Show FITZ MACS MAC'S PEr PENCIL CIL ON ELY Ell DEPOSIT The Public and the Mineral Show on 1 I Earth I f HARD l-D TO SWALLOW STORY STOR STORYS I i S iiii lIed lOlls h hy by I the ti Il ie HI Eminent Iiii Hll Writer St Stupendous Stupendous- owls That i I 4 l I Are Ai Yet it Incredible i 4 Fourteen n thousand millions milons What n an on n astounding quantity of ot mineral wealth I to to toi i find In a a single deposit Tho IO newspaper too timid to state th the thE Is of a n case cose Wile when they happen I to tomake make a 0 stor story that looks look lok at ut first frt blush blus unbelievable had hod bet better I not tackle thi stupendous copper deposit at Fay Ely White Whit f p. p coun county Nevada fifty mie miles west i of the r 1 ah hn In line Whoever to tell tel the truth about Fly Ey must bear con constantly In mind mini ry that fl he is 18 telling on one of the most improbable 4 able stor stories that can be Imagined an and all his skill to make it bei be bc- must use liSt al ski makE Ue At the very pry mildest it Is a har hard i story for or any anyone one to h believe le who knows knowe c anything nJ anth about mining and ore ort deposits Of or COUTe course nothing nG hoth j is Improbable to those thos who know nothing but bUI in telling a mn- mn lug stor story tho those e you ou d desire to impress usually do know kIlOW ow l a good deal tieni about mm mining min 1 lug ing and ond the hp moro more the they know the wider their practical and amI scientific knowledge the hard harder r It I will wi b be to make them beHove believe be be- Hove lieve o Ic the truth about Ely t till after aCer they thea have seen gel it I with wih their own eye I was the first outside If newspaper newspaper man mat I 4 that lint ever er e visited the tl camp Th Tho first ert Improbable truth telling of the highly a about out th tho thi stupendous copper deposit deposa te tell to my lot and I saw aw that 1 I was s os In 0 for forIt It because 1 the mildest tale talt I I- could tel tell with I JI Iti regard for fOI the actual facts would still be Iw Incredible So on the theory I that li I 1 might as tS well vell be hung for an old a as a lamb Iamb I waltzed In tn and opened the shooting ma match with the big bIG end elu of the tho story ry to the front lt It I Is the tho most abl tal tale I was vcr river called It a 1 tl ef I upon to turn turl ti In and nOI If I had hall told toh II it I timidly no one would have hs believed it ft I concluded to toll tell it boldly tel lel d and to challenge h belief Instead of or meekly meek miek- I ly soliciting it i. i so 0 I said sald and tt it I is the tIl actual truth uth that ti this s a astounding dePosit de deposit te- te de- de posit at nl Ely Kly El contains a n volume and nOI value alne of copper not 1101 anI only greater than all al In Montana all In Michigan on all al in Arizona i al billions billions bUI bil hi- nil all lu n u Utah but hut greater ratel by lions ni oh observe not millions milons than thai all al the lons I known knowl mineral wealth walh of all al of those I great groat mineral states tates combined which are an L In the order I ha have named them ther the In the world worM t greatest four copper regions r and are now to together ther producing about GO CC GOtier C tier er r cent Im of the worlds world's total year yearly ou out out- ut I tat mt looked o such a shocking whopper t whole rows row of oC mining men mon gasped I 1 wh when n th they id 1 m my headS head h lift I sit cont conI con- con t 1 1 s lt ui 1 t I iiii InS a calculable value In COpl copper r. r sliver silver I cr th trIP the billion nm gold that runs run into I mcd m you not Dol millions A l jJ n nI ft LOGO IMO I I ln It nut Thit when cn those thoe fellows telo s' their their feet fiet pet most mont 1 th 0 anti and iHl Nta staggered to 10 ro of uI them insisted that lint the dory be betrue 01 true lie lum E Mac FiU-Mac couldn't afford arford to I tell such a stunning and n Incredible 1 l as hat which shows that it IL is safer to tell I a lug big lie than a small sinai smal one i c. c 7 nut lint th tin tin- tinman man milt i is Insofar n a n fool who I will 1 t I ll any kind of a lie lp ls Also 1153 the thi man Jan asI as asa 1 it II a n. n fool and about 13 iU contemptible I a liar lor who VhO ho hesitates to tell the time truth henI lien hen it happens to lo make so big a 1 story stor that I Somebody may not believe It It If H f it If Is Iss a s iv and demonstrable It t dor dOI Mit tt matter matEr t. whether at first UrEt they believe 1 It I or not not J b Doubt begets discussion and ind mt If story stor 5 o will wi pro p It Itself l. l dl discussion will wl only onh lY emr em- em truth of s i he r the your J. J