The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-04-27
SOUTHERN LINCOLN.
PROGRESS OF THE NEVADA
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
1t is Asserted that the Road will be
Extended Northward to Phoebe,
The Mines of the Yellow Pine Sec.
ton Being Gradually Developed.

"o' oe"'s Sraouaily developed.
Nothing but good news is received
from the Yellow Pine section of our
, county, and the mining interest there 10
gradually growing stronger and promises
to develop into genuine boom before
long.
There is no longer any doubt but that
the Nevada Southern will push its line
at once forward to Good Springs, this
county, without making any material
stop. Thirty miles of rails are now down,
which was to have been opened for pas
senger and freight traffic last week. This
brings the line to the Vanderbilt District,
where heavier grading for ten miles than
any heretofore encountered, will retard
somewhat the progress of the road.
After that point is passed the forty miles
remaining to Good Springs can easily be
laid, since no part of it will require heavy
grades aud some tw enty.five miles runs
over dry lake; the surface of which Ia
as smooth as aoon and so hard that a
band of horses dffvtn over it leave no
perceptiblc trail asThe assertion is also
made, and confidently, that the build.
ing will then continue to be pushed
northeastwarc to the Muddy Valley,
thence up Meadow Valley Wash, and
ultimately connect with the Rio Grande
Western at Salina; U tab. Surveyors are
out along the line and as large force of
men are employed on the whole work a.
material can be obtained for to keep
busy. Track laying progresses now at
the rate of half a mile day and rails
and ties cannot well be put in to increase
this pace, though the effort will be made
to do it. Manville Junction is the name
OF the station at the end of the thirty
mile section. A railroad party is to be
on the ground on May I'd, prepared to
make thorough investigation again of
Une country resources.
The extension of the road to this
vicinity means permanent work for us
hereabouts also and resumption of our
shelters. With the road in operation to
carry out black ore and iron ore Tor huxes
at other reduction points. apd to bring
In lead ores from the south in return.
there is no reason why good and perma-
nent smelling should not be done here,
and it probably will, and when begun on
this basis the limit to its extension
cannot be estimated.
Work ON the Yellow Pine mines goes
ON lightly, the average owner stands
ready to furnish ore for shipment as soon
as the road will take it and development
work without the road is expensive to
such degree that little of it is being
attempted. c5
At the Keystone gold claim not over
four men have been employed for the
past two months, and no ore has been
shipped, though a considerable quantity
lies on the dump. Freight rates have
been reduced from $50 to SIS ton and
will become lower as the railroad ap.
proaches nearer. A new gold mill has
inst been completed at the Needles, on
the Colorado river, in which Mr.. Blake
of Denver is interested The next ship
ments of ore from the Keystone will
probably be made to this point. rather
than to Denver. as formerly. Taylor's
half interest in the property has not yet
been purchased, but in all probability it
will be before the option expires. which
will be on the fifth of next month. The
price asked for this interest is SAC, 900
and the option is held by Oscar Hubbard,
formerly assayer at the Keystone.
Development work ON the Clemintina
claim, near the Keystone, is also to be
prosecuted now, and Messrs. Kelley.
Werner and $. I. Godbe, the owners, are
sanguine of making the property more
than pay expenses from tho start. An
offer Of $4,000 was recently made for
the claim and refused, though the only
work done is a twelve foot shaft. Thi.
shows strong seam Of $500 ore, however
and ore of similar character crops out fol-
more than hundred feet on the surface,
an excellent showing all around,