Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-12-15 | Page 8 | Ely is a Big Camp

millions of tons afore ready for the shelters smelters Sm elters according to theodore wetmore Wet who has just returned from ejr that Is indeed the greatest copper camp on the face of the earth and to his credit bo it salil this lon prevails among all others who haie recently visited that district says the reno journal within the past five years several million dollars has been expended in exploitation work and the ore bodies are thoroughly blocked out and as the depth attained Is feet it is no longer a problematical matter there Is one booton BOO ton smelter now ready to blow in immediately on alie completion of the railroad so that coke can be oc cured and it Is proposed to at once construct a monster concentrator in connection with the plant and awo more shelters smelters sm elters of tons capacity each are to be installed without delay thare are said to bo millions upon millions of tons in faight which will average 3 12 1 2 per cent copper and from 5 up in gold and silver the four leading companies here have combined and are building a railroad miles long from on the southern pacific to ely the leading spirit in these enterprises Is isaac acqua the wall cnown san francisco operator and sir geroux who was for many years with W A clark in his extensive operations when these shelters smelters sm elters are completed it Is understood the managers will figure on ores as the ores of the ely district carry copper lime silver and gold juat the 01 e that is needed for properly flexing fluxing the tonopah ores there are many veins in this district six eight and tn feet wide that carry from 30 per cent copper and from 20 up in silver and gold salt lake people will put in a bank right away there are men nt work in the camp and perhaps COO in town while no boom has struck this section real estate values are rapidly increasing and during the two or three weeks that air wetmore was on the ground he could have taken quite a margin on his on fc everal lota which he purchased and it Is expected by those best competent to judge that from fifteen to twenty thousand people will bo in kly within the next two years mr wetmore Is indeed enthusiastic and cannot say too much for the remarkable mining outlook in this region and he is well satisfied that he will permanently in ely to which place he will return in the next days A circular haa heen issued by J M lapp inspector of hotels and outfits tor the commissary department of the union pacific appointing P N lose in charge of all outfits on the line of the union pacific main line and blanchc branc hc between and green effective ahe of chis month the D lg made neco iary b aha resignation of ali H alwder L the at laralle Lar amle mr loso was formerly cm aloyed na manager of the company ebi fol at council fluffs