| Show J I I G Gf 0 OF f l LAST l SPIKE rl Thousands Indulge in Celebration Of Completion of the Ne Nevada Nevada Nevada vada Northern IS A GREAT DAY FOR ELY Many Salt Lake Business Men Witness and Join in Festivities Of Wonderful Camp CampI I Something of time the history of limo tho Marvelous Mar Marvelous District lII Which Promises ci ciTo To Astonish tho the World Special to the News New Ely EI Ne Nevada vada Set Str 19 Beginning with todar loda It can ran b be said aid truthfully truth Cully that thal Ely my is lion on the map raap Sept 19 29 9 IMS 1006 will go down In history r ai ae a n memorable occasion for this White While Pine country town lown which bids fair to 10 become the big bl mining metropolis m of this wonder wonderful ful mining state That It Is destined to become ono of the tho greatest copper corper camps of the world Is fa a foregone con conclusion elusion and no ona ons who has taken the time to look took Into the merits meriU of or the case rue will wilt dispute the right of tiC Elys EIs patri patriotic 1 otic to clam claim this honor when they thc are ure backed up by b a II score of ot min rain mining minin raining ing in engineers and financiers of national reputation DAY VA OF 01 REJOICING This Is railroad day In Fly Ely and the camp Is dressed In III Its lis glad KInd rags flogs flags are on many housetops time the streets ets are nr decorated d with a pro profusion profusIon profusion fusion of bunting bands arc are playing and thousands are aie taking part In the celebration which commemorates the driving of the last lut spike of or the Nevada Northern railroad the final act nc cr tary sary far to bring Ely Ery Into close touch with civilization This Is le especially a Joy Joyous jo Otis ous occasion for the pioneers of oC this till historic mining district who Iho have hae lived lIed to tl see Ice the Iron horse boric arrive The day has bun ben given ginn up to general rejoicing yet jet et many of at the old timers feel reel a tinge of sadness come com over them when they reflect that thai floss Weber popa popular popular lar hr and find held h ld In III the highest esteem by br his hili fellow townsmen for the good rood h he had done dOM to promote the we welfare If MB of oC the camp during hl his lifetime In is not lOt here to participate In tho the festivities PEOPLE FROM AFAR People hue have come from Crom afar ru to parti participate participate In today celebration and con conspicuous conspicuous among limon the visitors visitor ar ue are those who comprised the big delegation Utah this forenoon which arrived from I Ion on the train bearing tin tho first tint Pullmans Pullman I Iter ever ter brought Into lute White While Pine county The business Interests interest of 0 path both oth Salt Lake lIIke and Ogden Ofden are well represented In Sn the delegation and the program committee did not nol overlook the opportunity ally nit to give them a chance to tu b be heard NEVADA NADA OFFICIALS GOT On John Sparks Nevadas chief ex u uca ca II 1 e Is U I here ere and Ind so 0 are Its lis representatives In the upper house houe of Con n Francis G 0 Zolan and George Gorge Nixon Judge c r C C Good Goodwin win In who came with the Utah crowd rold Is II among amon the throng and he hat hll ha met for forthe forthe forthe the nut first time limo In years au many mn of M I his hI om obi time friends whom hon he ht knew at t City II during the d days a s of or th lode 1001 HATS S OFF Ol F TO MR m Rut nut the mm man of the hour hoor Is Mark Mirk U J 1 Ilc ius general manager of the tM nw new to whom holn above abo everyone else phI tho the camp ramp of oC Ely Ily 11 owes OU a debt of grat gratitude gratItude lIt tude for It II WM was through his bl forU that the road read was IU first nut made midI possible and later built bum Mr was attracted to tn Ely Ir a 1 number of or years tare ago aro lie He was Ia as living In III InPan San Pan lIn Francisco hen Oien and Ant somehow In Information information formation