Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-13 | Page 34 | Dern is Strong for the Ely Centennial

DEI IS STRONIi FOR THE ELY CENTENNIAL Interests Represented liy Him Will Take Seat in Directorate. Fred Dern, local mining engineer, who Is In the Ely district for the purpose or Inspecting the property of the Ely Centennial Cen-tennial company, wired from camp to local Interests Saturday to the effect that ho had found conditions at tho mlno up io every expectation, and that It had all the earmarks of making a "big one." As a. result of Mr. Dcrn's findings, It Is practically assured now that the Dern Interests will enter the company and push It along with tholr other properties. There Is much activity at the Centennial Centen-nial at tho present time. The now machinery ma-chinery is being placed, as rnpldly as possible, and all plans arc being laid for a campaign of cxtenslvo development work. It Is the plan of the company to construct con-struct at once a powder magazine, by driving a tunnel Into the mountain side, and concretjng it. closing it with heavy Iron doors to prevent possibility of damage dam-age to the property, and tho possible injury or death of tho men by accidental explosion of tho small stock that Is usually usu-ally kept on hand. Road Finished. The road from the tunnel mouth to the valley has been completed nnd the machinery will be hnuled within the next few days. The crews have boon averaging averag-ing from four to live feet dally, with hand wprk When the new plant is placed, they will average from ten to fifteen feet dally. The tunnel Is now In a distance of 500 feet. It Is the Intention of the company to .continue the tunnel to a distance of 1000 feet from the surface and then drive east and west drifts on the ore, at the same time sinking on the ore. The drifts will eventually be carried to tho shaft, and the other tunnel, uniting all tho workings or the properly. It is expected that shipping will be commenced com-menced about July 1. Nevadas in San Francisco. James A. Pollock & Co., bankers and brokers, furnish the following, received over their private wire yesterday afternoon: after-noon: I Bid. lAsked. ' Goldfleld I Sandstorm 03 S Columbia Mt .07 Jumbo Ex .38 Kondall .' OS Booth 15 Blue Bull .05 ,0G Adams 01 Silver Pick .01) .10 Blue Bell O'l .O.'t Lone Star 01 .05 G Wonder 01 Oro 07 .08 Atlanta .., .15 .10 Groat Bend 03 1 Rod Top Ex 02 Florence 2.33 Dlamondflcld B B Con 02 Goldfleld Daisy 0(5 .07 Comb Fraction 3:i .3-1 Kewanos .07. .OS Portland 01 Crackorjack ".02 Red Hills 01 Yellow Tiger 06 .08 Grandma : 02 Goldfleld Con.." 8.30 8.321 D'flcld Trlnnglo 01 Florence Ex.... 01 Bullfrog-National Bullfrog-National Bank 01 Amethyst 01 Bonnie Clare OS .10 Mayflower Con '. .03 .01 Montgomery Mt 02 Homestakc Con.. 01 Tramp Con ,0G Manhattan Dexter .03 Stray Dog 02 Other Districts Nevada Hills ; 50 Pittsburg Silver Peak 75 Eagle's Nc3t 03 Round Mt f .53 ...J.. Rawhide Queen .10 Rawhide Coalition HO , Comstock Ophlr 1.72J 1.75 Mexican t 1.H2J 1.C5 Gould h Curry 27 .28 Con. Virginia 1.-J5 1.171 Savage .-15 .18 Hale Sc. Norcross -ID .50 Yellow Jacket 1.00 Bolchor 1.05 Confidence 1.10 1.15 'Slorni Nevada 55 .56 Exchequer 26 .27 Union 7S .70 Chollar 31 Tonopali Tonopali Nevada . , 7.25 ....... Montana Tonopali , ,90' MacNamara 25 .27 Midway 20 .30 Tbnopah Belmont 2.30 2.32J Tonopali North Star ..... .02 ,03 West End Con 30 .40 Rescue 02 ,03 Jim Butler .11- .13 ,