Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-17
Our Railroad.

"AAN' Spst oIlt W0Sl am ostNl
IRON Salt Lake to Los Angeles, or
some other favorable point on the
seaboard. Since then the SENrINEI'S
views have been reproduced by many
of the leading journals of the Pacific
Coast, and III every instance the pro-
lect has been pronounced entirely
feasible. An intelligent writer in the
Salt Lake Herald takes up the subject,
and contributes some important facts
In connection with the scheme. The
HerG3dS correspondent STYLES the pro-
posed road the 39th Parallel Line.
As the matter is N OF deep interest
To the people of Nevada. we copy the
greater portion of his letter. He saws:
The subject of a recent article in
your paper, containing an extract
from the Eureka Nevada SENTINEL.
upon railroad interests in an easterly
aud westerly direction through Utah
and Nevada, is worthy of further
consideration. In a few wears St.
Louis and San Francisco will have a
new and direct connection by rail.
which to individualiZe we will call
the S9th Parallel Road, and this route
will pass directly through the richest
mineral. agricultural and timber dis
tricts OF Colorado. Utah and Nevada.
Between the 31th and 4lSt parallels.
north latitude, in these thIee Terri
tories, are comprised more of gold,
silver. lead, iron, coal, copper. tim
Der, tire-clav, marble and other valu-
ao.e natural deposits, than in any
other section of equal area across the
great Sierra Madre and Sierra Nevada
ranges. This vas belt of country,
extending from Denver, in Colorado,
To Mono II lnNo counties, CalifOr-
ma, is comparatively unexplOred,
but enough has been discovered to
prove that az no distant day it will
embrace more mills, mines, furnaces
and reduction works than all the
country besides west of the MissiS-
sippi. y railroad route that will trav-
erse near TO the central line of this
great mineral belt will in time have
o local business than any other
tranS-continental road whatever.
This entire belt of richest mineral
territory 800 miles in width, and 1000
in length, would pay untold tribute
to such a central route.
Any railroad projected upon OF near
to this line indicated, or So located as
10 become a great feeder thereto, must
be, III the logic of events, an assured
success Salt Lake City holds a CEN
trail place within this mighty belt.
Nature has formed the bulwarks of
her commanding geographical posi-
ton. 1t Is in view of this general out
look that we add the following sug-
geStion to those contained in your
article, as well as those expressed by
the SENTINEL:
PROFESSIONALLY the true policy of
mine owners and residents in the CEN
trail counties of Nevada is to work for
an east and west road, which will in
turn become a link in the 39th parallel
road direct, between St. Louis and
San Francisco.
The route suggested by the Sentinel
article relates to that portion west
ward from Salt Lake City, through
Nevada, into the State of California.
1t is we'll known that capitalists are
already projecting a road from Dem
yer to Salt Lake City. Two roads
have been proposed, either Of which
Will traverse new mining districts,
and a region unsurpassed in coal,
timber, water, and grazing lands. In
Utah, this route Will come INTO close
relation with all, and pass through
several of the already developed sill
yer and coal districts OF the Wasatch
range, the great treasure region of the
Territory. Westward from this point
the most favorable route will follow
the line of the Salt Lake. Sewer Val.
ley. and Phoebe Railroad for IL conSid-
cradle distance, passing the southern
extremity OF Great Salt Lake, leaving
the road in Rush Valley near the old
overland Stage road.
Snfna nt the moro i'm Nnrtn,lt Min
ing districts traversed or passed neal
to in Utah, are Tooele, Rush Valley,
Ophir. Camp Floyd, and Tintic, in
the Oqulrrh Range, on the left then
West Tintic, Columbia, Dugwav,
Granite Mt, Drum, Clifton, Pleasant
Valley, and Deep Creek, IN last
named being at the Western line of
the Territory.
In Nevada. the route suggested will
traverse for nearly its entire length
the richest portion of that State
mining districts, fine grazing
try, valleys, nils, and ranches, al
ready Astounding with vast herds Of
cattle and sheep. To enunIerate some
OF the principal mining and grazing
localities, which, with a railroad con-
Structed, would double and Qnadru-
pie their yield of treasure, and be a
I WV 20 =" ih'tlCC III
succession, going westward from An
telOpe Springs, Schell Creek, Egan
Canyon, White Pine Valley, New ark,
Eureka, Hamilton, Treasure Hill,
Robinson. kinston, Smoky Valley,
Belmont. Reveille, Hot Creek, Morev,
Austin, Twin River, lone, Mammoth,
ellsworth, Columbus. Volcano, Si.-
Yer Peak, san Antonio, Gold Noun
tain, Aurora, Lone Pine, and then
acrOSs the borders of the State into
Mono or lnyo county, California.
From thence the road could ross
the Sierra Nevadas. by a better pass
than TO the nOrthward, and either
connecting with the railroad system
of California, already constructed at
Nisalia, or could branch by one arm
to San Francisco, and the other t o
Los Angeles or other southern port.
the mines in the vicinity of Austin
alone, lying directly u ON this route,
have produced 81, 500, 900 treasure per
annutn, and would quickly quadru-
pie that sum-.
This road is demanded by the mex
hauStible resources of the country.
Its construction would not hinder the
prosperity of the Union and the Cen
troll p,n,ia Tho mona rn,,l l.,,NI.