Show MAN OF THE TilE HOUR HOURIN IN ELY'S ELYS DIGGINGS Manager Requa of the Nevada Consolidated Teaches Lesson I CAMP IS A MAMMOTH ONE fc co to Maintain I t Posit I. Petition IN I I xi borers 4 on lie Iho M. M L. L Retina of all al others othel's the man mal c 1 to tb t whom gl Ely Nov Nev Is indebted for COI HSI and its Is luster as a star In he firmament of or copper Is again at th th offices of the Nevada evada Con In In trail itt lt Lal Lake Lahe c and upon the he splendid spiel spiel- did result that have hac been achieved h by him in the thc neighboring camp is 1 11 1 being congratulated b local Interests Inter inter- f lt ests not hot a fl few of which have been i. i J enriched by him It I was Mr h Requa who rho passed ct b the by-the he toor doors of or Tonopah and other camps camp's Jn Nevadas Nevada's wonderful wonder wonder- ful ful- sisterhood and who vho pitched his 1 tent at al EI Ely at a period when It I was j- j after o of Just beginning to Mil years suspended animation animation and and who began L I t to prospect it I. I It I ls in September C I 1302 1902 that ho found the courage to tor t c commend it to the thc world as a sate safe investment and the thc plo pioneer com company pan r which was wa as to be succeeded h by tho the thor present was launched With Hh which r I to dl dig anti ami to exploit his conviction that lint within the zone was one ofle of the tho thel l greatest t of copper mines he hc ro ii c to lo the Ie sale of or shares hares on which a valuation l atlon of 25 cents was placed The 7 contents of the treasury exhausted draw those whom 1 I he lie began beSan to lo upon hom for half cent a share he hc had rallied a t i J cl for 01 the dipping Into his own pocket t r portion of it Finally he became bei be be- t l' l greater i. i Finaly i came caine bold enough with the thc copper copper- F I hearing bearing ores responding to O every shot to ask for or an a assessment o of a cent a 3 Share This was criticised and amI those who thought it i extravagant extravagant lost no Um limp timp in iii ridding themselves of or their holdings That Thai was four ears cars a ago Since sc ilee that shares have sold soul f for fui r better beLier Luau thal 20 O and the thc basis exceeding exceed exceed- I ici of the Iho company on a In lug ing while on yesterdays yesterday's r arl market arket et the they were eager eagerly sought by hy those conversant with their thelt resources at better belter beter than tl t f Having developed a a tonnage of ot copper cop COl- gold full and silver bearing ore the p per goll siver- siver 5 2 extent of which it ii is almost impossible 1 1 sible to lo compute Mr A began t the cani campaign of equipment Not only 7 f r i tl does es tills this contemplate a huge huse concentrator concentrator concen concen- and furnaces with which to re reduce re- re i. i duce the thc anc output of this but buL a JI line of cuc railway The Tho latter later the Nevada Is Is approaching completion lir Upon the mill nul and ald the smelter construction con eon I is to In begin at once The I form former I will vilI wi have a capacity of ur tons ton a I. I day to he begin ln with the tho latter J r. r to tn 1 be JJ equipped for fO OP the thc reduction of or y whatever tonnage of concentrates shall hal be lC produced at the mill mi Ultimately the mill mi will wl be equipped for the Iho reduction rc- rc of tons of dally daily ducton tOiS ore nrc daly I the furnaces to 10 be C COI correspondingly I In In- In t. t crea creased ed Mr Requa who retains tho the general management of if the undertaking at atthe rr t. t the thc solicitation o of the Gu Guggenheim Exploration com company nl which induced t him to II part Ut with time the control a short h time a ago o said during the Ule day that an au al Inability to procure labor Im has delayed r i t the lc construction of the railway which t. t L I is itt at present ent nearing Hearing the camp and andas a as work worl on the thc plants cannot hc begin in Wi until menus means meals of ar are aro provided pro pro- U 1 vided the latter laUer is accordingly delayed de tle- IC- IC la cd However U it I does docs tues not nol detract from rom the hc le lesson sol that I Is taught ht h by Mr 11 I n Requa's qu x achievement upon the POi possibilities pos PO- i i of ur the thc he dig diggings ln and antI thu tho on- on op- op that are arc lucid held nut to the thc It I is his Intention to lo COIl continue with wih the thc proposition until It II has bos ha bc been n I. I crystallized and amid ant to lo that end elt he hc will wi t move to th tile the diggings with wilh wih his family for fOI whom a d dwelling is being pro 1 vided To ro the rule this Ibis Is IR an aim exception v t tion that cannot but hut command the time admiration of the miner milel who has hm seen himself so frequently after the battle has ha been won von |