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Show i . . Advent of Railroad to Old-Time Mining Region to Be Celebrated by Big Display Dis-play Tomorrow; Many Salf Lakers Are Going on the Excursion. The opening of railroad communication will be celebrated cele-brated tomorrow at Ely, Xev. center of the richest known copper belt of the world about 250 miles west of Salt Lake.: Until five years ago -its magnificent red metal resources re-sources were unrecognized by capital, and the great merits of the district known to but few local miners and operators. ope-rators. Today Ely is heralded everywhere that the copper industry in-dustry is discussed as likely to exert more influence thereon there-on in the future than Michigan, Montana, Arizona and Mexico have in the past. With a railroad tapping its mines, progress is expected ex-pected to be yet more rapid in development and equipment equip-ment of them for production. .. . . In fact, this railroad makes Ely's e'oppqr mines possible. possi-ble. It is the biggest thing that ever happened in Nevada, except the operation of the Comstock lode for silver and ' gold forty years ago. . o'clock, and arrive in Ely early tomor row forenoon. It will carry fifty-six cases of chant pagne waieb will serve a part in the exercises that are scheduled to commence com-mence about 1 o'clock' SThcn the last spike in the Nevada w Northern railroad rail-road will be formally driven. Held ' bnnd of fifty pieces will accompany the traiu. ' Included in the party will be the following: fol-lowing: - Armstrong, W. W. PembroVe, Herbert - Bauer, B. F. . - Joplin, H. 0- ft.icklidge, Cbae. D. Kh.n. M. C. Ellingwood, C. O. Newcomer, O. A. dwfti. Leon Anderson, Mrs. C. H. QuigleT. Cbae! A. and daughter Odeil. George T. Miller. R. t. Keres, Kent O. Theiuas. II. L. Dickinson. V. W. Dver. Eaxl K. Lance, Dr. Frank McOmie, J. I. an Fifleld. M.'B. -ife . Whitney, M. B. Griff.th. W. T. Warren, C. F. Morriiuu, 8. W. Hoock. F. A. Valeatine. J. R. , Goodwin. C. C. Borer, John E. Bolton, D. G. I.iooira.i. Joseph Castle, C. P. Kelly, E. W. Strevell, C. N. Day. Miah and wtft Scheu, C. II. Raymond, E. W. Smith, Elmo V. Dunn. J. B. Lloyd. Miss Eva Smith, lira. E. P" Merrill. Geo. fc. Sarage. R. 8. Ferrebee, Dr. Thompaon. A. G. Grav, D. R. Darling. E. H. Puttnan. W. B. Welsh. J. F. Smailes. J. H. Ryan. Mm. Capt. Rotenbaum, Edw. Aleiaudr, W. C. Sainpton C. N. Kiely. Father Moyle, James H. Guyon, Father. Van Dam, M.. Jr. Knox. Frank Robinaon. F. O. I.rnch. John C. Grnsh. M. D. Wood, C. E. Bailey. W. E. Doty. L. C, wife and riereland, G. R. daughter Moore. ('. F. Johnson, M. M. mni . Sadler, Henry wife Hints, W. H. Kaul. W. J. Judd. Thomas Jones, John Smith, O. J. Jarrard, N. G., L. B Alberg. Thomas Fennel. P. J. Peering, Charles HaTenocr, W. M. Brown, Arthur West. E. M. Varian, Chas. S. Worth, J. G. WiNon, J. L. King. C. O. Willey. D. O, Jr. Shaul, V. M. Weeter. A. R. Kenaston. Bnrt Love, S. G. Teasdel. A. D. Caldwell, A. D. Dickinson, E. R. 1 Parker. H. C. Wilcox. L. P. Rust. George McGint, O. R. Dayton, R. P. Park. Mrs. J. F. Armnronc, R. 3. Carruthers. Mrs. C. Perr-.il. W. M. Waldon, Miss Liui Lindsler. U. H. Armstrong J. C Melon H. V. Shaw. 8. O. fiier. Mrs. C. A- Peyton. H. O. Meirj-flfld. O. E. Harding, R. IlammeU L. H. Jaeich, Max A. Lore. Stephen II. Jenkins. Joseph Elliott. Jones. W. II. ,h. W. M. ' Brown. Mrs. Mandel. Lee. Mrs. W. 3. Hempstead, D. B. Craie. George. Williams. Jecff, Mr. E. McKcnzie. T. K. The formal dedication of the new Nevada Ne-vada & Northern railroad into the Ely copper district o' Nevada will occur tomorrow at Ely camp. There will be upward of 3000 participants at least in the pleasures ofAthe occf.sion and, while their joyous program is being carried out, from all the West there will be going go-ing up silent expressions of. congratulation congratu-lation of the great men that have been instrumental in not only tho railroad construction, but the assembling of the capital responsible for present conditions condi-tions of progress in that part of the 8tate. The world will congratulate and thank them because the development of Elv means production of billions of dollars dol-lars of new money for the West in particular. Many of these millions can be extracted ex-tracted within the next twenty years within the lifetimes of the present generation. gen-eration. This means naturally that Ely is to be the inspiration for a period of development de-velopment in Nevada and Utah of more far-reaching importance within the next five years than anything during the last de'eadc. Utah Has Cause to Eejoice. Utah has reason to rejoice with Ely-ites Ely-ites and other Nevadans over her present pres-ent and future prospects, and for this purpose as large a delegation