| Show fran FROM WHITE PINE special correspondence ely nev jan 10 1902 since my last le letter ater to you of nov things are looking up very bright for this place all the properties under bond upon which work is being done are showing up fine at copper flat under the able management of jos bray who is pushing I 1 things thinas as fast as he can the drift is in 70 feet all in good copper ore which will average 13 per cent copper there are streaks through the ore which go much higher and mr bray is getting ready to start a new three compartment shaft from present indications copper flat is bound to astonish the world with its richness in copper martin co of new york have unbounded faith in their holdings in robinson mining district and are confident the time is not far distant when we will have the railroad into ely mr bray has made the second payment jan 1st ast on the republic mine which the company has under bond with one more payment to make which gives them a block of thirty claims joining 0 each other the pilot knob group of mines consisting of over forty claims owned by is s showing ho ir vink u up fine fi ne in in t th e morris mine c laim claim the drift arif t from the foot level is in feet and in thi the c fai face c e of the drift they have some very fine sulphites sulphates sulp hites while on the old glory the giroux tunnel is in feet showing gold ore at the ruth mine which is one of the properties under bond to dix W smith for a good round sum too much cannot be said as it looks fine fide gray and bartley are drifting on this property and are in sixty feet of a good grade of copper sulphite this is considered s one of the leaders in the district and its neighbor the city of new york has a fine showing g of copper which was uncovered during the assessment work last month the mckinley mining company under the able management of W N mcgill is progressive finely the steam hoist is in place and will commence sinking again by the the mckinley company has also put up a hoist and buildings on the aultman and is sinking on the same at the everything is going along slowly but smoothly and mr butler who has charge of the mine is doing good work and seems to be the right r man in the right place the stockholders of the ely mining milling company can consider therna themselves elves lucky in having a mining man with the experience peri ence of mr L C doty in charge of their property under his management the property has shown up fine this group of mines consisting of fourteen claims has been prospected and worked as gold mines but under mr cotys manao management 11 ement it has shown up wonderfully in in copper in what is known as the duke shaft which is now down sixty feet and which t ch is in ore continuously from top to bottom the best ore comes from the bottom of the shaft samples which came to town today from the last shift Is is very rich in copper and carries gold with it alono along t the strike of the vein on the saint patrick for 1200 feet ore has been opened up in a dozen different places every opening showing 0 good copper sulphites sulphates sulp hites without doubt this wa will ill make the best copper coppee mine in the district the developments in the shaft will justify the placing of a steam hoist on the robust the developments on the gold vein are progressing the year 1902 will show chow something grand for ely in old white pine county every owner of claims in this district had their assessment ses work done clone last year so there was no show to relocate a claim |
