The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-21
PROGRESS ON THE NEVADA SOUTHERN.


PROGRESS ON THE NEVADA SOUTHERN.
The mines which will be tributary to
the Nevada Southern Railway are still
giving every indication of their great
and increasing value. The last ship
ment of gold ores to Pueblo, COL, not
withstanding good deal OF expensive
tesming, and the necessity of paying
freight on three different lines of rail-
road, Melted $50 ton. This is an
extraordinarily gratifying yield, and is
an earnest of the immense sumo that
will be realized when the Nevada South
ern shall be carried out in accordance
with the plans of its promoters. OF
course this is selected ore, but the ex-
cessive charges for transportation more
than equslize that fact. There are many
gold mines in California which only run
SO to the ton--or less than $S-tbst have
paid handsome dividends for years. The
whole section of country tributary to
the new road ia scanned with valuable
minerals.
We have frequently pointed out the
great advantages that will accrue to Los
Angeles from the creation of multitudes
OF brisk mining camps which will deal
with our merchants. In view of the
speedy completion of the Nevada South
ern to point within shipping distance
of half dozen camps that are destined
to be important, some of our leading
capitalists ought to see to it that this
city is provided with smelters and reduc-
ton works. The shipping OF ores all the
way to Pueblo can scarcely be looked
upon as good business policy, and it ia
certainly not to the interest of Los An
gees that they should be carried to New
Mexico for treatment.
The last number of the Needles Eye
contains the statement that another con-
tract for the construction of twenty-five
miles of road has been let upon the
Nevada Southern. Advices received
from Mr.. Isaac E. Blake, the president
of the road, who ie now in New York,
are of the most encouraging char
acter. He has met with great sue
cess in his negotiations with the cap
italists of the metropolis, and
the contract for the twenty i've
miles is undoubtedly result Of his visit
east. 1t must be borne in mind that the
carrying out of the full Sc ame of the
road involves the expenditure OF $4, $780,
900, which will in all probability be sup
nj A tuh
expert has already gone over the entire
route, and he has returned to England
to report to his principals. His impress
sions were of the most favorable charac-
ter. The writer was permitted to see
this report, and the presumptions are
violent that his principals will take all
that portion of the bonds not absorbed
in the United States. Between the Los
Angeles subscription of $50. 900 and the
money subscribed in New York the road
will be pushed forward rapidly, and in
addition to giving facilities for trans-
portation to a number Of rich camps it
will reach within convenient shipping
distance of the remarkable nitrate de-
posits which we have heretofore de-
scribed.
When carried out according to the
plans OF its promoters, the Nevada
Southern will reach Maops. in Utah. 1t
will then tap really phenomenal min
ersl country, embracing all kinds OF
valuable ores, and long before it reaches
that point immense coal measures will
be made available. The panic during
the past summer somewhat delayed the
progress OF this enterprise, so pregnant
with great results to Los Angeles, but it
is now going forward at rate which as
sures it q reasonably speedy completion.
From the day this railway taps the coal
fields of Lincoln county, Nevada, new
era will start in for Los Angeles.
Meanwhile we would like to know
what has become of the enterprising
gentlemen who announced their inten-
ton of building a smelter in Los An
geles? They would do we'll to hurry up,
80 the time is rapidly approaching when
we shall need three or four OF them, as
we'll as reduction works on large scale,
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