rm came to tn him that he the Rob Roh RobIn Inson In On mining district in which Ely l Is tt l contained a roM good dt deal l of merit merita M n a ho went out lut to study tudy conditions condition with the that thai h he bc became ame me thor thoroughly thoroughly convinced that the c camp mp was waa 15 III all II right but bUI that to mak make the ores Off p pay y yIt It would V Ie e R JI to po gO I to tOe expense e In building n a 1 railroad and In III constructing facilities ff for r treatment Hutment upon a 1 very cr extensive scale However II 0 ho hI m mapped t out a n plan of or action and be began began gan an by b the acquisition of the Ruth mine and later the of or the tho New York k Nevada Zeada Copper company which brought him Into Inlo of or oran an area covering eov about GOO acres In the th heart of or the great neal bearing por porphyry belt bell and In III 1903 1909 organized the Nevada Neada Consolidated Copper company with 1000 0 0 shares of or the par value of ot ofU U 16 5 each Other Oth r properties have ha VI Inco been added and art during the present year ear the Guggenheim 01 or American Smelting Smelling Refining interests became Identified with it and are aril now In con can control trot tinco sinco which time huts plants plane have Cone tona forward for the early tarl construction of at ofa ata ofa a 1000 Inn ton capacity concentrating mill milland milland and smelter to be located at Duck Creek down In n the Steptoe valley alley and about 12 mlle miles from Ely EI Contracts for tor forthe the tho material and find equipment for these thc t plants are Iro to be bt let I t Immediately and It Is expected that Ihal they be ready to begin the reduction of ore within a It year ear I t PROGRAM The full program of or festivities s for tor today IlIda Is as R follow follows Address Addre of welcome lion Hon H U A Comma Comins the lie Lat Last Spike General Manager M I I It Requa Rand Band Invitation to participate In Ina a barbe barbecue barbecue barbecue cue prepared by b everybody How flow and Why h the tho Nevada North Northern Northern ern Wa aJ Built General Manager M r U I Requa Chorus Nevada ZeRda Seen From the Governors Office lieu Hon John Sparks The University II as 81 a II Factor In tn InState InState State Building President J E 1 Stubs Hand Band land r Nevada As Affected Affected by b San Fran Francisco dice cisco Earthquake Icon Hon Francis G 0 Nevada In the United States StateR Sen Semi Senate ate lion Hon George Nixon Ixon Band Dand Time Tho Th Mining Industry III As a 1 No Na Notional a Resource Hon lion E S Farrington The Mining Outlook In This Corn Com Commonwealth lion Hon O J Ogden O the Onto Guto of the tho Middle Wont and UK Its Relation Heallon to lo Ely Kly Hon Ihn William OJA Influences s of or the Law I on Min Ing In Hon lioa A K F 1 Cheney Sa Salt t Lake Jakl As the Center of ot Min ing Industry and Its Relation to White While Pine Pino County lion Hon C S 8 Varian aran Band Band Nevada esda Old and New Judge C C Goodwin The Tha Pioneer Men and Women of oC White Pine County lion on Thomas Thomaj Rand Then and Ind Now 01 Some conces of Older Days Dt lIon Hon Wm m M Id Stewart Siewart The Strength of oC American CIl Kinship in the f Our Industries lIon Hon Frank J Cannon The Pres Press and Its Iti lon Mr Ir Houlder Moulder hats LeU P Sam n I p I Davis DaI DaIa nand Baud a d p SALT BALT LAKE That was a great excursion which pulled out of or th the Oregon Short Line depot M It 9 oel k lust last night for Ely Nevada Nearly 3 O people were aboard when hen the shrill voice oke rung out with the th words ord All aboard The train consisted of five fin standard sleepers three tourists tourist A ft day coach roAch barg baggage g cur a aid ad l diner Everyone was wag wagIn In the jolliest Jollies t moral sod and teemed seemed deter determined determined mined to 10 go 0 out for a 1 good goal lime time Mem I m mIu li larra Iu r of oC the Comm trial lal club under whose auspices aus tIera the