Show GIROUX GETS MORE ORE A strike of ore on the ground of the giroux consolidated mining company at ely nevada which is of great import importance alfee to this company is described in the ely record as follows A strike was made this week on the ora claim of the giroux company which bids fair to be the biggest thing in a mining way which the ely district has seen since the days of its first big development the ora claim lies separate from the rest of giroux property and is almost entirely surrounded by the holdings of the nevada consolidated the nevada consolidated several years ago secured rights over the ora and it was while excavating for a new track this week that a nevada consolidated steam shovel opened up a deposit of sulphides sulp hides I 1 from which seventy two carloads of ore were taken in two days the extent of the ore body can only be determined by churn drilling but enough development has already taken place to demonstrate on strate that a find ot of great importance has been made only six feet of overburden covers the deposit and the strike is a vivid illustration of the surprises which take place in mining even in this day and age when modern science has eliminated many of the elements of chance it is certain that the giroux company has in the new strike a steam shovel proposition of great value further shipments from the new strike had to be delayed as the giroux companas comp anys allotment of storage room at the steptoe concentrator bins is full of ore and a number are sidetracked waiting an opportunity for unloading with a deposit of this nature production is limited only by capacity for handling the ore and the giroux can very easily furnish the 1200 1260 tons a day called for by its contract with nevada consolidated soli dated from the new strike alone one result of the new strike will be to upset the nevada Consolidate ds plans tor for in the liberty yards until the limits of the new ore body can be determined by churn drilling plans for permanent will probably be held in abeyance the ora is a little less than a full claim and was not believed to have any great value as als mineral territory as it was thought that mineral deposits were cut off by a fault which cuts across the land between the ora and the main steam shovel ore body owned by nevada consolidated during the present week about seventy five men have been laid off at the morris mine of the giroux company which however does not interfere with the output which is being continued at the rate of tons daily ever since the consolidation of the company with that of Copp ermines there has been a tendency to reduce forces at the giroux which was made possible by the caving system the force at the mines has probably been reduced 50 per cent or more within the past six weeks it is probable however that as soon as plans have been agreed upon for the development of the properties of the Copper mins company the forces generally will be materially increased note late dispatches state that the giroux has laid off all its men no reason given editor |