Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-02
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.

The Eureka Sentinel ia q recent article
calls attention to an enterprise OF con-
siderable importance now under discus
sion and likely to be soon in practical
working shape. So far, the idea Is in an
incepsive state, but none the less OF
value on that account. The Sentinel
says that a Mr.. Taylor, of the British
Mill and Mining Company, who repre-.
sents an English Company in Eureka, is
about to commence the reduction OF the
base ores of Groom District ON an extern
sive scale. This district lies about one
hundred and fifty miles south and east
Of this place. and has been actively
worked for the last six or eight months.
The country rock is porphyry and slate,
wi0che1 cap Of sparry limestone. The ore
IL about sixty per cent. lead and will
assay $50 per ton in silver. During Mr..
Taylor's recent visit to San Francisco he
had an interview with Senator Jones and
other prominent railroad men. 1t APP
pears that Jones has changed his original
plan OF building his line of railroad
northeast from Los Angeles, directly by
Pansmint, and intends to continue
il across the lower end of Death
Valley, and thence to the Utah line.
The Utah Southern road will now, in all
probability, be pushed forward with an
accelerated rate Of speed and connect
with Jones road. This line--the Utah
Southern-will, on reaching Beaver, d.
verge to the southwest, and it is likely
judging from the geographical conforma-
ton of the country : that the Utah
Southern and Jones' Los Angeles or
Southern Pacific road will meet about
where the Colorado river forms the
southeastern boundary Of Nevada. What
specific direction the projected Eureka e.
Palisade Railroad will take is as yet not
definitely understood. The proposed
route runs some fifty miles west Of
Phoebe. II this route is adopted Phoebe
will form the base Of an isosceles TRAN
gle, Of which the conveyance OF the
roads will be the apex. The position Of
Phoebe in relative connection with those
three lines of railroad will be one of
great advantage. We can by compar-
atively slight outlay Of capital and exer-
ton place ourselves In direct railroad
communication with San Francisco, the
Mississippi Valley and Atlantic sea-
board, and with semi-tropical South
ern California. The extraordinary
advantages occurring from such facilities
are obvious and require no comment.
At this early day 1t would hardly be in
order to enter into any discussion of
ways and means, but We simply indicate
the probable results of the fruition of the
proposed improvements. The supply of
base ore at Groom District is apparently
unlimited, aud the erection OF furnaces
aud suitable machinery will entail me-
cessity for supplies Of oil kinds. This
subject has closer connection with the
near future. or indeed the present, for
Phoebe being the nearest point of mag
nitude, 1t is to us the new camp will nat
urally look for their supplies, The i'm
portance of this affair may appear
rather overestimated, but we feel that it
is but right to call the attention of oil,
particularly our business men, to this
new market which lies at our doors.
The well-known enterprise and business
sagacity of the Phoebe merchants will
hardly tail in appreciating the pecuniary
aspect of the matter at its proper worth