Show I COPPER Of OfEl El ELY Y MINES GREA Il Y REDUCED lAST EAST MONTh As AR had been forecast th the copper pro- pro du duHon I Hon from frol the Nevada N Consolidated was considerably reduced last las month Tho output January Januar was wail pounds a ai i reduction ton from irom flOI that of the previous month of oC 11 iy pounds This hll decrease was caused by the cold weather which froze the ore arc in the eats cais preventing prevent prevent- In lug ing its Is being unloaded with sufficient rapidity to kC keep the plant steadily em em- plo ld Sc cn even cn of the eight Ight sections of c I he the are aro in commission an anoro and oro ore Is coming t down oat fm-oat flom the thc mines at atthe atthe th the i ate or of oo tons Ions a da day daj The Th m or of the tle new lew shaft shaf s R nt t the GIroux has reached a d depth h of feet t and gu Is progressing gl at t the r rate ate e of twelve feet per da clay dav Two of oC the thc five live compartments of the lie big Ig shaft haft an- an being rA carried downward from runt the tue foot 1000 level and have reached an additional depth of fifty feet The TIme entire shaft is in hard hurd Mue lineS lime which Is 13 most desirable for hoisting pui purposes poses for 01 which it WIS Intended The company Is s working 00 men hut but as us soon foor as art ni Its Il railroad work Is completed a part of the tho force will wil bo be laid off of Tho The Boston Ely has haf temporarily dl discontinued discon eon eon- tinned H Its cio from front the 1125 level Imel Sinking funking lies lias been bEel resumed in the bottom of the tho shaft which Is Js now making u-making considerable con con- water r. A drifting machine will wi arrive next week when the tie crosscut for forth forthe the ti-ir- contract will bo lo resumed The ilie l lJ Ev C Cc wi is Js driving a drift Into a body of ot ore un that will wi average 15 p per percent percent r cent in copper The Thc drift is now In twenty feet oPPI and is all In lIt art oio of this al Ore ane has lisa been cr encountered by churn hum drilling on n Ely EI Central ground at atthe atthe the depth of ot 45 feet ft The Ely Consolidated has bias encountered glance and in a mm drift from front the crosscut on the time Zat-le Zat which runs 30 per cent ceni The drift has been continued for forI fora a I distance of at eighty I feet In ore ome with wih an I average grade of S per cent The company com corn pany will wi soon toon conini commence ollEn nee e shipments |