as has been able to snare the time to make the journey will start tonight over the Oregon Short Line. The representation of Salt Lake City and other principal Utah towns and cities will be characteristic of tho State's best citizens of all avocations, who recognize fully the significance of the event, not only for themselves, but the entire universe, for it is now assured as-sured that eopper, which Ely is scheduled sched-uled to produce in larger quantity than any other part of the world, is destined to play almost as large a part in human hu-man life as gold performs. Progress of the West. And as signifying progress of the West this incident will be comparable only to the driviug of the last spike on the Union Pacific railroad, thirty j-ears ago, and to the ceremonies incident to the completion of the Oregon Short Line into Portland, six rears later; to the railroad day celebrated two years ago at Tonopah. and to the arrital of th railroad in Goldfield a year since. . Each of those events marked the re- j tnoval of the greatest bars to progress of tho West previously existing; the needed natural resources could be developed; de-veloped; but the completion of the railroad rail-road into Ely signifies that from this time commences the 'real continuous, work of taking fourteen hundred million mil-lion dollars out of th" ground and probably much more. Tomorrow's celebration cele-bration at Ely therefore is in every senso an exceptionally extraordinary Preparations at Ely. Upon arrival in camp the train will bo met at the depot by a large recep-. tion committee coirposed of representative represen-tative mine owners and citizens and escorted to headquarters amidst scenes of the utmost enthusiasm, music and gay decorations, and the explosions of bombs which have been prepared for firing at stated intervals and upon certain cer-tain signals from the gentlemen in charge of the proceedings. The program of exercises will be as.-follows: as.-follows: Address of Welcome Hon. II. A. Coming. Co-ming. Driving the Last Spike President 8. . W. Eccles of the Nevada Northern. How and Why tho Nevada Northern Was Built General Manager M. L. Rcqua. As Seen From the Trafiic. Manager's Viewpoint H. G. Toll. ' . - . . Nevada as Seen From the Governor's Oflice Hon. John Sparks. The Universitv as a Factor in State Building President J. E. Stubbs. Nevada as Affected by the San Frau-' cisco Earthquake Hon. Francis G. Ncwlands. Nevada in the United States Senate. Hon. George S. Nixon. The Mining Industry as a National Besource Hon. E. S. Farrington. Ogden the Gate of the Middle West iCttatiAued on page 3.) , Nevada & Northern. The Nevada & Northern railroad. that is just completed and is destined to figure fig-ure so importantly in the future upbuilding up-building of the mining industry at Ely. is 140.53 miles in length.. It extends ex-tends from Cobro station, on the Southern Pacific main line, through a territory that contains much mineral wealth "in addition to that which is embraced in the Ely district. The average grade is .74 of 1 per cent aud the cost of construction was approximately approxi-mately $5,000,000. It was conceived September 9, 1905, as an absolute necessity to the recovery of the herculean copper deposits abounding in the region it taps, aud therefore constitutes equally as important import-ant an element in the proposed development devel-opment of the mines as the capital employed em-ployed in that work. Salt Lake Boosters. The excursion train will leave at S . ;7'G2 BM ;C3SEaVED I for building material and supplies ha been great, but with the advent of the railroad, and when the magic lamp of Aladdin has been rubbed, a change for the better recurs, and henceforth there is undoubtedly-to grow up rn Ely and her surrounding towns a population of at least 40,0u0 in the next five,or six years. Prospective Population. j Fully 20,000 of these prospective in-1 habitants are likely to. reside in the city of illy, and in contemplating its perspective per-spective therefore there is seen another district such as Cripple Creek, Colo., with 10,000 miners on payrolls, and with electric railroads traversing the roadways road-ways along the mountain sides, carrying workmen to and from their places of abode in the same comfort and economy find pleasure as metropolitan communities communi-ties afford. .Ely will therefore be one of the most delightful mining camps in the world in which to reside and her population is therefore expected to be stable aad permanent. Eeal Estate Values. For three years on this account Ely real estate has been regarded &ar very valuable, and there have been continuous continu-ous advances in prices until the most desirable business as well as residence lots command thousands