Show BOSTON ELY MAKES FINE SHOWING A striking illustration of the truth of the old saying that mines are made by development work rather than thai discovery has been demonstrated in the ely district by S herbert williams manager of the boston ely consolidated mining companas Comp anys pio property perty says the ely record mr williams has been connected with the company for more than sixteen years during all of which time he has used his best endeavors for the success of the company and while lie he met with many reverses he was always confident t of ultimate success which however was delayed from year to year until the past summer when the ely northern North rn was put into physical condition to become a steady shipper shipments were commenced in september of last year and have been continued steadily up to the present time and from present indications will increase rather than diminish as time goes by gross returns from ore shipments during the past six months are re as follows september october november november december january february total ore shipments for the mon month th of march will amount to 2055 55 tons which is in excess of any other month but the average per ton will probably be somewhat lower for the reason that a considerable tonnage of low grade ore was raised to the surface to make room for additional development and it was therefore shipped to the smelter in order to clear the dumps As a whole it is a wonderful showing for a new property but better still the fact remains that the property is gradually opening up in a manner as to give promise of a much greater to tonnage nna e in the future the annual report of the company com company lany for the past year has been received during the week by shareholders and shows that the average content of the ore for the shipments during the last year was per cent copper yielding pounds of copper to the ton the range of quotations during that time was from 1375 to 1450 cents per pound but as the price of the metal is now much higher results during the present year will be much better than last year following Fo lowing a most comprehensive description of mine www conditions and development I 1 work performed general manager S herbert williams closes his report as follows we start the new year under exceedingly favorable circumstances we have a complete plant ample anaple supply supplies and our average copper contents of 25 cars shipped during january is over 7 per cent copper pounds of copper per ton our organic organization aaion although small compares favorably in in efficiency and with economy many larger producers |