Show I 50E NADA God Copper ShoWg I the White Fine Country I John Nicholas who for many yeas wa identified with Merdur has returned I re-turned from a nine months stay In White Pine county Ney Since he left Utah he has beersprdspebting near Ely In the mining dlstr t of the same name He Is hlghln his praises of the dlstntct and saysthat it is the richest cappel country In the west and only wants capital to maIe it rank with Butte Mont Thq country is little known to the outside world as it is eighty miles from a illroad and up to the tm at the recent adyance in the price of copper had been prospected for gOld and lead alone Since tat tIme howcvel a great many copper clams llve Ilen orlcd lh the result that there is at the present time between 15000 and 20000 tons of copper ore mi lc or in sIght which wi average 15 lId cent copper The mine Is owned by RIchard Reed and known as the MorrIs grop In the Lottom of the shaft he struck ore that assayed on an average of 45 per cent copperlh a fair percentage of gold and IIVI1 JIr Nicholas states that the countr for font miles in any directIon around Ely is in its folmatol the bqst copper country he has eVer visited An the veins are overlaid With iron the foot i walls being of porphity and the hanging hang-ing walls of carbonized limestone the prevailing country rock being limestone lime-stone One hundred and fifty claims have been staked out one group of which is known as the Robust group owned by Sal Lake parties This property contains considerable gold ore and the owners have started a mill which will handle ffer tons per day of cyanidIng cyanid-Ing ores whichrns on an average of 10 per ton gold In another part of the property there is a good showing of copper S His return journey to Salt Lake was made 15 way of the Utah Pailc which gave hIm the opporturty to vIsit the placers at Osceola in White Pine county These placers are very rich in proof of which he ha with him about 1fO worth of gold dust which hI waslud out of about an eighth of a yard of gravel The only difficulty with these placers Is the scarcity of water but lately machines have been brought In which are giving good results There are several good gold quartz mines In thc district upon one of which a twen tystamp mill bas been put in opera ton this spring and is meeting with flattering succcss ThIs mill is owned by Sat Lake Parties Mr Nicholas fayS that with the advent ad-vent of capital the mines of White Pine county wi rival any in the Rocky mountains Work On Ruby Hill President G W E Dorsey lEes for Tlntc tomorrow to inaugurate work at the Ruby Hill property I hs been practc Jy decided to commence operations oper-ations lind develop the big group of claims by driving a tunnel some 300 or 400 feet Mr Dorey will select the point at which to commence work and i rtoa w eb attend to other ietails before his return re-turn Whether the company will do the work itself or whether n contract wl be let has not yet been decided 1 |