of dollars each, and thousands of dollars have already been made in buying and selling these classes of property. And the, real estate boom is just now beginning to assume the elephantine proportions that have been predicted for it during the last two years; therefore it is altogether proba-' Die that many additional small fortunes will be accumulated in realty investments invest-ments there as the development of the district progresses. The city is lighted by electricity already, al-ready, anu enjoys the proud distinction of having first-class local government, good schools and comfortable places for religious worship, almost all denominations denomina-tions being represented. The population popula-tion from the day of the pioneers down, has been made of the very best people, socially-and -morally, and newcomers since the boom started, likewise belong to these classes of royal Americans. Commercial Enterprises. These are conditions which have afforded af-forded to the business man seeking a location where he could make money steadily almost irrepressible attraction. Many wide-awake merchants and others bent on commercial enterprises have already located there, and others are going in, for all recognize that where the money is circulating there only can money be accumulated. It is the prediction of everybody who has watched Ely's development that henceforth her growth will be very rapid, and that her claims to being the metropolis of all Nevada in point of financial resources and population will be fully justified. Banking Facilities. Among the first to foresee the great financial possibilities of the city has been the White Pine County bank, capitalized cap-italized heavily, and officered by astute men experienced in the business. I They have under completion the Northern building, which is without question the handsomest business and office structure in eastern Nevada if not in the entire State. . . This bank's quarters are on the first floor and the fittings were made in St. Louis. Concrete vaults are provided as a cpvering for the steel burglar-proof steel vaults of large dimensions. The fixtures are of selected oak. finished fin-ished in the Flemish stvle, and will be some forty feet lo,ng. The room is 23x 75, with a- handsome pressed steel ceiling, ceil-ing, the ceiling and walls to be tinted. With the exception of the John C. Cook companv, and possibly one bank in Reno, White Pine county may bast of the best-appointed bank quarters in the State. . . Several blocks square are already built up with other business structures, and as new ones that will be added arf rapidly as materials can arrive the hustling hus-tling commercial community promises soon to round out the downtown section as a small city having a beautiful appearance ap-pearance and up to date in every way. and hundreds of .claims were located over an area ten to twelve miles in length and three to' five miles wide wherein the prospecting showed conclusively conclu-sively the presence of enormous deposition deposi-tion of the red metaL y Advent of Capital Ultimately the capitalist arrived ami became convinced. He was accompa nied by the promoter, and these men were actuatea to take the risks of de veloping the district for its copper values val-ues by the rapidly advancing price ot the red metal and the evidence of ex perts that not enough copper mincB were in sight to supply the world's demand de-mand for twenty years. Now there, are tnree gigantic corporations corpor-ations busily engaged in preparations for bringing out gigantie tonnages from Ely's storehouses of copper, gold, silver and lead, and dozens of smaller companies are getting ready for operations. opera-tions. Some Ely Producers. The Giroux Consolidated company was the first to begin active and extensive ex-tensive operations, and it has about 30,000 feet of underground workings, over one-half of which are in pay ore ranging 3 per cent copper or better to the ton, and from $1.40 to $240 in gold on an average; and, in the, district, anything above 1 per cent is considered consid-ered good pay. It-is almost . beyond comprehension, and yet it is stated as a fact, that in the mines of this company fully 100,-000,000 100,-000,000 tons of ore are blocked out. readv for extraction, that will all yield handsome returns after deducting mining, mi-ning, milling and other, expenses. The company has developed and proven about a mile square of its property prop-erty by means of ten working shafts, which nave attained depths of 375 to 1000 feet, a number of these shafts being be-ing . connected by underground workings, work-ings, a majority of which have been run through ore bodies of unknown dimensions di-mensions and extent. The Giroux has fourteen hoists on