excursion wa was AI nr sir ranged were ron present and andl l looked y after Iller the distribution dl of badges before the departure at of the tram train while HM Melds 1 land band which was engaged to ac tiC accompany company the pane pan to lily Illy HI rent tent the air with H R number of or familiar selections 11 Uon It iI was wan n II jolly joll crowd rod of and all III went tnt to 10 the new ropper camp Imp boost boostIng boosting Ing for f r Sall Ik lAb At t Ogden the Pall Sall alt takers Laker were joined by b the con eon contingent nt from the Weber county strong who too neat Mt along alone to shout tor for Ogden and the respective IaU endeavor to show fitow the Ne N Nadan Nevadans vadans adan the advantages one ase has hu over Of ot the other In the matter maUer nf or trade The Salt Knit takers Lakers refuse believe In their home town and the Ike 11 1 ass are equally In de that the Junction city nty Is II the tUf jk renter IU lo everyone M Is Rand good natured natural about It and ami nil lull are their best but for Utah Cia h will whIT lill the tit glad I d hand ham of ut fellowship fellow ship Is la extended d to In the people of at Ely ElyAN AN TRAIN The train nn on which the tra traveled wis w is one of oC elegance and a unique feature future WM was 11 the e of If f complete completely ly Iy equipped telephone exchange Peo PM People pIe in ore one ear car could talk to those there In tn another Although the tbt tram train wu was IU a lit u tie lau late In Rotting getting out of Ogden It Ill passel pasKel Cobra Cobro Nevada shortly after 6 1 1 where It t was lIIS switched on to 10 tho the tracks of the Nevada Northern the tho comple completion lion tion of ot which Is being I celebrated eele today Cobra Coble IN is located le I less s II than K E miles over the tat stat Is where the now ne road rORd loaves leave the main line of ot the southern nail and follows tho the south to 10 Ely Kly J I a n distance of about HO mile lathes tapping the camps of or Cherry herr reek and Duck Creek on the way wa and giving transportation fa fn facilities to 10 other mining districts which have havo be been n Isolated heretofore IMPORTANT ANT FOR TOR I on U AH All The completion of the Nevada end North Northern ern em n railroad It Is an all Important event for Cor Utah Ulah for Cor It opens to lo development a 0 rich mineral region that is sure lure to 10 result in inthe Inthe inthe the bringing of of oC dollars worth orth of or trade to this state It U has opened ol nl l n a 1 new market for Cor the products of the orchards and farms torm ns nJ well noil as all all kinds of manufactured goofs goods Ely EI Is destined t to become a It greater copper district than Butte Dutte und and Utah Ulah people should not be slow to appreciate this Kly 11 1 has several big mines among them Is the Giroux consolidated which Is III being quipped equipped with a 1 mill and smelter ter ler Some of the eminent mining angi veers who have hae examined the ore oro de deposits depo deposits posits po of oC the Ihl Ely EI district declare Unit that It Itis ItIs itis is not nol unreasonable to expect that Ihal the mines there hero will be producing as much mucha muchas a M as tons per day within a P f few years earR SOME BRIEF HISTORY Ely EI was u discovered In the year tl ar r ISM by b Eugen Bugen Robinson while the tho camp amp of Hamilton was filS in the glory glor of oC Its won wonderful production and for a II period parted Mr Ir IrI I Robinson worked in the canyon In his lIs search arch for tor gold bearing properties In Inthe Inthe Inthe the year Mr 1112 Buckskin Watson made mAlle his advent Into Inlo Robinson canyon and located the famous Joanna mine about two miles wort ut of or Ely Kly 11 Mr Ir Watson Valson nt n alto also located the Pilot Flint Knob R now nol nowa a 8 part ut of or the GIroux Con and anti other properties which in III n later Inter years ers 15 came caine Into possession of the Nevada Neada Con Consolidated Consolidated In 