Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-12-22 | Page 8 | Ely's Bright Future

ELYS FUTURE copper ore bodies are of great extent the state of nevada has a great future from a mineral standpoint and ely in white pj ne compty will prove one of the greatest copper center in the country said mining engineer of jenver at be knutsford hotel tuesday saya the tribune mr as a one third owner of the giroux coo mines com piny the property of which is located at ely and be with D R ross and A G burton also of the colorado capita is home after an extensive inspection of abo nevada camp the giroux property the well known nevada consolidated ground the giroux company has spent close on to million dollars in open ing up the mine which work has been going on for the last six years six double compartment shafts have been sunk on the property and five are at present belag used in the development work the company has practically made no effort to extract ore the pui po 0 being to thoroughly open up the big ore bodies some of which are between and feet in width before shipments arc begun the work on the property has practically been finished and the company la now awaiting the completion 0 the nevada northern railway aiom to ely a distance of about one hundred and eltty miles being assured of ample railroad faculties the giroux company has spent a great amount of huober in building a three hundred ton smelter and a four hun dred ton concentrating plant at the property the on both of which la rapidly completion and which will abeln full operations upon the completion of the railroad it h the purpose of the company to enlarge its smelter smelted capacity from time lo 10 time and it i among the probabilities that the tonnage will ba increased to 2000 tons a day oon after the railroad reaches the camp in addition to ita ely lest the giroux company 1 operating extensively hi the state of mexico according to mr d number or th other bis companies op at kb have under way or plan bed big campaign ij the nevada consolidated soli dated alone is at prent building B smelter and concentrating plant chih wi ll 11 icart up upon the labroad laH road ane om pany Is planning already to the plant to tona a day the nevada tf the of mr has the biggest copper ore bodies opened jip to be found anywhere with ach companies as the nevada and the gi roux ely can boast of a bril Hint fukuna futuna one tha irell be realized within very short space of time