Show i iI ELY DISTRICT HAS Wages Wages- Paid a Month Copper Copper Output Increases EI Ely Nov Nev c April 23 Copper Copper 3 Copper production Lion tion ton at nt the Steptoe smelter for the month of ot March arch was somewhat In excess ex ex- ce cess s of ot poun pounds s. s Tho The promise of at a 50 per cent Increase e over February production was with wih a a. handsome handsome hand hand- some somo margin to spare Tho The installation o of the third re furnace was of at course tho the main factor in tho the bi big Increase although the increasing water supply and an nn additional three days in the month also assisted In Increasing tho thin output I Tho The o output for Cor April Apri shou should be ne somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where In tho the neighborhood of pounds which figure Is not apt to tobe tobe tobe be exceeded until the fourth unit uni of or the concentrator goes into commission probably in iii July The pa payroll rol of at the BI Ely district for tho month of JC March was about This Is by fat far the largest of or any mining minIng min mm- ing district in iii the state of Nevada C and when it I is considered that active nethe production In this district commenced less than a year eor ago an nn l idea ea can bo formed of or tho the possibilities of or the fu fut fu- fu I t Lure ture u rc Work o of the tho Alpha shaft of or the Giroux company compan has progressed to below the tho foot Coot level le el As soon as the foot 1000 level IJ I has been s reached a force of or men will wil bo ho put at wOr work drifting In search of solid sold ground through which to sink the big new shaft shat to be called the Giroux The Giroux has now three Keystone drills dris at work and two Star drills have o been boen shipped from rein the east which should be in service in two or three weeks There are now about abut 70 men on the Giroux GIoux payroll and tho the number is being slowly but steadily increased as RS more churn drills drIls ar arc arc- put into use and the I scope of or tho company's deW development wor Is ened |