1191 James W WN WN N Z McGill and II H I L Underwood located I tho the mine In cut con conyon callOn yon rose On near Lane City which IB is It about two miles west est of oC Ely EI Several years later this mine was a worked for tor gold by br C D DIane Dlane lane Iane of oC California who fAiled ailed owing to the appearance of If copper sulphide sulphides rendering treatment of or ore by b th the cyan cyanide cyanide ide Idt process Impolitic Other Othar attempts were Vero made mado to mine gold d ore but as depth was U attained It Invariably turned to copper Ely EI Is another repetition of or Bingham In 11 this respect fur for the of the Highland Boy mine pas has been on repeated r At 1 by II the t h and other properties at Fly Ely 1111 si Central Manager True Tolls How Ilan and Why Northern It H Ity is as Built Buill General Managers Manager Requa spoke I oke as follows follow s The building of the Nevada Northern railway r coupled with lib the experience eller of the past 20 0 years jears ears In ht the copper missing milling camps of the west welt has baR solved a 8 problem pr b blean lean hem that has boa ben been confronting the Robinson Rob Robinson Ho inson mining district ever tb the first prospector drove droo his hi pick Into Its till tap cop copier lI JI ier Per laden rocks itA A railway into this thle district would hue have been a I failure falur In the dAyn when Eureka was fU pouring Its stream of ot lead IMd Into the market markets oj of the world orld and Vir Virginia VirginiA ginia ginta City Its II far mightier stream of ot oti i gold and sliver Into the tha channels o or 01 trade On Ore Ores i that today present t BO no ul ties lies from a metallurgical standpoint N JI years fars ago O were ere Absolutely absolutE valueless I IThe The conditions of oC today lodar have lune been brought about by isy b the experience eo that has ha been gained from the tho operations tn in inthe the groat t copper camps o ml of oC the west flOSt during durIn the post past der dt Ad d from Butte Dulle to fiche BIsbee and nd from Utah to California Had tko the problem NObl that was 81 presented to tome tome tome me on my m first vl lt to this district been presented I e aye uye ye even n five OW years yeans tI previous Ita its notation would have been considered oon hop l ss in test fart 1 I may My say that the problems problem surrounding tb the tH working orkin of throe very er low grade grad ores OhM hav have only been worked out ferny lori within the last lut two year tI and It ItIs ItI itis Is I due to 10 the district of Utah more moro than to any other that we bare today absolute rolle data dala bUM based upon actual work tether rather than empirical estimate maIl HIGH ORAD ORBS The metallurgy of oC time tho high hleb trade grade pr geld W and solver stiver nT ores ort WM war worked ok out upon lI On the Comstock ad such the lite them smelting m of ot seal lead ores at but for the tho metallurgy of oo r we most mast first or of f nil all II turn tUf lo tOJ Montana where Jere the UI high grade gale ores ori 0 of 01 Butte Dun permitted l 1 ex ca expensive J pensive tb II the re results win of f which have hUll the tho upper topper Pr Industry of oC the world From Fram Montana to Arizona through the camps ramI of Ills hits hit hie Clifton Morenci and i flubs b also abu at In Ir British Columbia and at al Bingham a ai I 1 with i problems to hems lems both oth d f r leaf IWAI 0 1 environment and Continued on page pice p two 1 IJ JoyoUs mus Tm ING 1 OF f l LAST I SPIKE PI t Continued front from page pare one different conditions the them m metallurgy of ot copper has baa been worked out from the high grade smelting ore both oxide and sulphide to the lean len concentrating or orf Ores s that are arc character ittle Itle of the Ely district and that thai are re found In Identical occurrences In hag Dins ham anti and ad the tho district of ot Arizona I IMMENSE LOW rw GRADE BODIES DOIE Fortunate Fortunat Inde Inde indeed d has hal |