its property and forty-three shafts of from sixty-three to 1000 feet in depth. At its Pilot Knob workings this companv com-panv has a 500-ton smelting plant in course of construction, and which will be placed in commission soon. Within three years, if all reports are correct, the Giroux Con. will have a combined smelting and concentrating plant in operation in Steptoe valley, near Ely, that will have a capacity of 10,000 tons or ore daily. Nevada Consolidated. Nevada Consolidated company owns some of the choicest ground in the copper cop-per zone, amounting to over 1000 acres. The operations of this company are being conducted on a gigantic plan, and it has proven up its holdings on an extensive scale through five shafts on which there are an equal number of fine hoi sting, works. The Ruth and the Eureka comprise the largest workings, although at the Star Pointer s four-compartment shaft is being sunk, and this eventually will constitute the main working avenue for the company in the way of ore extraction. extrac-tion. Besides these shafts, the company has numerous smaller workings, all of which are being utilized in opening up and proving the company's vast holdings. hold-ings. Cumberland-Ely. Closely associated with the Nevada consolidated is the Cumberland-Ely, and a prominent mining man, who stands close to the management of both concerns, recently predicted that "within "with-in five years the Tevada Consolidated and the Cumberland-Ely will be smelting smelt-ing 10,000 tons of ore daily." The ultimate ulti-mate intention of the Guggenheims is to build a 10,000-ton plant. On a large scale it is possible to make small profits on 1.5 per cent copper, md big money can be made on ore going go-ing as much as 2.5 per cest in its copper cop-per contents. Some of the mines are productive of 10 and 15 per cent copper, but the reat mass of ore, from 1000 to 3000 eet in width and several miles in eneth, along the copper belt, goes vitnin a fraction of 3 per cent, with ,av gold values present. The Cumberland-Ely company is developing de-veloping work on an extensive scale, sinking eight shafts, on three of which ire hoisting works. that would command ' something like what the rich ground was worth.' In passing into the hands of Messrs. Keith and Kearns, it secured the development de-velopment forces required, and the plans of the company include provision for most comprehensive aggressive operations, op-erations, that promise to very soon bring it into toe -productive class. ; Not a One-Mine Camp. . Owing to the fact that a few companies com-panies like the Nevada Consolidated, Giroux Consolidated, Cumberland-Ely md a few others are each the owners f a large number of mining claims in the copper belt, an impression has pre-ailed pre-ailed that this district was. practically i one-mine camp, and that at the best, a w companies would control the entire istrict; but this idea is erroneous, as e extent of the already known copper eposits is so great that the large cor- orations only cover a fractional por- ion of it. There are thousands of acres of good ground within the belt available to capital, cap-ital, and furthermore the extent of the jreat copper belt is still unknown, as properties that have no surface showing disclose upon development that they are really within the ore rone, which is rapidly expanding. iVork of George E. Gnnn. George E. Gunn is credited with having hav-ing been as much if not more responsible responsi-ble for the rejuvenation of the camp, than any other single individual and he will be one of the principal honored characters at the celebration along with .he Guggenheims and M. L. Requa "heir representative-in-chief. Mr. Gunn was formerly a trusted em-loy em-loy of the American Smelting and Reining Re-ining company, whose service he left o take up the work of developing the iroperties now known as the Cuinber-and-Ely group, and the capital for rhich he had personally secured from nen that had implicit confidence in his judgment.' After demonstrating the opper resources in the Cumberland-Ely Mr. Gunn convinced . the Guggenheims that greater capital was all required to nake Ely the most prolific, copper-producing section in the world. Having accepted ac-cepted Mr. Gunn's pinions, the Guggenheims Gug-genheims employed ' other talent " to nake investigations of the district, and mong these was J. Parke Channing of New York. Ho ranks as a mining ex-rert ex-rert next to John Hays Hammond among heavy mining investors. Estimates of Experts. Mr. Channing reported, over a year ago, after a most exhaustive investigation investiga-tion that there was in the Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated 6,000,000 tons of ore in sight, and 'not a hundredth part of the