Show 0 WORKING rt ON P THE M MEly Ely PROSPECTS Men Busy in the After a Shutdown of Two Weeks CROSSCUTTING GIROUX CONSOLIDATED MAKES TRIAL RUN Special to The Herald Ely Eb Nev Sept 15 Reports from the th local mines are to the effect that large forces of ot men mea are engaged in developing the properties Work Vork has been started again in all the shafts at the McDonald Ely after having been partly partI closed down for about two weeks A sixty horse home horsepower power boiler and pump have been delivered delivered ered upon the property and it is the in intention Intention I to open up bodies at a slightly greater depth This company is the only I Ione one ono known with the exception of the th Giroux that is using air drills Seven drill compressors have been fitted up at the theold theold theold old Robust mill where they have had a steam plant installed It is understood that the Success mines which aro are under the same management arc looking fine These mines ar con controlled controlled trolled by Salt Lake and Ely parties At the present time tune there is considerable ble round timber being delivered to the mines from the Duck creek country as aswell aswell aswell well as front from Steptoe It Is much cheaper for the companies to buy round stull than to use dimensioned lumber At one time there was a sawmill in the tho vicinity of or orthe the Success mine and it is from this dis district district district that most of ot the tho are being bein hauled Sulphides at Water Level The Consolidated Copper i company is 19 now crosscutting having fin finished finished all aU shaft sinking to the water level where they found heavy heaY sulphides They are connecting the Joanna shaft and the shaft with the Aultman where there is a large deposit of iron ore This org ore will save the shipment of ot such ore oro from distant points aa is it is much needed for fluxing purposes From the shaft they are I crosscutting to t what is known as the old I Copper where some very veo high grade copper ore was encountered at tile time the old company was wall working the property At the time the theold theold theold old company was working this property they had gold in view and did not pros prospect prospect prospect for copper Large bodies bodles of god ore were opened up but the treatment In Inthe Inthe inthe the mill was not entirely satisfactory and the property was finally closed down There is on the ground at the present time a great deal of machinery that will willbe willbe willbe be useful There Thero are sufficient pumps to handle the water together with a 0 large air compressor which can run a number of or drills There are also some very val vat valuable valuable crushers rollers tables and large tanks in the mill millWork millWork millWork Work on They are still sUIl continuing the work In two of or the shafts of the Federal Ely property In one they have a good forma formation formation tion and indications of at a fine ore body In the other shaft has been found con considerable considerable considerable carbonate ore and at the Uie proper depth will undoubtedly strike some good gool sulphides In ones travels up p Robinson canyon canon some new stakes painted red white and blue attract attention The average per person person person son would judge that new work was go goIng going going Ing on These claims however are the theold theold theold old McKinley group and the stakes have been recently painted A well versed verned min mining minIng mm ing lug man stated that if It all properties had stakes painted in such a manner it would not be so hard for visiting mining men to tell upon what ground they were The Cumberland Ely Ey at Lane City is rushing work on the Wedge shaft and some very ery good ore is being hoisted The veteran camp of ot the Cumberland Ely El shows more signs of ot life every day and the writer saw some of the best beat ore on the dump that ha has found at any time during his travels among the local ocal prop properties properties properties They have started several raises and to determine the thickness of or orthe the ore body which is not yet a certainty In a very few days the large buildings building for forthe forthe forthe the men will be ready for occupancy The offices have been established in one of the new buildings Trial Run Satisfactory The Te Giroux Consolidated company compan has made a trial run In the large lage concentrator tor and has as Is usually the case cae some small smal changes to make which will wi take ten days or two weeks week From the men who worked in the mill mi during the trial run reports are received of good savings of or copper in tOe concentrates They are using the tho mine water for con concentrating concentrating purposes and a complete line lne of pipes has been run from different shafts to the concentrator The new hoisting plant has also alo been given a trial run rn and ad from now on the tho gen Giroux will have all al the electric power necessary to torun torn torun run the pumps and also for lighting rn ad pur purposes purposes purposes poses They TheT have two drills dris at work and have followed the te policy of or the Cumber Cumberland Cumberland land Ely by sinking drill holes tapping and ad crosscutting thereby affording a agod good god circulation of air and also determining ing the extent of or some of the ore bodies Two companies are working southwest from the Giroux and are providing some Interesting problems as to the extent of I porphyry I |