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Show ELY CEITEMUL IS DEVELOPING UHGER Machinery Delayed on Account of Southern Pacific Road Washout. E. V. Hulso of tho Ely nVul Salt Lake brokerage firm of Hulso & Co.. arrived In this city Monday night on a much delayed de-layed train, and will visit for two or thrco days on business. Mr. Hulso stales that tho Robinson district iti general Is very nctivo. and tho numerous operators! who havo development work under way aro all meeting with marked success In their efforts. The big concentrating plant, which In ltsolt employs men enough to support a pood-sized town. Is again running run-ning full blast, following tho tleup occasioned oc-casioned earlier In tho season by bad weather, and a nnv record of production. It is expected will be estnbllahed by the big mill this ycrir. Conditions aro nil propitious. Mr. Hulsn states, for n very actlvo summer In Ely and surrounding country. Tho ml tics aro keeping up thHr heavy output and the prospects aro rapidly rapid-ly developing Into properties which bid fair to take a placo among tho head-liners. head-liners. The reasonable freight rates on ore out of tho camp aro a source of much gratification to property owners, also, as they nro so low na to allow tho marketing mar-keting of comparatively low-grade ovon. The machinery ordered some two weolcs ago for the Ely Centennial property. Mr. Hulso r.tates, has not yet arrived, being tied up on account of the railroad washouts. wash-outs. The grading, however, for the reception re-ception of tho equipment, consisting of hoisting engine, machine drills and electric elec-tric lighting plant. Is completed, nnd the machinery will be placed without delay when It Is delivered, probably some tlm' during the week. At tho mlno recent developments hnv been most encouraging, the property now having all tho earmarks of making a big producer. Tho main tunnel Is now In a dlstanco of 485 toot, nnd the new shaft on tho ground being sent down some 500 feet southeast of the old Incline shaft, has attained a dopth of forty feet, and shows regular formations of hlgh-grado hlgh-grado copper ore. By tho lime of the proposed visit of Mr. NewhoiiKe and othor local Interests to the property. Centennial. It Is promised, prom-ised, will bo In such shape as will mako oven tho most experienced miner "sit im nnrl Inlrn nnMre." Oro Shipments. The Utah Ore Sampling company reported re-ported the shipment of six cars of Utah ore and two cars of Idaho oro on Tuesday. Tues-day. Milling Notes. A sneclal from Now York over tho Pollock wire stales that the Round Mountain Moun-tain Mining company has declared lis eighth quarterly dividend of 4 centK per share. The same Is payable March 25 to stockholders of record March 20. This latest distribution brings the Round Mountain's total dividend record up to 5258.432. Tho regulnr nemi-annual dividend amounting' to 35 per cent, declared by the Gallghor Machinery company, successors to the Utah Mining Machinery and Supply Sup-ply company of this city was payable Tuesday. March S. |