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Show r ELY COMPANIES TO BECOME ACTIVE. Jentral and Northern to Work in . s Rich Ground. Among the companies owning attractive at-tractive estates in Ely district which fire to resume operations at once are the Ely Central and the Ely Northern. North-ern. The Ely Northern owns a large group of claims adjoining on the. touthwest, the property of the Ely Construction company, which if opening open-ing a large body of ore. The Northern North-ern is said to have already blocked out 100,000 tons of iron gossan which carries from 2 1-2 per cent popper, SI In gold and 60 cents In silver. This material Is now In demand at tho Steptoe smelter for blast furnace ore. The Elk Central is to sink shafts near ore showings already made in Rdjolning properties. One of the shafts will be put down near the large pit In the Copper Flat property, another vill be sunk in ground adjoining the ruriian claim of the Cumberland Ely, while the third 111 go dovui not far from the shaft of the Copper Mine3 company, where a large body of high-grade high-grade copper ore has been opened. The Ely Central Is said to have underlying un-derlying tho rhyolite overflow known bodies of the camp's characteristic porphyr ore which carries 3 1-2 "per cent copper. y |