| Show GREAT IS WHITE PINE ely white pine co nev nov 25 editor mining review the writer has only recently returned from a visit to salt lake where he attended a stockholders ing of the sapho mining company and while there he did not hesitate to say to everyone with whom he conversed that from all indications and from actual results now being obtained here ely will soon take rank as one of the greatest mining districts on the pacific slope as there is no other district on this coast that can show greater surface deposits of mineral than can be shown for ten miles around this place the leading metals being i gold copper and lead the ely mining company with its thirteen claims has a great showing of gold in its robart mine one of the group and an immense showing of copper in its st patrick and annex mines also in the same group these are the only claims in the group upon which any work has been done so far but it is reasonable to suppose that the balance of the claims will turn out equally as good not a share of the companas comp anys stock can be purchased which speaks well for the mines just north of the ely holdings is the sapho group in which there is a good showing of gold and copper ores this without doubt is destined to become one of the big producing mines of the district as aa it is located between the ely and three claims owned by the mckinley mining company the mines which were prolific producers under their original ownership are looking well under the present management and soon after the holidays the company hopes to be turning out the yellow stuff from the new mill which will be placed in commission by that time in addition to its heavy deposits of gold ore the com company lany has opened up splendid reserves of copper bear ing ore in its mine wor workings kinas the jupiter group is sh showing 0 win vp up well with development and a nice vein of goldana gold gol dand and copper the gold is free and in large bodies west hegt of this group is the boss and ruth mines which are showing up finely with development work gray and bartlett have done considerable work on the lutfi a and n d at a depth of over feet fee have crosscut cross cut the ledge for feet and all in ore averaging 4 per cent copper and 5 in gold to the ton north of the jupiter is the copper queen mine which has fias shipped several cars of ore averaging 20 per dent cent in copper about a mile and a half west of the copper queen is what is known as the copper flat which is being worked under the able management ao ement of john bray the copper flat shaft has reached a depth of feet and was sunk to this depth through a body of good grade copper copier ore the pilot knob is west of the copper flat this mine is owned by giroux and byron shear but is being worked by the paul brothers it is a good piece of mineral ground and will be heard from in the future we would not be surprised to see ground broken here for a railroad a year from now P C WEBER |
