Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-01

What Sort of Country IL Would
Open Up Along its Line.


Open Up Along its Line.
A gentleman of Eureka who was skepti-
cal about the construction of the Eureka
It Colorado River Railroad asked one OF
the capitalists interested in the scheme
what the company expected to make out Of
it, where the business for the road would
come from? He got for answer that the
road would make its own business. A
very comprehensive reply. 1t means that
the mining districts that now languish and
barely live in a most impoverished con-
dition can be made to expand and flourish
by means of ~cheapened facilities afforded
by a competing road from Salt Lake City.
The whole country through which the road
would pass would take new life, as has
been the case with the region made pros
porous for a hundred miles by the Carson
i Colorado Railroad.
On this subject of vital importance at
present to Eastern, and especially so to
Southeastern Nevada, the Salt Lake Tri-
bune says:
At Typo (Nye County, in Southeastern
Nevada, the Typo Consolidated Mining
Company own and operate q mine and
mill. The ores are base, containing gold,
silver and lead, and in the process of re-
duction requires roasting. The property
is located in an expensive place to oper-
ate, because all supplies have to be hauled
long distances at a cost for some articles
Of six cents per pound freight. Salt used
in chloridization is about the cheapest ar
ticle of supplies, and costs, delivered at
the mill, $50 per ton. The mine is a large
one, aud could not be operated at a profit
if the manager had not secured remarka-
bly, good results and low cost of reduction
for the locality. N. s. Trowbridge, a SON.
in-law of Prof. J. E. Clayton, who is visit
erty, and from him we learn some
particulars which will be of interest
to many. Mr.. Trowbridge has had
charge Of the property for the past
two years, and has made valuable i'm
provements in operating the works. The
lead is not saved, and its presence in the
ore to q large percentage makes the cost
of reduction larger than it would other.
wise be-. The mill has 20 stamps, and is
similar to other silver and gold mills.
The following is q resume of the work done
during the past season:
Total running time by mill, 1877 days;
total amount of ore worked, 3,776N tons;
deduct the loss of dust, etc., 2 per cent,
751s tons; actual number Of IONS worked,
3,701; average tons worked per day, 1857;
average value per ton in silver, 20 ounces;
average value per ton in gold, 81; average
amalgamation, silver, 1915 per cent; aver
age amalgamation, gold, 50 so per ton;
average cost of mining and liberalization.
So rs per ton; average cost OF milling,
SIC IS per ton; net proceeds per ton,
S24 SO; net profits per ton, 81 90.
Mr.. Trowbridge says if that country was
tapped by q railway 30 as to reduce the
cost Of transportation, and enable mining
men to put machinery in that district, it
would become a large producer of precious
metals. Many good prospects lie idle be-
cause OF the excessive cost required to OPP
perate mines in that locality.
Some time ago the Tribune gave q de-
scription of the country through which
the Salt Lake and Western Railway Com
pany contemplate building. Typo is near
the proposed route, and would be easily
should this road be constructed.
of that country would become tribu.
utary to Salt Lake through such a road,
and we hope that the company will push
its construction as speedily as possible to
Lake. After the completion of the
Denver and Rio Grande, the extension of
the Salt Lake and Western through West
ern Utahv across Nevada, and on to the
Pacific, is one of the most important en-
terprises of any yet projected, as far as
the interests Of Utah, and especially of
Salt Lake CITY, are concerned.