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Show Ely District Ely no longer has to attract the attention at-tention of the world by quoting huge figures of its copper ore tonnage? awaiting disposition, adding the words, "when tho camp really gets going," for thero aro few moro "going" 'is-tricts 'is-tricts in the land today. Ely has' mado good. It no longer poses as tho infant copper section of the west. It has grown to strapping manhood, and tho channels of commerce now contaiu copper cop-per bullion stamped with Ely's trade mark. i Tho yc.iv 190S has been a season of ; expenditure, and whilo tho expenso or : construction account is not yet closed, tho worst is over. Bo it all tho moro to tho camp '3 groatness that tho present pres-ent facilities for troating tho low-grade porphyry deposits aro inadequate, and more null and smelter capacity must bo added in order to bring about tho logical logi-cal era of profitable production. But money is provided to complete tho wc-rk and tho money was iitisol at a period when the nation was slowly recovering re-covering from the panic oi 1907. While there has been a great deal of work under way during 1908 at Elj'. the world has heard little of it. Once in a while nows came out that tho Steptoe smelter was sending another allotment of blister copper to the oast, orthat tho Giroux Consolidated was shipping a car of copper concentrates dally to tho smelters at Denver, but froin the smaller property little has bcon forthcoming. forth-coming. The year was not a prosperous one for mining, and such organizations of Ely as lacked a generous cash fund were "compelled to get along as best they could. Yet Ely proporty is valuable, valua-ble, and there is lacking as yet any evidence of tho fact that unpatented claims'wero allowed to lapse on account of lack of tho lawful amount of assessment assess-ment work. Every one owning Ely ground, by somo hook or crook, got tho money to provido tho lawful amount of endeavor, thus clinching thoir title to their properties. As for the big follows of Ely, thero is much to bo said: Perhaps no bettor idea of tho immensity im-mensity of El3'Js prospects could bo given than tho facts recently given by President James Phillips, Jr., of tho Nevada Consolidated Coppor company. He said: "From tho datu on hand, it may bo accepted with confidenco that in Janii: ary, 1909, the monthly production will bo at a rato of at least 35.000,000 pounds por annum, and by April next, when the additions to tho concentrating and smelting plant now under way are completed, the increased facilities will result in tho annual output of 50,000,-000 50,000,-000 or 55,000,000 pounds of copper. Was Quick Work. "When it is considered that, despite tho intervention of a financial panic and the delays incidental to prosecuting construction during two winters, just eighteen months to a day elapsed between be-tween the turning of tho first spadeful of earth on the snt'eltor sito and tho beginning of the concentration and tho reduction of ores in tho first section of the plant, and at this time tho treatment treat-ment of oro and the production of copper cop-per aro being carried on iu five thoroughly thor-oughly equipped soctions of the works, three of which arc treating Nevada Consolidated oro. while the fourth unit now being built will be finished "in April. 1909. a defiuito idea may bo obtained ob-tained of the progress toward success; il achievement. "It is confidently expected, sinco there is oro to warrant it, that the construction con-struction of the additional unit, the fifth of the series, will raise the annual production of blister copper to' approximately approxi-mately 70,000,000 pounds. When tho full measuro of mining and smelting capacity is reached, the Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated will prod.tco coppei as cheaply cheap-ly as any ''i,r,'er company. "Tho Utilization of steam shovels at Copper Flat during the current year has demonstrated tho great economy of this method of mining, and tho fact that tho ordiuary coals of adjacent stales have given excellent results has nlso proved a factor in tho cheap production of copper. Shipments of copper to dalo aggregate about 3.000,000 pounds. Tho development of the company's water riphts for mining, miilmg anil fmr-!r-ing during the past year It is progressed ' most satisfactorily, and the works arc now suppliod with an abundance of water for all present purposes, and sufficient for operations many times greater than tho capacity of the present pres-ent plant. Concerning the transportation transporta-tion facilities to the mines and to the soveral departments of tho mant by tho Nevada Northern, owned jointly with tho Cumberland-Ely company, it may bo said that tho railroad is "thoroughly "thor-oughly equipped and in successful op-oration. op-oration. "On April 1, 1908, the Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated company issued on its property prop-erty :s8,000.000 six per cent first mortgage mort-gage bonds, convertible into stock, which woro sold at par, and the proceeds pro-ceeds are being used for tho expansion and development of cno property. Yeatman's Report. "Pope Ycatman, tho consulting engineer, engi-neer, reports, in part, as follows, on tho present condition of the property and work .done thereon sinco November Novem-ber 4, 1907: 'During the last 3'ear tho prospecting done on the Eureka section developed over 5,500,000 tons of an averago grade; this increases tho amount, of ore blocked out fro.n 14,432,-962 14,432,-962 tons to fuily 2-1000,000 tons-. Tin ore at present blocked out represents an area small in proportion to the total (850 acres), and tho possibilities for a largo increase of tonnage are great. The prospecting carried on has been of such a nature as to also grcatlv increase what might bo called "possible ore reserves." re-serves." Drilling is now boing continued con-tinued and furthor ore is being rapidl3' developed. " 'In the Ruth section, one drill bole, in ore. is so placed as to provo a con-I con-I tinuation of the rich Ruth ore bodj' for a considerable, distance. Drilling "is to be continued on this ground also. Work with tho steam shovels was resumed on the stripping of the