itself fast will r The Time Ely story prove Inov l 1 enough h and anel your OHr reputation for tot truthfulness Is notoriously slinky shaky you O he be afraid to tell ten It I. I This stupendous El Ely my copper opper el deposit l H Hnot 11 I not a 1 high grade proposition but like all ni 1 the tho lar larger pr copper comper e deposits lt of the world a at 1 t t h. low grade aver averaging averaging- thou throughout holt its vast extent probably not flOt more marl than 3 I per percent perrI rI I. I edit cent cen t. t or se seventy of copper to the cf cf reck To tho those unfamiliar with cOlli copper mining this will wI hil seem em ver very low I f hut but hit It St I IH Is li fully tuly up to tin th tw average e of oC all nI 4 1 the larger larer deposits and higher than many ii that are ore operated c to lo an attractive profit pi of It This copper coppel ground at Ely B has been lo- lo and abandoned many times Umes ever I since cIted nCe th the et was wat f first rt discovered l and ali alif s organized In anti and It was not till ti about f who I seven years nr ago apo that strong men apo sven and could comman command understood ol copper anI became In Interested d 1 In Its do jp loe tal cami trEs ls have done a va vast t t They I lea l of very vc-rv un and cautious development de de- de but th they Y have have l drine ne Ihs Ih's sc se c cJ clandestinely that i t thi J ll tu so to almost t v- v nit x t had bad not hoard heard of it ard mv my t V newspaper si r ton of ot the time Incredible extent i nod value value rf tf the tle deposit came as a are rev rev- 1 i r t. t r r Th h The f 1 i r four hel heavy capI capitalists cap cop I 11 8 operating in tb th th e I t Ud iId not not thank me ml for fOI telling the story try t ready to have hav havet I t known lown c- c f e t. t they rny 1 were INU nothing to gain gan hut but gom something I TIe They Jan Th bv lv The They rhey 1 are arenow to lose premature I now gathering n ot of poor lo lorn in- in ther nt rt from incense rn enters tor to Ce t they were the three to ten times d wert I and amI pitying before mn my Iny st story ry appeared Jp 1 brought a 8 rush mush h of buyers buyer to the 1 i ll ked their per 1 camp But mit I lind l not ier- ier 1 m mIssion sion to tell tel the amazing story tor of or FI Ely I ond wasn't greenhorn enough to expect to tn thank me nw for or doing something done ilOne tl knew they wouldn't want ant T J til S and nul I was vaa hook ook- m man I-am I a it r J of or th the ne mm-ne lois lois' t eini own I m my 1 r which Is 18 to tell the mining ruining news lind 1 having havin that there re h d dPn anti great Ceat at discovery discover bf of almost t local local- Hn a n r importance Jr to lo th world 1 I made to the gen gen- known the tilt case ease time fad n roi Not J much merit in In that you OI m mv V thInk Well Veil 1 whoa who claiming And Anel any a yet merit there re Don Dont DonL wa I wt st lie h. h a. a a sort ort or Cf little l. l too a Ire mtr enough nough to 1 be exactly t common in mci ti or of v th of the tory story Ih the value lul anti nn II un I after It 1 going ofer I 20 of th thie 2 a desert n mounta mII L af 1 1 nr V rde over deset nl In to in i tU lit h. h L. LI g S nt Of 01 a e eras f old st ige Ihl of oC wild half broken des des- I hy by teams team wid drawn draw of superstitions as In- In J n- n frt hors as af ful lIke to spring nail I I the Ue shadow of at a t h at mit nt to he n near the I that that the oM old vehicle hide riot to RSm sent ent pa that thal V under o any ox from I to 10 1 be dozing If ir he ho wasn't trail strap on or of havIng mert t o Time Thc T W mea recognIzed its discovery nail nn IM tl cr and aftel It fd ond gor OJ pews In It readable It I It ii and TaIe Il L spectacular cv- cv feel that h he want Wanted d to mow know i hr me irv himself and ando T hump r and must morp of u it I of It before bet betry be- be Set lifs hooks onto some I tr try to o f nil gobbled m up WIS a t fore for tort It l scar war ni merit meril In that newspaper kind nd JB of Varn for Cor th ih certain not Ih J I mini and of oV coulse oUI not nor am nm I 1 Murren- efforts result mv mY of at e 0 roy heart In 10 her g-her because CAU om orn erIn y prospectors hi mill CUB of poor cor or as runny foor thousands for or are oro l nOW getting rh thc they got Hun- Hun 1 h claIms Ulo 11 went like wildfire over o c the The Th story tor Jko t 1 r I It I wa was waR a n vevy I hard tur t lo to loI I anti and it required some coin moral lOI cotil a ag age 10 to tell it'll 1 it It II I It I t required also Ilpo Itt hitti kno I Knowledge of mining matters to relate thi th thib hi I b I I story 8 flory ory Intelligibly and ant it I required some momi