company's com-pany's ground has been explored." After development operations had been further prosecuted, last January "red W. Bradley of San Francisco, consulting con-sulting engineer to the companv, re-,iorted re-,iorted 22,000,000 tons in sight. Both these reports have been "ofticially published. pub-lished. . ' Interests of Guggenheims. Since then the interests of the Guggenheims Gug-genheims in the Ely district have been extended .until they have 1,300,000 shares in the Nevada Consolidated for which they paid $1 per share, according to all reports. And in addition theso gigantic mag-1 mag-1 nates in the smelting and mining world are principal' owners of the Nevada & Northern railroad which, except for whose sttfing financial influence, could scarcely have been constructed at this time. Requa and Gunn's aggressive constructive con-structive ability and the Guggenheims' money are therefore seen to have been an invincible . combination " which have successfully tinlocked nature's elephantine elephan-tine storehouses of mineral wealth at Ely. Beautiful Location. Ely is very prettily located near the mouth of Robinson canyon. The site is picturesque, with plenty of room for building and other improvements. In the outskirts of the town there are quite a number of pretty and tasty homes, surrounded by lawns and trees. These improvements were placed in earlier times, when the camp prospered upon its production of ores for their lead-silver values alone. When the silver sil-ver panic came nearly every building was vacated and the streets presentd an appearance of desertion and desolation; desola-tion; for only a few persistent and persevering per-severing families and individuals remained, re-mained, hoping almost against hope that the day of resurrection might come. New Life Awakened. The advent of copper magnates into the camp in 1900 brought new life into its once solitary streets. The sleepers awoke, hundreds of newcomers adopted the town as their future abiding place, and now on every hand there is push and activity. Building material is and has been hard to get; and jet, notwithstanding this difficulty, business and dwelling structures are going up everywhere, some being of brick and some of lumber, lum-ber, and are quite modern and commodious. commo-dious. Of restaurants there are quite number, num-ber, but lodging-houses have been crowded to their utmost capacity. This difficulty has been overcome by the erection of large rooming tents, and these have been found comfortable and quite satisfactory, but plans are now made for the erection of a $90,000 hotel, modern in every respect, and this will bepushed rapidly to completion. For a long time the cry and demand f (Continued from page L) j T : : hd Its Relations to hly Hon. William ilasuiann. . - " 1 Kait .bake as the Center of Mining ln- ustry ana Us delation to Waite t'ine Jouuty B.on. Charles S. Varian, f Copper One ot tne World's Commo-lities Commo-lities - Judge George S. Brown. i Nevada, Old and New Hon. a C. ioodwin. The Pioneer Men and Women of Vhite Pine County Hon. Thomas lockhilL I Then, and Now; Some Reminiscences f Olden Days Hon. William-M. Stew-rt. Stew-rt. ! The Mining Outlook in This Com-iionwealtl Com-iionwealtl Hon. Oscar J. Smith. "'The Press and Its Mission Houlder ludgins. . j 'What'e Left t Hon. Sam P. Davis. I The barbecue committee has prepared U feed crowd of 2500 visitors at an Ilaborate open-air spread late in the fternoon,- which will b9 one of the hief events of the day. There will also be, a series of horse aces, athletic- events, and a baseball ;ames. Ul Nevada to Be There. All Nevada i to be there, according o reports which have reached the ar-angement ar-angement committees. j Special means of conveyance are bene be-ne arranged to bring in the principal line operators and Dusiness men of ,'onopah, Goldfield, Manhattan. Bev-Ule, Bev-Ule, Austin, Virginia City, Carson, eno, Yerington and other camDS on je western aide of the 8tate. i One of the largest deleations of Og-en Og-en business men that ever left that ity will go in special trains, 'ome History of Ely. ( Ely is located in White Pine county, 30 miles west of Salt Lake, in the gan mountain range. It was young vhen" fathlers of most of the present eneratim were boys, and was then, re-arded re-arded as a silver-gold-lead district; ut the capital then invested in efforts 0 recover values brooked the most dis-dvantageous dis-dvantageous conditions ineffectively, o-ythe proverbial adage of 4 'what is to r will be ' ' enjoyed emphatic illustra- tn in the situation as it was then and at it is now. J Irs, discoveries were made by Eu-, ,ne Robinson in 1869, who was scarch-ag scarch-ag for gold, and fpund favorable indi-ations indi-ations in what is