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Show GOOD WEATHER AIDS PRODUCTION Ore Production and Smelter Chit-f Chit-f put Show Better at Ely ; Camp3, ' ' i ...... . Ely, Nv, Mar.. 1. Continued Rood father has caused both ore production produc-tion and smelter output to pick op amazingly ja tj, district. The. man-o?enxnfat man-o?enxnfat the mlne has promised tho smelter people no cara ot ore a day, and while thl? U a little more than the mill ran handle, shipments at Ihifi rate will be conUnued until nil KtoraKe bin arc filled to their utmost ut-most capacity, Durlnp tho hUh pressure work laet fall, the results obtained by the Step-too Step-too concf ntrator were very closelj-watched closelj-watched and some Improvements were planned to l-o put into effect at thu first opportunity. Purine th period of slack work canned by the extreme cold weather, thee improvements havo been put In and have added greatly to tbo erlclency of the mill. Four units of two ppctIouh each ar now In operation. When repairs and alterations In the eighth ncctlon are completed, the mill will be In bhape to handle nearly If not quite 7o0n tons a day, which Is about 1000 tons better bet-ter than was done at any time laet fall. Nevada Consolidated ore Is almont Ideal for concentration. So readily does the ore fionj Copper rtat yield Itself to treatment that the Sleptn mill which was dslp;ned to treat from 1000 to 1200 tons of ore. per day per unit will foon bo treat Inp:, In all probability, prob-ability, nearly 2000 tona p-cr day per unit, It Is said thai the Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated Copper company ha ordered order-ed three more steam shovels from the Ducyrus people, and that the three bhovels will be put to work on the Liberty jtroup, west of the present pit at Copper Flat, as soon aa received. re-ceived. Slnklnp of the two compartments of the Glroux shaft has reached a depth of eighty feet below the 1000-foot 1000-foot level. Tho ehaft Is still In hard lime and Is entirely dry. Track laying lay-ing has commenced on the new spur from the Nevada Northern main line to the fclto of the Aipha and Glroux shafts. |