The herald., 1893-05-19
THBNBvADA SOUTHERN AND THR GRBAT
pRYELoPMRNrs AHEAD.

Vice-President Scofied of the Nevada
Southern railway passed through Los
Angeles yesterday en- route to San Fran
cisco, stopping over one day at Newhall.,
He has been out to the front for ten
days; and, in company with President
Blake, S r. Godke and Greene Campbell,
of Salt Lake, and G. B. Amsden, man
aging engineer, has made thorough ex-
smnation OF the line as far as Good
Springs, Nevada The road is now open
for buainess to Purdy, nine miles this
side OF Vanderbilt, and grading is going
on with alarge force to REACH that point.
This will be the heaviest work on the
whole line, many OF the cuts and fills
being from rs to 30 feet and portion OF
the grade being three per cent. A daily
etage line now connects with the trains
ut Purdy for Vanderbilt, and the roads
are lined with trains hauling in euppliee
to thai rapidly growing mining city, and
hauling out ores from the Gold Bronze
mine, for shipment TO the Needles re-
duction works. Frame houses are now
rapidly replacing the primitive tents
and enterprise is seen on every hand. A
large force OF men are working on the
Gold Bar, Gold Bronze and Campbell
mines. and knowing ones think Van
exceed Bodie in its palmiest days.
Good water has been found within the
town limits Ivy sinking wells, and there
are now three water companies serving
water to consumers. Pnrdy is becom.
ing very busy place, being the present
terminus of the road, and the chipping
point for all the ores OF the Gladiator
Mining company, from their mines in
New York mountain. The latter COM
pany are working force of $50 men and
are now erecting stsam hoisting works.
d. W. Earl & Co., the old forwarding
and commission house OF San Francisco,
have established themselves at Purdy,
and will follow the railroad as it goes
ahead. Buildings are going up rapidly
at this point. From Vanderbilt the
party proceeded to Good Springsi with
camping outfit, over the Vanderbilt
pass and through Dfy Lake valley and
Good Springs pass to Good Springs.
From here detours we're made and an
examination made OF the galena aud
carbonate mines Of the vicinity. Over
100 we'll defined, mineral bearing
deposits have already been opened,
and mine owners assure the
railway of 500 tons output per day
within ak months after the road reaches
them. Mesars. Godbe, Campbell and
Amsden, all old and experienced miners,
say that this the most strongly mineral
lied country they have ever seen. The
party proceeded from here, through the
Keystone pass, to the Mesquite valley,
visiting the famous Keystone gold mine,
which has been shipping ores to Pueblo
netting $4,000 per carload. The ore from
this mine ia 30 rich that it is all sacked
in heavy canvass bags for transporta.
tion. A thorough examination was made
of State Line pass, and the contract lei
for building wagon road through the
PASS, so ore can be hauled pending the
arrival OF the railway The Needles Re
duction company have contracted fol
the entire output OF the Keystone minI
tor four months, and teaming of or,
to Purdy will commene as soon a
the wagon road through State Line pas
is finished. From this point the part
returned to Purdy, via Vanderbilt, we
pleased with their trip and the futur
prospects of the Nevada Southern rail
way. Dry Lake valley and Mesquite va
lev contain over 800 900 acree of magni6
cent soil, and water can be obtained b
drilling. Good water ia obtained in tn
I Mesquite valley from to 10 feet belo
= the surface. The Nevada Southern raj
g way will drill several wells at differer
9 pointe to show what can be done in thi
r line and to encourage settlement. A
a of these lands will be open to entry an
settlement, and will support populs
a tion of many thousands in the nee
l. future.
). The HERALD has been keeping
t. readers advised Of the progress which
if being made on the Nevada Southern +
.e the reason that we are about to witne
q there, in our judgment, one OF the mo
l. remarkable mining developments ev
% recorded on the American continen
h For decades upon decades this regit
~ hse been known to be fabulously rich
a. great variety OF metals, including 90
On and silver. 1t. needed only the op
be-, sesame OF a railway to bring it into t
ut favorable notice of miners and prospe,
an ore. The exploitstion of this most pro-
it Using field is of'special interest to t
1873 people OF Los Angeles. Here will
re bought all the supplies for these NUM-
q ous camps. Here will come the illimi
in BILE contributions of rich ores for
,p- smelling works which are about 60
ly, erected in Los Angeles, and which c
I'D not be erected too soon, and which v
rot be expanded month by month, to tr
,aY the enormous output of these min
be- which caaR0t long continue to be 81