locally known as ;uckskin ' canyon. -While there was old 'in the ores, recovery never was iccessfully accomplished, for the iden-ical iden-ical reason that the superabundance f edpper content prevented: but the ct was not known, and tho reason hat Ely failed of proving a wealth-ielding wealth-ielding district then had to be disposed dis-posed in later years as the science of letal .recovery became more perfected. Jluiing for Prospectors. In the meantime, however, the rich-ess rich-ess of the ores of the region were always al-ways an alluring attraction for prosectors pros-ectors and these induced various capi-klists capi-klists and groups of moneyed men to mbark in the work of mining there, lundreds of thousands of dollars were luandered In these enterprises, but it ias;ihe fault of the men engaged in he mining business at that time rather aan of the Ely district itself, that all iled. and not until there appeared a loses to lead did the way appear for he opening and development period rhich is now witnessed, not alone in My itself, but over a territory twenty liles or more in diameter. 1 That man was M. L. Requa. He has tpresented-the Guggenheims, whose apital has been chiefly instrumental in taking it possible for Ely to hold its Llebration. ! , 'riginal Projectors. ' tBut previous to the advent of Requa d the Guggenheims others had con luded' the Ely country was a copper fgion, valuable mainly for its red met t deposition, and that, if it ever lounted to much, mining must be car-ied car-ied on there with the principal in tntion of recovering all the coppei aluea from the ores. ( In prosecution of this idea, various 'aim owners had driven their workings hen in 1894 A. D. Compton built a fade eopper smelting furnace in Rob Uon canyon, and endeavored to profit Joly extract the metal. Having only ood for fuel, and lacking fluxes, his ,ell-intentioned effort was a failure, ack of Transportation. I But it. proved the practicability of 3 e district and thenceforth -much en gy was expended in the work of in .cing capital to take hold. Bemote: ss of railway communication scarei st of these magnates away, while rs to whom -it was presented recog Ad that the enormous amounts ol nev needed to assure success would expended with many possibilities of -ses. (But the prospector worked meantime No ore has been marketed from the Copper Belt. The period of development develop-ment has been passing with every torn-.any torn-.any or individual operating within the zone, and cdnsequently no revenue from the mines has been forthcoming. Until big reduction works have been installed for the treatment of the mil. ions of tons of pay ore blocked out ;n the workings these mines will continue con-tinue development. Millions have been expended by the leading companies in the purchase and development of property, and millions will be spent in their equipment and in the construction of smelters, concentrating con-centrating plants, railroads, tramways, etc. It sometimes takes years to open up ?reat copper mines and to equip them. VII low grade camps are about the same ;n this respect; but when the mines of Ely begin turning out their immense ealth of the red metal, a hundred mil-ions mil-ions will be taken out for every ten millions that have been expended in their exploration and operation. Another Big Project. Following the other big magnates in the district, tho Ely Mining company, owned principally by former Senator Thomas Kearns and David Keith of Salt Lake, is a prominent figure in the development of the region. This company com-pany has thirteen claims 400 acres of-the choicest ground, from a mineral-igical- standpoint, lying between the property of the Nevada Consolidated nd the town of Ely. The history of the Ely Mining com-any com-any has been somewhat similar to that which the Highland Boy experienced experi-enced at Bingham in her earlier days. About seven rears ago O. J. Salisbury Salis-bury and other big operators of Utah who were interested, believed they had i big gold proposition, and a eyaaiding mill was built to treat the ore from this mine. Like the early experiences jf Samuel Newhouse with the Highland 3ot, at Bingham, Utah, it was soon liscovered that underlying the -old ores trom the baser metal "had leached were great deposits of eopper ore. The cyan-:ding cyan-:ding proposition was consequently ibandoned and some of the big owners, including Mr. Salisbury, it is understood, under-stood, sold out. The company continued to do business for a time, but without railroad connections, and with copper not bringing what it is today, nothing but the niehest grade of ore could be shipped. Finally work was suspended altogether and tne owners have waited for the property to come into a market . |