om little and experience In writing to tc k t I I I I I tell Il li It I cl attractively so o that it 1 would gelI get gel Jet 1 r I read for for for the th fundamental m merit ri In newspaper news news- paper writing waiting 1 A It to get geL tl it i read reat There There- rhel I is ma II no 10 us use toiling telling oven even en time truth lruth If IC people wont won't read read It It H It 1 Isn't necessary ar t that lt ery e reader or an any rea reader er should be be- I f It it- it I. I If I it I I Is true tru just t tell tel It no matter mat mat- tee lei how Incredible It fl I sounds and standbY stand tand standby tandl l by your colors colors but but try to make c it I tit xit- fo so fO that It I will wi get tet real read th then n the the- the he truth will wi make Its Is own way All Al the world now believes with me mc without the thc shadow of a u doubt that the the Ely Bly copper deposit I. I ii A the greatest mineral minerai show on onearth earth us earth as Barnum would sa say A great deal of or the ore or can be Il mined as In the he great Iron deposits of ot th the Luke Luk Superior country by open cuts euis and ont st steam m shovels shovel and amI the thE rest b by the caving I system which avoids the extensive use of or timbers and andis is rapid and cheap The hod body Is vel very rn favorably 10 located for COl or rapid extraction und and nd there ther is ig no obstacle to an output of or a Q million tons ton a month monh except the limit lima of Jf of capacity to handle hanell the ore The stupendous and utterly dented volume of the ore on body nUl nosy nitty u imagined from the computable fact tact that an output of or tons ton a n month can cau be bp maintained for about about 1 10 ICO yea years years years-don't 11 don't dont on 1 take m my word to for I this figure fEure It out for Cor or I yourself I As I Hal said the tie average of oC the the mineral minerai j I I values Is not high and the attractiveness j lor I of 01 the deposit to capital lies ils In the vaslI vast I anti and assured volume of or the tho 01 ore bOy rather rath rath- I er r than into Its richness The copper content I may mar b be stated at seventy seventy pounds to lo theton the ta ton th the sliver silver at al i u r C e cents MUS and the Ih gold goldat at atIt It hi 4 cents e l f. f The surface dimensions of the deposit which may mar be bl regarded as proved and ond indisputable are arc Length 30 t feet t width 30 feet Th The Th extremes contended for are ar Length eleven miles mils wId width th two miles Thes These are not the Ignorant guesses of over- over hopeful prospectors with wih claims for or sale salt but eolo geological Inferences InferEnces froth froin different theories as aM to the origin gin of or the deposit As 5 s to time the depth tout is ga not t ji-t c i ue- ue very closel closely Com Competent Judges judge are arc confident that it I will wi average not nots less s than a feet tee but I 1 have myself adopted lO feet a as al the tho con con- vl e estimate of the thickness of the stratum of secondary l enrichment nt after consultation with wih six of the mining engineers engineers en en- Int rs most familiar with wih th the d development develop llop ment ment In the camp and the th most cautious cau cau- I bus tous and anti conservative of them admit that my estimate Is certainly low tow enough while most of them regard It as os fur tur t too o low Allowing fifteen cubic feet of this areto ore are oreto oreto to time the ton the tho dimensions I 1 have hove adopted show tons tons for for con convenience In have reckoning call cal It I m a l billion bilon Then we Tons of ore orE Pounds of or pure copper Copper 18 IS' cents a a. n pound Total rota gold Jold value ino 10 Silver tr S value Si Or say ii in round numbers HOO million dollars money money enough to make moke 1 0 citizens cl- cl citi zens rens of oC White Pine count county Nevada Ne wort worth h a 0 million dollars ola R apiece apiece non mon enough to make fourteen is of T Pin ine tV worth hi a billion dollars dol do- lars apiece or about enough for each ol at them hem to buy the whole state of California t is 5 ax valuation With such an astounding opulence of mineral wealth disclosed It I should surprise sur sur- prise no one to learn that a great tidal wave ave oem Is headed for Ely Kly gl and that lh o first waves wa es of or It I arc are already sInk sInk- 1 ing ng the th shore hole line lne It I m to he be bethe hethe the he greatest ever r. for or t it i Is k yn koo r. moyn that I copper deposit only only n nj I Ich In rem tImit i iera era rn r of r White hUe Pine prO county which has huI as th same ar area a as ns the time whole state slate of Mas FIZ AI |