Show ELY IS TO one thousand men to be employed in building a smelter elys possibilities are set forth in an interview given the tribune by a nc vada newspaper man ely the great nevada copper camp according to houlder hudgins editor and proprietor of the white pine news of that place Is to have the largest concentrator and smelter plant in the united states IE not in the world with a dally capacity of tons of ore or 2500 tons larger than the present record plant of the amalgamated copper company at butte mont this oceans that the guggenheims havi decided to double recent estimates which limited the capacity of the ely plant to tons diem in addition to his newspaper interests mr hudgins is the senior member of the firm of hudgins demaa tor three years commissary agent 0 the government at ellia island new york harbor and engaged also in provisioning workmen on the panama canal he has been at the knutsford salt lake since tuesday obtaining estimates for supplies to be used in establishing tab lishing a commissariat on the smelter site at ely and it was in connection with the scope of his purchases that the information leaked out of the expansion of the original plans for anc ely smelter yes it is true mr hudgins said last evening that I 1 am arranging tor the maintenance of 1000 workmen on the ely concentrator and smelter fur ther I 1 think no confidence will be violated in you that this plant will have a capacity of tons dally the original plans have been increased as the magnitude of the cop per deposits about ely became manifest antu now has been determined to erect a plant of adequate dime the engineers I 1 understand have been duly instructed by M L requa general manager of the nevada consolidated copper company and iha work of revision is probably under way As to that however I 1 am not fully informed everybody in ely Is on the aul alve of expectancy awaiting the decision of the officials in regard to the location of the Bro elter the old site 01 the outskirts of the town may it is said be abandoned for a new one nl teen miles distant near the mouth of duck creek for which numerous ad vantages arc claimed pertaining chiefly to water supply mr requa will an bounce the decision in this matter in a short time people on the outride have heard a great deal about ely but what has been told does not convey a very clea idea of the resources of the town prof J pache channing in august 1905 startled some people by stating that the nevada consolidated mines alone had six million tons of ore in sight running about 2 12 1 2 per cent in copper that was just one year ago tha fact is that the nevada consolidated today has blocked out enough ore to keep the big smelter going for the twenty years besides which it has jiu deposits almost without limit the cumberland ely mine while not developed up to the same point as th nevada consolidated property runs into precisely the same sort of ore this Is one of the best properties ln nevada and will soon overtake ats neighbor the nevada Consolidate din development merit and importance there are surrounding properties n cheely copper belt that insure he permanency of tho camp for generations to come originally a gold camp now prospering as a copper center rivaling butte ely will also bid for fame aa a lead and silver district there are some mighty fine deposits of this sart almost in sights of town kearns and keith of salt lake have a good property in their success mino at duck creek with lead values running well above 50 per cent local prospectors have recently picked y the kearns keith ledge on the oppose side of the mountain and what was four weeks ago a prospect valued at could not be obtained today un der there is great activity in the neighborhood of duck creek and no little excitement over the continuous discovery of lead thereabouts ely awaits patiently the completion of the nevada northern railway now about twenty five aules nules from goal and almost in sight there will be a big time on the arrival of the first train which will be about september L the last be driven in the rails will be made of local copper president S W eccles of the nevada northern will wield he hammer amid appropriate ceremonies A barbecue with gov sparks as chief culinary director is projected and there will be all kinds of fun winding up at night with a banquet for the visitors and a public ball in reply to a question mr hudgins stated that the business opportunities in ely were almost unlimited what we need he said are workmen miners machinists carpenters plumbers bricklayers paper bang ars plasterers unskilled laborers butchers bakers waiters and cooks wo have fawd good banks several mercantile companies laundries erg and all the thirst parlors the town can support at present in brief ely is pretty well supplied with captains of industry what we need are a few corporals and a good many enlisted men |