j "Meanwhile tho pit is a busy workshop, work-shop, and they are going there day and night, stripping the Overburden and loading the ore into the cars. Seven trainloads a day go down the high line to the smelter at McGUI. and this 19 not an average, but the minimum output. Each train carries twenty-one cars, and the capacity of each car Is fifty-five tons of ore. This keeps the concentrator In operation all the time, and the concentrate on hand are far In excess of the demand de-mand of the smelter. "In the steam shovel pit they are taking out the ore from the lottom of the pit and from the upper terraces ter-races to the south, while on the west they are tearing out the overburden with dynamite, drill and shovel. In the work of mining in tho great exca-1 vatlon. they are burning up powder enough each day to make a fortune ! for the ordinary little mine. It Is Fourth of July all the time lu the pit, ; and thero seems tn be no letup to the blasting, day or night. But the explo-; sives are doing the work, getting the! work down to the ore, nnd then getting get-ting out the ore. "Five steam shovels are kept busy i oil tho time, and drills are going In all directions. Some of these arc digging ont the powder holes and oth- ' ers are advancing the development of the pit to the south and to the southeast, south-east, where lies the best ore. and In which direction tho big ore body is trending. 1 "At the Liberty pit they are doing considerable work while waiting for the tool3 with which to take out the ore. Now, It Is a question as to when that first steam shovel will arrive. ' It was to bo delivered thin month, and 1 last week news came that It could not b landed here until October. Moan-, while thoy are busy with surveys, pipelines, track-laying, nnd seven or eight teams are doing the excavating, work. The TJberty will not compare ; In size to the present pit. but some of the- oro there will go considerably I |