The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-09-14
Nevada Southern Railway
Want Information About the Mining
Resources of Lincoln County.
The People Must Bestir Themselves
if they Want the Railroad.

The Recorders office is in receipt OF
from Mr.. George G
Manly, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Nevada Southern Railway, asking for
some information concerning the resour-
ces of Lincoln county, for the benefit of
the Railway Company. Mr.. Manly says
the situation at the present time is this /:
1.-THE Nevada Southern Railway company
has completed its line to Summit station,
near Vanderbilt. 1t will stop at this
point until the bonds so far earned by
the road now in operation are paid for,
which the company hopes will be soon,
but which may be some time owing to
the stringent financial conditions in New
York city. However, an offer has been
made the company which may lead to
the building of thirty additional miles
Immediately, irrespective of the sale of
any railroad bonds ia New York city or
elsewhere. These thirty miles would
carry the road northward through Van
derbilt and the valley beyond, and across
the State line into Nevada, somewhere
south of Good Springs. Whether or not
We are able to consummate this arrange
ment depends somewhat on the DISPOSE
ton of the people in southern Lincoln
county and also upon the showing which
we can make of the resources which
would become tributary to such an ex-
tension which are not tributary to our
present line. OF course, there is to be
considerable activity in the vicinity of
Mesquite and Keystone, and perhaps the
building of such u line would lead the
owners of the lead and silver properties
around Good Springs to manifest more
activity than they are doing at present.
Mr.. Manly is anxious to know some-
thing more about the resources of Fer
guson district, its mines, the amount Of
ore and supplies on which the railroad
could depend upon if the thirty miles
W6Tt Uuilt, anu IL thc EatiIoau Souiu NC>
ceive guarantee of any definite amount
of tonnage from the miners Of the dis
trict. II guarantee could be obtained,
Mr.. Manly is Of the opinion that the
thirty miles would be built at once. The
building of these thirty miles would
also be of great assistance in selling the
bonds of the road and securing its extern
sion northward to Phoebe.
Mr.. Manly says :" 1t seems to me the
best thing to do would be to have tn,
mine owners Of Ferguson get together
and investigate to see whether it is feas
: ible to haul to Good Springs or SOM
point south of there, and what amour
Of tonnage could be guaranteed the roat
if it were extended. If this road is t.
be built northward, somebody in Lin
Q coin county has to show some publi
spirit. A number of people show n
n disposition to work their property, or t
. guarantee TO work ~, or TO guarantee an
y tonnage, or even to give the road wha
business they are now doing.
O "The Nevada Southern Railway con
t pany is anxious to extend its road north
o ward, and every dollars worth Of bus
It ness which it now does is an assistanc
y in its extension and in making the show
ing required to interest the necessar
i, capital to extend it northward. Bein
r. an independent road, it deserves the CO
operation of the people. Moreover, 81
/. cry mile which this road is extende
of northward puts the Ferguson distri
10 and Phoebe one mile nearer addition
railroad facilities. Should the extensio
be as we hope it will be, it would not
y many months before Ferguson will be II
= miles nearer railroad than it is now,
- believe that if the miners will co-opera
W and furnish us complete map of Fe
. guson district, showing all the claim,
=, it, the amount of development done U
- on each, the amount of ore produce
- the number of men at work, the numb
of teams at work and the production
o. the camp, it would be Of great assistan
In to us in our financial negotiations. MOI
70 over, wo will make these facts to
70 known and it will be a good advertil
y ment for the district.
~ ~ judge, tho way matters now stan
" the Ely and Ferguson districts look
III Salt Lake for support in general mini
I'm enterprises. If the traffic were turn
the other way, Southern California cit
would also become interested in the d
-. tricts, SO that they would have tt
tar strings to their bow.
NJ. 81 take pleasure in quoting, as mi
tbs ter of news, that the Keystone compa
49, is erecting l0-stamp mill, which v
l.. be completed and running within
next three weeks. This will attr
=. some settlement to that part 81 Line
,rv county. and has already resulted in 8
\. eral intending investors going into Il
NO district to examine mines. The Keystt
ar. company has shipped four car loads
A., ore in the last three weeks and is freig
-. ing ore to the railroad at the rate Of
,rn tons per day. This activity is larl
due to the enterprise and public spiri
M. Mr.. s. I. Godbe, and if Lincoln cou
had few more men Of the same sta
49,. it would soon have railroad facilit
-, Outside Of MIR. God be and q few 9th
;tv we have had very little assistance or
l.v. coursgement. Some of the people
nile actually wanted pay for their tint