overburden the Int-ter Int-ter part of March and has been continued con-tinued since. In the latter part of May, regular operations were commenced in mining the 'Eureka deposit with tho steam shovel, and enough work has since been done to show the value of this method of working the Eureka deposit. de-posit. Up to November J, 185,277 tons sulphide oro havo been mined. The total to-tal j-ardagc up to November 1 for stripping strip-ping iff 427,244. " 'During the latter part of 1907 work on erection of the Steptoe Vallej' -plant was considerably curtailed, but the force was increased in Jnnunrr, 1908, and very materialh- so in April, sinco which time construction has been carried on vigorous' and the plant is now operating in all departments. The plant owned jointly by the Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated Copper companj-- and tho Cnm-berland-Elj' Copper company has been run sufficiently long to show it lo bo an entire success, nnd has provod its adaptability in every brunch for the work necessary to bo done. The concentrator, con-centrator, designed to treat 4000 tons of ore per day, is now completed with the exception of tho last or sixth section, sec-tion, which should bo. placed in commission commis-sion in December. The plant is ,uow boing operated with-two sections on Cumberland-Ely oro and three section on Nevada Consolidated oro. The sixth section will bo used for the concentration concentra-tion of Nevada Consolidated ore. " 'Ten McDougall roasters have been orccted and four ard now under construction. con-struction. Two revcrberatories havo boon built aud both havo been proved ! bv actual running to be satisfactory. ! 'I'ho output has boon large, and it has i been found that no sptcial coals aro re quired, but successful operations havo ; been carried on with tho ordinary coalf of Wyoming and Utah. Natural draft i3. sufficient.' " Smoltor a Snccoss. The first furnaco was charged on Juno 22. Stacks and flues havo proved successful. suc-cessful. The blast furnaco is now under construction and should bo completed by tho end of the year. Tho converter plant of three stands was blown in July 9. and sinco then all threo stands have been 'in operation at different times. Tho power house, of about j 6500 horse-power capacity-, is about com-ploted com-ploted and has been operating satisfactory. satis-factory. Considerable work has been 1 dono on the water rights, and a pipe lino completed and is in operation, furnishing ample water for tho present smelting operations, boiler purposed and for concentration, up to date, even without with-out .repumping of tailings wator, aud in addition to tho above suppb thero is amplo for a plant man3' times tho size of the' one now in operation. Owing to tho increased dovolopmcnt of oro and the possibilities for a great tonnage in tho mines, the board has authorized the increaso of tho plant for the treatment of Nevada Cons. ores. Additions aro now under way, and should bo completed by April next. They contemplate additions to tho concentrator, con-centrator, roaster, rovcrbcratory and converter buiidings. Tho additions would allow for tho handling of double the quantity of ore that can bo treated in ono-half of tho present plant, which roproscnts tho Nevada Consolidated 's proportion of ownership. The additions consist of:. Concentrator Increasing two units by 15 to 20 per cent and adding, add-ing, a fourth unit with a capacity of 15 to 20 per cent more than tho old single units. . Roasting plant Two Me? Dougall roasters. Roverboratory plant Ono rcvorbcrntory furnaco. Converter Con-verter plant One stand. It is recommended recom-mended that still another unit be ;addcd to tho concentrator for tho handling of Nevada Consolidated 's ores. GJroux- Is Big Mine. Next to tho Novada Consolidated and Cumberland Ely in amount of good done, in promises for tho future and in real extent and value of resources, is tho Giroux Consolidated, long a storm center of EI3-. Tho Giroux is worth having, for it owns ovor a mile on the great mineral belt, and it has several sev-eral million tons of splendid copper oro now blocked out. Tho panic interfered with tho financial plans of the Giroux compan3. and during the heat of hard times two splendid offers wero refused 1)3' President Giroux for the control, for the reason: that he deemed M19 iutorests he held worth more than was offered. And no ono doubts that his decision was correct. - ' .The Giroux has the deepest workings in Ely,. and at depth, has been demonstrated demon-strated tho continuity of tho ores' beyond all color of doubt. Tho com-pan' com-pan' has been operating its concentrating- plant for several months, and the kind of work it hns been doing has aroused the admiration of the best mining and milling talent that Nevada and Utah affords. No less a person than Col. E. A. Wall recently gave, the stamp of his approval on the Giroux mill and the sort of work it is doing in wringing stubborn copper vnlue3 from tho rock. There is every reason to expect the Giroux lo be as great a mine and as great an earner of profits as an3' of the EI3' propositions, but cqualh as adequate accessories must be added as are now cnjo3'ed 1)3 its big neighbors. Such mining companies of Ely as the McDonald EI3' have been at work quiet -ly patenting their claims during tho liard times of tho past season. The new year dawns extreme' promising for this and similar organizations owning undoubted valuable portions of the mineralized part of the district. Among the bus' propositions qf the district has been and still is the Copper Mines compan3'. an organization of strong eastern and Utah capital that persists in its effort, to develop another Cumberland Cumber-land Ely iu neurit" territory. The operations at the mines, mills and smelter have given EI3' a docided turn for the hotter iu every wa3'. Tho citizens nre happy that the abnormal boom period has given -place to the more sober but substantial era of hard work and results. Ely has not yet struck .nti her propor gait, but that is a matter prlm development and of time, and when Infrjm full swing the mincfl will easily come.pi up to the expectations that -wero bpja jpyc during the early days of Ely's new life.JTiis YH |