Show TRAYLOR REPLIES TO CRITICISM Replying to certain recently published criticisms on tho the Giroux Consolidated Minos Mines company compan Samuel W W. Traylor president pres prea- ident of ot tho the Traylor Engineering company compan has hu authorized an interview lew Mr In Traylor designed tho the Giroux company's concentrating concon- concon plant which his company erected Ho He was waa the first engineer to discover tho the great richness of Or the Ely district and ranks high In hs hla profession proCession The Tho article which criticised tho the Giroux company and which was published In Walkers Walker's copper letter In the Boston Com Corn mercial marcia said eald Mr admitted that the Giroux property Is probably one of ot the richest and most valuable in the Ely district but criticised tho the management manage manage- ment merit found fault nult with the tho amount of de de- work with the location of ot tho the concentrator which Is called a n stamp tamp mill said the plans for tor water supply were Inadequate In Inadequate In In- adequate and that the work on the concentrator concentrator con con- had been discontinued These criticisms arc aro absurd and fL false fole and I believe It to be m my du duty to answer them for tor the sake sake-of those who Nho might be misled E E. W. W Walter niter m manager nager of ot tho the mines Is one of tho the best and most experienced men o of his line In this countr country Tho The mill Is a 1 modern concentrating plant and I will stake m my reputation as an nn engineer engineer engi enl neer that It will successfully handle tho the ores ors of the tho Ely district Its location oel could not be better bolter for Cor the accommodation of ot all tho the properties of ot tho the com company pan and It will use usa mine water ater only for tor six months until the lars largo pumping plant with a a. of ot 1200 tons and ond which has been ordered Is Installed This pumping plant will supply supply sup sup- pi ply not only the reduction works but also the town of or The building of ot the mill has not b been ton abandoned On the contrary Its construction has been completed completed com corn It has baa been put In commission and the t test st run ron will UJ be completed not later than October 1 The concentrating plant pont and smelting works are located on tho the same sarno general s lines 0 as those of tho the Arizona Copper company compan com corn pan pany the Greene Consolidated and the Detroit Copper company which has to pump ump water nine miles against a head he of ot 1700 TOO feet teet As for tor developments de there aro are approximately feet or nearly three miles of ot underground workings with a shaft on the Alta property more than 1000 feet deep Concentrating ores have havo been proved and developed ed showing a continuous continuous contin contin- body nearly 2000 feet In length and to feet itt JQ width It Is Js my opinion there thero Is a n continuous ore body from the Veteran on tho the Cumberland Cumberlan Ely Eh adjoinIng adjoin adjoin- ing lag tho the Giroux on the tho west est the Nevada Ne Se- Seada ada vada Consolidated Immediately adjoining on the east cast giving 1 the Giroux an ore body one mile In length Even en If It the tho statement was WaR true that no development work has been done tho the bention location location loca ben tion of ot tho the property between the two great mines mentioned on tho the strike and nod andIn In ono ono one of ot the richest zones s of ot ore In this would make mako tho stock of ot the GIroux company compan worth orth five 1 times tho prevailing pro pro- price at a conservative Tho The Nevada Consolidated and Cumberland Cumber Cumber- land Ely havo have blocked out from to tons of ot oro ore and the tho Giroux tons of ot ore with Ith the tho certainty y that the properties are only partially p. de do- eloped I believe belle the conditions afford tho greatest opportunity ever presented In mining history for lor investment |