Show BOSTON ELY STRIKE native copper found on 1245 foot level of promising property mining alining expositor ely nev native copper ore has been found in the 1245 level of the emma shaft of the boston ely by which the theories of the management have been proven and all the pessimists will have to take a back seat and admit that copper like gold is where you find it and that another big mine has been born in the ely copper belt samples of the ore that show plenty of native copper were exhibited in ely friday the find was disclosed by the last round of depth of 1245 feet from the surface the crosscut was started a short time shots fired by the night shift in the tace race of the crosscut feet from the shaft at a ago just after the water had been struck in the shaft at 1252 feet deeper sinking was attempted but the flow proved to be too great to handle without pumps and it was determined to crosscut just above the wl fw lopp 15 1 al ax i g 22 q photo H B Pui sifer zari by mining town of nacozari Naco water level with the expectation of finding shoots of ore that extended above the water level it has been the contention of the boston ely management that good ore would be found at water level and now their fondest hopes have promise of realization As the round of shots broke into the ore from the formation that has been followed from the shaft the size of the shoot will not be known until more work is accomplished but the fact that some ore has been taken out is sufficient for the present and a guarantee to those familiar with the ore deposits of the alpha that similar extensive deposits will be developed in the boston ely the drift has been cross crosscutting cutting 0 through a primary formation of sulphides sulp hides and it was expected that possibly it would have to be driven feet or to the contact before any ore would be found the theory was al danced however by george L walker the noted boston copper expert that shoots of ore would be found extending above the water level and that on following them with raises they would be found to extend toward the surface much higher than the original point where they were first located this theory seems to have been proven the ore is a altered lime and shows carbonate stains as well as the native copper it has all the characteristics that were expected to be found in it and is believed to be from a deposit that will prove extensive the find was made at about the same depth as the first ore was discovered in the alpha shaft which was sunk 1000 feet before any encouragement was met with though joseph giroux insisted that the shaft would strike good ore long before there were any signs of it that were to other mining men As the collar of the emma shaft is several hundred feet higher elevation than that of the alpha the ore in the emma has been found at practically the same horizon or at water level this strike means more to the district than any development that has been accomplished acco a p for a long time and opens limitless possibilities for future developments in the lime areas of the district not only is the strike of the greatest importance to the boston ely but also to all the surrounding properties among which are the giroux veteran group of the nevada con skylark ely copper fly ely reef denver ely and ely western the last named was a producer many years ago and from it thomas rockhill extracted and shipped high grade ore which was hauled to the southern pacific pa cefic railroad by teams this property is now controlled by the boston ely the ore struck yesterday on the 1245 level of the emma shaft has an east west strike as far as could be determined yesterday and is in a direct line with the monarch fault referred to by william A parish farish in his report on the ely central and pointed out four years ago by S F hunt when he was superintendent of that property the emma shaft is about one half mile northwest of the veteran and three of a mile northwest of the alpha shaft shaf t the veteran shaft is feet deep and the same size as the star pointer except for the new giroux shaft the ones named are the largest in the district being three compartments part ments each it is well known that the veteran shaft was constructed with the view of sinking it much deeper and when the development of the boston ely demonstrates the existence of large deposits of high grade copper at dep depth thit it may be expected that the nevada con will go deeper in the veteran and explore the lime below the prop hyry ore body that has been developed and from which a million tons of ore has been extracted north and west of the boston ely is a series of contacts of lime and identical ion the surface with that near which the emma elmma shaft was sunk aniio and the new strike has largely increased the prospective value of a wide area where the future may see deep shafts put down dow n that will probably result in the making of great and profitable mines the finding of ore in the boston ely is not a whim of chance but the logical result of the practical application of scientific theories based on a knowledge of the geology of the ae district and the experience gained in in other mining districts for four years the boston ely management has persevered in sinking the emma shaft with full confidence that the results would justify their theory of finding ore at depth and refusing refu sint to believe that the alpha was the the only ground in that section of the district where deep deposits existed the fulfillment of their hopes though long delayed on account of the hardness of the formation and the small equipment at the shaft is something for congratulation on the part of everyone interested in mining in this district and will be of more or less benefit indirectly to every individual resident |