Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-22
SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA.
Its supreme Need of a RailrOad
ExempIfied.

ExempIified.
A business man Of Phoebe, J. Eisenmann,
who has been long in that portion of the
State, was interviewed recently in Salt
Lake by a reporter Of the Tribune. The
principal cause of the dullness there he
stated to be the lack of transportation
facilities. To send out ore it costs from
SIS to $50 per ton to haul it to Milford,
the nearest railway station, and there is
no money in $40 rock at such prices. To
get supplies in there from Salt Lake City,
they calculate on about q Scents freight
rate. If the Salt Lake & Western or q
branch Of the Utah Central from Milford
was extended there, it would make Phoebe
and the country around spring into new
life and become q large bullion producer.
Talking Of railroads reminds us Of an en-
terprise in that line i~naugurated a number
Of years ago, that of a road between Phoebe
and B~ullionville. a distance of % miles.
All the rails and machinery were hauled
from Salt Lake City at a cost Of from 3 to
6 cents per pound, making the cost Of the
road enormous. 1t was an enterprise of
the Raymond Il Ely Company, under the
management of Gen. Page. The road
never paid, and has lately passed into the
hands OF the Mormons, who are moving it
to Iron county, Utah, to be used in devel-
oping the Church iron mines. An account
of this removal, going the rounds of the
press, represents that the road is being
walked out of Nevada into Utah" by
tearing up the west end, taking it to the
east and laying it down, and thus moving
il forward at one end while cutting it off
at the other. Mr.. Eisenmann says that
they commenced just such a movement Of
the road, and actually graded a mile or
two for this purpose, when it was discov-
cred that it would cost much more to
transfer the road in this manner than to
haul it over by teams, and in the end 1t
would DO cheaper TO buy material and
build a new road.
The celebrated Meadow Valley mine was
sold last month by the Marshal.
Many promising mines are being opened
up in close proximity to nioche.
The Day Silver Minina Company's mines
have opened up s~p'andidly Of late, es-
pecially the Mendi 4 and Hamburg, both
of which furnish D verg high grade of car
Donate ore. which fuxss well with the ore
of the Day mine, and their furnaces are
producing the best base bullion ever
shipped from the district. Our readers
will be pleased to learn that John @.
Lynch, one of the original owners of the
Horn Silver mine, has a mine adjoining
the Day mine, which is looking splendidly
and promises to become n Of the great
properties of the West. He is pushing
work vigorously.
Jack Gilmer and associates have large
bodies OF ore in the property, which is
lying idle, awaiting the coming of a rail-
road to enable them to work at better
profit. If the Utah Central would tap that
district it would find lots of business for
the road. Mr.. Eisenmann in his CONVEX
sation made a point in favor of the Phoebe
country by saying, 'If the Horn Silver
mine was located at Phoebe, it could not
be operated because of the cost of trans
portation, and we have just IS good
properties, / think, as the Horn Silver"
That mine furnishes 1870 miles of the Utah
Central with nearly all it's business, and
besides doing SO much for the road, pays
such dividends to its owners as to make ii
one of the best properties in the country.
An idea of mining under difficulties re-
sulting from lack of transportation was
given US by Mr.. Eisenmann. A Cincinnati
company owns some mines in Pahranagat
Distric., where it costs five cents per
pound to take in or out supplies, etc. In
TWO months they took out and sold ore
which brought them $40, 900, but it cost
SAG, 900 to do it, and the property now
awaits q railroad. Hamilton, Bristol,
Hike and several other districts, If within
a few miles of a railroad, would become
bullion producers, and the citizens OF the
Phoebe country are patiently waiting and
hoping for better days.